The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has thrust the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries into the limelight like never before. It’s a prominence that new research from Novartis suggests has created a fresh allure for the industry in the eyes of the best tech talent on the market.

Industry 99

Industry Pharmaceuticals Technology Finance 99

The Practical Leader

APRIL 6, 2022

Many more people are searching beyond a job or career to find a calling. And don’t delegate purpose to marketing. ” Pharmaceutical company: “ Preserving and improving human life.” The pandemic pause caused many people to rethink what work is giving them besides income. We want to make a difference.

Mintzberg 111

Mintzberg Energy Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 111

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Notably playing its part in the pandemic by delivering Europe’s first COVID-19 vaccine to receive a standard marketing authorization. We began with an in-house 360º assessment for all our managers, to help them understand their strengths and weaknesses,” she says.

Management 94

Management Pharmaceuticals Article Tools 94

QAspire

JANUARY 24, 2010

He was a marketing executive with a large pharmaceutical company when he decided to pursue his calling and start a fitness center. “ You get almost nothing without going through some kind of pain, unless you win a lottery.”, replied the man who was himself a fitness freak. He neither had space nor money to start out.

Directory 83

Directory Blog Pharmaceuticals Quality 83

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 21, 2012

An entrepreneur and veteran of the computer industry, Frank Moss spent his career bringing innovative technologies to market. Ten years ago he set out to make a broader contribution to the world, leading him to cofound a cancer drug discovery company and then to the MIT Media Lab, where he served as director from 2006 [.].

Entrepreneur 80

Entrepreneur Media Technology Innovation 80

HR Digest

MARCH 8, 2020

60 per cent were ready to go even part-time if it did not affect their career prospects too much. They offer hosting and management services, along with marketing and customer service management. A survey by Working Media Mother of 1000 men found that 80 per cent worked flexi time and were comfortable with it. Rackspace Inc.

Company 85

Company Insurance Travel Software 85

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Because you’re going to have to market it , sell it, and live and breathe it. Pharmaceutical Manufacturing. And that direction could be towards pharmaceutical manufacturing. You should be able to find that senior care business opportunities provide you with the career choice you’ve been looking for.

Industry 58

Industry Pharmaceuticals Consultative Training 58

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

I learned the critical importance of networking, and discovered my natural aversion to it, early in my career. That night, because of the small turnout, I had the pleasure and advantage of engaging in one-on-one conversations with some of the company's top executives, an experience that would prove crucially important in advancing my career.

Pharmaceuticals 22

Pharmaceuticals Conference Learning-by-Doing Strategic Planning 22

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2011

Career opportunities for women in "the New India" are rapidly expanding, but family expectations and social mores remain rooted in tradition. Not surprisingly, the most stress is felt among women between 25 and 55 years of age, who are trying to balance demanding careers with obligations at home.

Stress 20

Stress Human Resources Pharmaceuticals Finance 20

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare. It still doesn't seem necessary to be a COO in order to take over as CEO, though.

COO 16

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 16

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

A lot of talented people grapple with the disruption of having to switch jobs or careers and figuring out how their current profession’s skills can be applied in a fulfilling new way. Since then, many friends and strangers have sought my advice about career paths outside of newspaper journalism. Consider the legal field.

Career 8

Career Skills Health Care Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2011

Roger, a vice president of sales and marketing in the pharmaceutical industry, was one such Pleaser. He reached out for coaching when one of his reporting senior marketing staff members was grabbing credit for other people's work and undermining his department's efforts.

Rogers 16

Rogers Morale Long-term Pharmaceuticals 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

arm of pharmaceuticals manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim (BIPI). He emailed Christopher Tan, a marketer with an interest in mobile technologies and experience building applications, and within 36 hours, they had come up with a prototype. But, as we all know, bridging interdepartmental chasms is far easier said than done.

Company 13

Company Pharmaceuticals Health Care Participative 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. We found that, for pharmaceutical industry CEOs, there is a statistically significant relationship between a CEO’s specialist background and the firm’s performance.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

She recommends explaining your interest in terms of your career objectives.” A year later, Lauren was working as a temp to make ends meet when she applied to what was essentially a marketing assistant job. Today she is a career adviser and hiring manager at resumecompanion.com. ” Nevertheless, he wanted the job. .”

How To 15

How To Long-term Marketing Case Study 15

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

MARCH 24, 2011

Competitors whispered that Gupta was committing the most un-McKinsey-like of sins: cutting price to get into new markets. As the stock market began to take off, though, and options rained down on corporate execs, the compensation tables began to turn, certainly for the top ranks. The desire to be an insider.

