Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Over a five-year span, one of my clients in the biotechnology field kept moving up through the ranks, from manager to senior manager to VP. And yet the U.S. ranks 30 out of 38 nations in terms of work/life balance, according to a recent study by Family Living Today and NowSourcing.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 8, 2017

Guest post from Amy Blankson: In 2013, the National Center for Biotechnology Information reported that the average attention span of a human has dropped to a mere eight seconds , one second behind that of a goldfish. I’m stepping away from my email to finish this project. Why does this matter? I’ll be back in one hour).

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Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2021

They can seemingly project in front of and behind the physical display, so you will likely attempt to touch these images or step back. The display works by generating 45 to 100 views of a three-dimensional scene and projecting those perspectives simultaneously into the real world.

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The Idolbuster

AUGUST 28, 2012

While Silicon Valley is best known for their technology companies – Google, Yahoo, Apple, Hewlett Packard, Intel, and Facebook to name a few, the Bay Area is also home to some of the most cutting edge biotechnology and medical device companies. The job at a small biotechnology company was a great match for his skills.

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The Idolbuster

JANUARY 25, 2013

If I finish this project, then I can relax. If you finish the project, there’s follow-up work to do, or if you get that promotion or the dream project, unforeseen responsibilities follow, making you wish that you took the time to enjoy what you were doing before. Self Portrait By Jillian Corinne Via Flickr CC.

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The Idolbuster

JANUARY 15, 2013

I heard a cautionary tale from “George” the former VP of marketing at a mid-sized biotechnology company about how a bogus forecast helped propagate a disaster. As a point of reference, this represented 25% of the company’s projected revenue growth for the year.) The rest of the company scrambled to fill the $10M revenue hole.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

I think the most important thing that I look for [when funding a project] is really, who’s that champion?” Unfortunately, many of us have developed expertise in only one field (software engineering, information technology [IT], marketing, biotechnology, automobile manufacturing, the food industry, etc. Moreover, it’s hard. “I

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

What’s the best way to get your passion project moving? ” Next, make a timeline based on what you think you can reasonably accomplish toward your project in the time you have. As you chip away on your project, continue to give your job the attention it needs. So, where should you start? What the Experts Say.

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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. Too often, any thought of changing a culture, never mind rebuilding it, seems like a Sisyphean task; the weight of the status quo ultimately rolls back and crushes such efforts.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2018

She was on the legal compliance team at a fast-growing biotechnology company. Ask your boss if there are projects you can work on that would help you be included in those meetings. Do You Really Need to Hold That Meeting? Elizabeth Grace Saunders. Take another client of mine, whom I’ll call Karen.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

If their projections turn out to be right, we should get ready for a bumpy road ahead, with market volatility and negative surprises. pharmaceuticals, biotechnology & life sciences, health care equipment and services); Industrials (e.g., Boards are clearly aligned with business leaders and executives on their outlooks for 2016.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

The latter are the ones funding the capital-intensive and highest-risk projects. It is not by accident that the National Institutes of Health spends $31 billion a year on supporting innovation in biotechnology and pharmacology. government agencies. In a business context, the U.S.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare employment is projected to grow 14% from 2018 to 2028—adding about 1.9 There are some other categories not listed here which are showing remarkable growth, including life sciences and biotechnology and research. Within this category anesthesiologists and surgeons earn around $267,020 a year.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

Cuba projects a population of 10.8 It could be an ideal location for healthcare organizations, but also for those in applied sciences, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals. And secondly, the business model for Cuban biotechnology has been laughably bad. million in 2030. million in 2030. But it isn’t all bleak.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Creative and sci­entific work has migrated to teams and, more recently, to large, distributed teams like the hundreds of scientists that worked on the human genome project. The study showed that the days of the solitary genius or lone inventor—think Newton or Einstein—are over.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Exciting applications have already been demonstrated across all sectors — from aerospace and medical applications to biotechnology and food production. Unfortunately, this vision does not stack up to economic reality.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

In virtually every advanced field, whether it’s information technology, biotechnology, agriculture, or renewable energy, America holds a leading position. vincent tsui FOR HBR. Since World War II, the U.S. has been an innovation superpower. Other nations may challenge in one field or another, but no one can match its depth and breadth.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

” Hanguk was a large, fast-growing company with diversified interests spanning electronics, biotechnology, shipping, construction, and chemicals. Hanguk’s leadership would be watching the project closely, because expansion to the Arab world was one of its top strategic objectives. . “They want you for the Seoul job.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

trillion in government support for seven "strategic emerging industries," including alternative energy, biotechnology, next-gen IT, high-end manufacturing equipment, and advanced materials. A decade from now we may look back at China's 12th Five-Year Plan as the seminal document of the early 21st century. It pledges $1.5

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