Center for Creative Leadership

AUGUST 26, 2019

Our series of industry trend research reports — created using our flagship 360-assessment tool, Benchmarks® for Managers — shows that great similarities exist among leaders across industries including healthcare, pharmaceutical, financial, tech, energy, and government (civilian). But as veterans of the U.S. industry leader ratings.

Benchmarking 57

Benchmarking Leadership Bottom-up Leadership Pipeline 57

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Intensive training and a well-understood chain of command may have instilled in veterans a respect for authority and a commitment to duty, but this was not to the exclusion of their development as leaders. Click here to learn more about Korn Ferry Futurestep’s in-depth recruiter development program, Talent Academy. About the Author.

Agility 50

Agility Pharmaceuticals Self-aware Crisis Management 50

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Rod MacKenzie – Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer for Pfizer, member of Pfizer’s Executive Leadership Team. HR and talent development roles with General Motors Australia.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2012

In today's climate of intense competition, we must find ways to develop " integrative thinking " — the thinking that leads to new business ideas, especially in science and technology. These young employees have never learned how to focus on the important problems — we haven't adequately taught them how to think.

Education 12

Education Creativity How To Pharmaceuticals 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

How candid should you be about the reasons you’re applying for the job? “It depends on your reasons and how socially acceptable they are,” Erdogan says. She recommends explaining your interest in terms of your career objectives.” Today she is a career adviser and hiring manager at resumecompanion.com.

How To 13

How To Long-term Marketing Case Study 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

You shouldn’t point out a problem without also having a constructive solution — or a plan for developing one — to offer. If you have a critique but you’re not sure how to makes things better, spend some time researching the issue and talking to others before you raise it. Caroline Johanssen* was annoyed.

How To 13

How To Case Study Politics Reputation 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2015

Let’s look at a few examples of powerful summaries: “Pharmaceutical marketing executive with 20 years of experience creating commercial infrastructures, growing brands, and optimizing product value throughout launch, re-launch, and sunset life cycles across all customer segments—payers, physicians, and patients. .”

Pharmaceuticals 8

Pharmaceuticals Retail Long-term Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2017

How to Have Difficult Conversations When You Don’t Like Conflict. How Self-Managed Teams Can Resolve Conflict. One day, Alvin approaches Manuel and tells him he wants to make a major career shift. Mae-Li is a partner and head of the most important research team at a pharmaceutical company. Joel Garfinkle.

EVA 8

EVA How To Hotels Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2012

But, he adds, "they've fallen short when it comes to understanding how to develop a corporate culture where all employees feel included, respected, comfortable, and able to do their best work.". One remedy: Sponsorship can turn the uncertainties and insecurities of difference into the confidence and vision of career success.

Diversity 17

Diversity Pharmaceuticals Uncertainty Focus Group 17

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

That is because advanced manufacturing provides an important institutional foundation for learning and developing process skills and capabilities that are increasingly intertwined with core R&D in some of the industries most important to the country's economic future.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Offshoring Engineering Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2015

“But there’s an art to the ask,” says Diana Faison, a partner with leadership development firm Flynn Heath Holt Leadership. “You want to be able to demonstrate how you add value and how you’ve made a difference to the company.” Here’s how to craft your request. Gather evidence.

How To 8

How To Case Study Restructuring Pharmaceuticals 8

Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Since founding the Human Diver in 2016, Gareth has given risk training to a wide variety of organisations, from oil and gas and construction to pharmaceuticals and software. Image: Gareth Lock Train hard, fight easy Gareth also has a 25-year RAF career behind him. Compliance is not the answer in an uncertain, complex world.”

Uncertainty 52

Uncertainty Risk Management Training Compliance 52

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

When individual contributors are tapped to manage large-scale projects, oversee direct reports, or participate in strategic planning, they need to develop new skill sets on the fly — skills such as interpersonal dexterity, emotional agility, and communication savvy. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Insight Center.

Belief Systems 8

Belief Systems Executive Coaching Stress Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

Maximizing the effectiveness of physicians and nurses in these new positions, however, will require different skills than the ones they developed during their clinical training. The instincts crucial to deciding whom to hire and how to hire them managing others’ performance are often underdeveloped in clinical leaders.

Execution 8

Execution Skills Health Care Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2017

Because organizations are increasingly focusing on early talent development to attract and retain young talent, it’s important to understand the best way to accelerate their growth as leaders. The executives came from a wide array of industries, including financial services, pharmaceuticals, and media.

Execution 14

Execution 360-Degree Feedback Executive Coaching Sample 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

But we would argue that credibility may also be signaled to important external stakeholders — future employees, patients, the pharmaceutical industry, donors, and so on. Similarly, physician-leaders may know how to raise the job satisfaction of other clinicians, thereby contributing to enhanced organizational performance.

Management 15

Management 360-Degree Feedback Mayo Training 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

Employees can manage their own careers and schedules, using on-line benefits management, job posting systems, training, email, scheduling, and so forth. A pharmaceutical company did something similar for safety scientists. No one knows better than the users themselves what they need. Create knowledge intermediaries.

Document 15

Document Information Management Pharmaceuticals Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

But over and over again in our three decades of experience as talent development and retention specialists, we’ve seen that companies consistently overlook half of them. These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

How to transform such a huge, iconic institution, wrapped in history, into a nimble player? How to provide hyper-local services tailored to the diverse needs of its patrons while also upholding a consistent and high standard of service? How to get them engaged? But would involving so many people work in practice?

Library 8

Library Strategy Reference Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

For over a decade, students in my classes, as well as thousands of employees in hundreds of companies, have found that three steps make it possible for men to overcome the obstacles and lean in more at home in ways that, at the same time, benefit their careers. What''s the problem? Your spouse isn''t happy with your involvement?

Delegation 9

Delegation Commitment Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Business leaders believe a strong organizational culture is critical to success, yet culture tends to feel like some magic force that few know how to control. We’ve found that answering three questions can help transform culture from a mystery to a science: 1) How does culture drive performance? Insight Center.

Motivation 8

Motivation Company Airlines Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Over the last few years, its big new product lines — including a healthy Veg Pot and its This Water line — have both come from ideas conceived and developed by mid-level employees. Some pharmaceutical scientists will spend an entire career working on drug development without a single one of their products reaching the market.

Company 8

Company Stage-Gate Innovation Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2014

Clever people do not want to be told how to do their jobs, but they appreciate the importance of coherence, and the power of colleagues pulling together rather than working at cross purposes. And they can find the secrets to enjoying a brilliant career in an organization where so many are brilliant.

Politics 8

Politics Pharmaceuticals Consultative Consensus 8