McKinsey 16

McKinsey Consultative Waterman Intellectual Capital 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2014

In the words of Empson and Alvehus they have gained “legitimacy to lead through market success.” So there is something about needing to keep all 500 partners happy which brings a level of politics, which you wouldn’t get if we were an engineering company or a pharmaceuticals company.”. Consulting Leadership Leadership development'

Politics 10

Politics Pharmaceuticals Consultative Consensus 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

For many, a corporate directorship is a career capstone. pharmaceuticals, biotechnology & life sciences, health care equipment and services); Industrials (e.g., But attaining one is far from easy. consumer durables & apparel, retailing, education, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g.,

Telecommunications 11

Telecommunications Health Care Biotechnology Real Estate 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2018

In addition to signaling a strong economy, a tight labor market typically improves job prospects for groups with fewer skills and less experience, including teens. But for those who might not be college-bound, it appears that fewer pathways exist to enter the labor market. However, as of July 2018, the U.S.

Short-term 8

Short-term Participative Long-term Career 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Those who choose to make this transition need a clear vision of why they are stretching to develop a new mindset and skill set in the middle of an already established and successful career. Taking on a leadership position for the first time can be one of the most stressful moments in someone’s career.

Belief Systems 8

Belief Systems Executive Coaching Stress Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Early in my career, a lot of commentators were sure Japan was on its way to becoming number one. I’ve been watching the global economy for decades, and it seems to me that growth in the United States is about to speed up, while growth in the emerging markets is slowing down. How’d that work out?) Now it’s China’s turn to pull ahead.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Pharmaceuticals Energy Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point. They are not employees; they are contingent workers who are nonetheless vital to an organization’s R&D, marketing, and other key processes.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

HR Digest

AUGUST 22, 2023

Recent reports suggest that Eli Lilly, a prominent pharmaceutical manufacturer, has been embroiled in a class-action lawsuit alleging discriminatory hiring practices against older job applicants. Various studies and surveys have indicated that age discrimination is a pervasive problem in the job market.

Pharmaceuticals 52

Pharmaceuticals Survey Diversity Career 52

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2015

Lori Moss was enjoying a lucrative career as a luxury retail sales professional when management approached her and asked if she’d take on the additional responsibility of turning around a poorly performing division. . Compare yourself to a colleague. The request is about your work and your value to the company.

How To 8

How To Case Study Pharmaceuticals Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Innovation communities had been used by Best Buy to grow its portion of the women’s consumer electronics market by $4.4b Japanese pharmaceutical Eisai used them to improve care for Alzheimer’s patients. ’ It helped me think about the NYPL system and where my career could go here.” in less than five years.

Library 8

Library Strategy Reference Bottom-up 8

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Telisa Yancy – Chief Marketing Officer at American Family Insurance. Former HR director with Pepsi Central Eastern Europe, and gained HR expertise at PLIVA Pharmaceutical Company (now part of Teva Group).

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Banking Magazine 70

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2012

Since how you leave your current job can be as important to your career as how you perform in the next one, you need to know the answers to these questions. The job market may be bleak, but that doesn't mean you're stuck. Priscilla Claman, president of Career Strategies, Inc., Then reality-check that with the market.

How To 19

How To Reference Flextime Short-term 19

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2018

We sought to understand the barriers they faced, their strategies for ascending through the organization, and the tools they used to manage significant organizational change efforts and navigate career risks. By mid-career, they started strategically taking on risky assignments to become more visible.

Execution 15

Execution Strategy Self-aware Career 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

I love my career in competitive strategy, research, and teaching. As a child I felt no particular interest in pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, computers, oil and gas, health and beauty aids, medical devices, airlines, or shipbuilding, all of which I’ve simulated or war-gamed. It engages my mind.

Career 8

Career Seminar Self-aware Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Some pharmaceutical scientists will spend an entire career working on drug development without a single one of their products reaching the market. Tolerance of Failure. It is axiomatic that successful innovation requires tolerance of failure.

Company 10

Company Stage-Gate Innovation Bureaucracy 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Businesses, families, and individuals are ruined in shocking fashion—“150-year-old bank and pillar of Wall Street is gone in the blink of an eye”; “Major oil company loses $90 billion in market value in three months”; “Kite surfer tries his luck in a hurricane and slams into a building.” Astounding lapses in judgment are everywhere.

COO 8

COO Short-term CFO Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Much as I want to believe that a glaringly good idea will stand on its merits, I have come to realize that just like any product or service, ideas require good marketing if they’re going to reach their intended customers. Celine Schillinger sought to change the leadership landscape of Sanofi, a major pharmaceutical company.

Innovation 15

Innovation Christensen Decisionmaking CTO 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

He had started his career in one of those jobs, as a country manager, and worked his way up. Distortion of decisions: A number of years ago we studied in detail how the most important decisions like product approvals were made at a large pharmaceutical firm. ” Today, he confessed, “it is the worst job.”

Execution 14

Execution Bureaucracy Self-aware CEO 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2011

Mao Zedong may have famously proclaimed that "women hold up half the sky," but many of today's Chinese career women feel their high-flying ambitions have feet of clay. Yeah, we hold up half the sky," recently quipped a female senior manager for a multinational pharmaceutical company, "but there are 5,000 years of history dragging us back.".

Flextime 14

Flextime Career Competitive Advantage Pharmaceuticals 14