Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2015

If the only things that leaders demand are results and performance, players in your organization will do their best to deliver those things. This singular emphasis on results can, however, cause players to operate from an “I win, you lose” philosophy – and act to inhibit others’ performance while they maximize their own.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Having joined the world’s largest pharmaceutical company, she is now out to raise the bar for human resources leadership across the organization. Pay equity is critically important to establish basic fairness, trust, and empowerment in the organization. The HR Digest: What is diversity to you?

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2014

Crafting and writing a branded healthcare executive resume, that differs from the traditional medical resume, can make a significant difference in your executive job search results and improve the opportunities to land that next-level position in pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries. You must appeal to all of these audiences.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

These virtual environments are designed to be exact digital replicas of physical assets and allow organizations to rapidly test changes in the virtual world without having to undergo costly and resource-intensive changes in the physical realm. It’s a market that is already worth $3.1

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Traditional “bonds” between employees and organizations have changed. Employees no longer expect that their organizations will provide them with job security. In some cases, they may choose to experience a short-term loss, so that the organization can achieve a long-term gain. ” Outside the Organization.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The ability to adapt and learn in new situations, combined with the dedication, commitment and strong work ethic veterans bring to the table, encouraged Korn Ferry Futurestep to more actively recruit veterans for Talent Academy, an intensive training and onboarding program for recruiters at all levels of the organization. About the Author.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

World leading researcher on the impact of leadership in organizations. Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez – Author of the best-selling book: The Focused Organization, Winner of the 2017 Thinkers50 Award for ‘Ideas into Practice’. a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Operations Group Baring Private Equity.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Organizations sometimes make catastrophic mistakes. Consider NASA, an organization employing some of the nation’s brightest minds. Some people within the organization had concerns with a component (the O-rings) being affected by low temperatures. Why do organizations forget what they learn, even when stakes are so high?

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2018

The more interactions and positive experiences that your customers have with you, the more likely they are to convert from consumer into a brand advocate, and so the message of your brand will spread organically. When your operational and back office processes are aligned you work efficiently and productively. Your business is stable.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Operating-cost productivity metrics might include the component costs for building an automobile or delivering a package, the rates of rework, and so forth. Pharmaceutical companies have long needed deep scientific-innovation leadership capabilities but relatively few general managers.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

But most organizations aren’t set up for getting the most out of non-traditional employment relationships. In this excerpt from their book, Agile Talent , Younger and Smallwood explain how to align your organization with the needs and expectations of a workforce that is increasingly external, project-based, and flexible.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

A core challenge of management is to ensure that the organization’s priorities, strategies, and metrics are consistently embraced and that any impediments are identified and addressed quickly. It connects to the organization’s overall strategy and performance goals. CAPTION TEXT HERE/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. PM Images/Getty Images. As the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

There are new types of insurance companies such as Oscar ; novel provider organizations such as OneMedical , IoraHealth , and ChenMed ; and new health information technology companies such as Castlight , Vital , and WellFrame that aim to use technology to improve care and value. Leadership development Operations management Healthcare'

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2014

I learned this while leading a turnaround of NPS Pharmaceuticals , a biotechnology company that now specializes in creating treatments for rare diseases. To save the 20-year-old company, I had to get it operating like a start-up. In the process, I came up with six rules that could also help others change their cultures.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

As chief executive from 1972 to 1994, Richard Gelb (HBS, 1950) orchestrated Bristol-Myers’ acquisition of Squibb and transformed the firm from a personal care company to a diversified pharmaceutical giant. ” The thinking on diversification later changed, turning into skepticism in the 1970s and outright criticism in the 1980s.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

We interviewed 24 CEOs and asked them to name the biggest challenges facing their organizations. Their concerns fell into three broad categories: talent, operating in a global marketplace, and regulation and legislation. Operating in a Global Marketplace. Talent Management. Talent pipelines were also a concern.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

What role does he or she play in the organization? Only two of the 37 organizations we studied had appointed more than two COOs in their history; in 27, the current COOs had only one predecessor; and in the remaining eight corporations, the incumbents were the companies' first COOs. Does your company have a COO today?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

