Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2015

Avoid generic terms such as results-driven , proven track record , excellent communication skills , team player. Lead global marketing and commercial operations teams with P&Ls up to $2B.” Consistently exceed revenue targets—even when battling Facebook and other relentless competitors in crowded markets.”

Pharmaceuticals 8

Pharmaceuticals Retail Long-term Industry 8

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 Pharmaceuticals Energy McKinsey 111

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 19

Pharmaceuticals Conference Learning-by-Doing Strategic Planning 19

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

That's what we found when we studied the top management teams of companies in Europe over the past three years. The COO's role, we find, is driven by three factors: the company's strategy, the composition of the executive team, and the relationships between the members of the top team.

COO 13

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2011

Otherwise positive and productive team members begin to dread coming to work, and the group's best thinking gets siphoned off the company's mission as everyone scrambles to stay out of the bully's crosshairs. Roger, a vice president of sales and marketing in the pharmaceutical industry, was one such Pleaser.

Rogers 15

Rogers Morale Long-term Pharmaceuticals 15

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 9

Company Pharmaceuticals Health Care Participative 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last year Dina, a CEO I’d been working with, felt that leaders on her team were playing it too safe. She kicked off her October management team meeting, which I was attending, by reading the following passage from my book: The dangers of taking too much risk are very clear. At first the team didn’t know what to do with it.

COO 8

COO Short-term CFO Pharmaceuticals 8

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 15

How To Reference Flextime Short-term 15

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

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

For many, a corporate directorship is a career capstone. He appointed a special team to create an objective, transparent method for selecting the directors. After reviewing the roles and responsibilities of each board and the natures of the new businesses, the team derived lists of the skills each board needed.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 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. Painted on many of the walls were huge whiteboards, where the three teams worked on designs and exchanged ideas.

Library 8

Library Strategy Reference Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2015

Pitch your raise as not only recognition for past achievements, but also tacit acknowledgment that you are a dedicated team player committed to growing with the company. At best, you’ll turn the conversation adversarial; at worse, you’ll paint yourself into a corner if you don’t get the raise. Look forward, not backward.

How To 8

How To Case Study Restructuring Pharmaceuticals 8

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 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 11

Innovation Christensen Decisionmaking CTO 11

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. Management teams should study how they use their time as carefully as how they use their money, starting with three questions: How much time do they spend with top customers? ” Today, he confessed, “it is the worst job.”

Execution 10

Execution Bureaucracy Self-aware CEO 10