Across organizations, nearly every survey suggests that the vast majority of employees don't feel fully engaged at work, valued for their contributions, or freed and trusted to do what they do best. That's a tragedy for millions of people and a huge lost opportunity for organizations.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

In a Deloitte study of 7,000 organizations this year, 89% of executives rated “ strengthening the leadership pipeline ” an urgent issue. Organizations are continuously promoting people into management, and those new leaders struggle with the transition. It’s not that development itself isn’t important.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

As a practical matter, for example, these changes in the global policy regime are forcing multinational corporations to scale back and sell parts of their international operations. According to the World Trade Organization, international trade this year will grow at its slowest pace since 2007. at the forefront.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2015

Then focus on specific results you’ve achieved in those areas of expertise—how other organizations have improved because of you. Note the types of organizations and industries you’ve worked in. Lead global marketing and commercial operations teams with P&Ls up to $2B.” Include years of experience.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

These have forced AirBnB, Tesla, and Uber to make costly concessions to their operating practices or to exit certain markets altogether. Organized demonstrations of support by stakeholder groups can send a powerful signal to policymakers. Partner organizations. How can new firms overcome the regulations that protect incumbents?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

health care system, ranging from expensive imaging for benign medical conditions to routine pre-operative testing before low-risk surgeries like cataract surgery. Examples of significant investments in low-value care services abound in the U.S. Some research estimates that 42% of Medicare beneficiaries receive some form of low-value care.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2014

It used to be that hospitals and health systems operated as islands, selecting and purchasing medical supplies, devices and medications in isolation, and keeping their operational and leadership practices to themselves. While collaboration is always challenging, the health care benefits are by now clear.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2014

It’s hard enough to energize people in a merger or an acquisition when they know that they have a good chance of being part of the new organization. The first concerns a complex transatlantic acquisition of a biotech company by a pharmaceutical company.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

This isn’t all that surprising given the level of innovation activity in these sectors, but directors operating in similarly disrupted sectors should take note. Just over one-fifth (22%) of boards operating in the IT and telecom industry sought tech expertise when filling their most recent board seat, higher than in any other industry.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Despite the amount they invest in corporate learning, organizations continue to struggle to connect these programs with the day-to-day work of strategy execution. Like many parts of large organizations, they are captive to a rich and debilitating status quo. Learning departments are frequently part of the problem.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

An organization is essentially the sum total of its physical, financial, human, intellectual, and relationship capital. There’s no question why legacy organizations are tackling digital transformation now. Second, make a complete inventory of all your organization’s assets.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The innovation of the Bolognese silk makers was to operate the Lucca machine with a hydraulic wheel, instead of by hand. Firms in the cluster design, manufacture, and assemble packaging machinery for a wide range of products, such as baked goods, confectionery, beverages, tea, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

For organizations seeking to become more adaptive and innovative, culture change is often the most challenging part of the transformation. Innovation demands new behaviors from leaders and employees that are often antithetical to corporate cultures, which are historically focused on operational excellence and efficiency.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

Paul is an old friend who, until his recent retirement, worked as a senior scientist at a pharmaceutical company, where he managed a group of innovative researchers. Organizations work best when there is harmony among units, not simply uniform practices. Paul and his team were able to thrive and contribute to the organization.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Everyone" includes primary care doctors, medical specialists, nurses, hospital administrators, health insurance providers, nutritionists, pharmaceutical companies, medical technology manufacturers, fitness gurus, paraprofessionals, public health commissioners, and charities dedicated to a disease.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2011

For example, pharmaceutical firms license compounds to each other and co-promote products in different markets. As organizations have become more global and more reliant on cross-functional processes, teamwork and collaboration are increasingly becoming the currency of success.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

These kinds of statements speak to a leader’s choice of values, and a failure to understand the relationships between a safe work environment and operational performance. They convey to workers what’s really important, and they create ample context for inadequate safety focus lower down the organization.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2016

A global pharmaceutical company was about to lose the strategic advantage of several blockbuster drugs coming off patent. But the problem of getting different parts of organizations to talk meaningfully with one another is old. The only questions the circle should avoid are what to do about current operational problems.

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