Remove Ethics Remove Innovation Remove Pharmaceuticals Remove Team
article thumbnail

Pfizer’s Straight Talk on Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Pfizer, the multinational pharmaceutical giant, has become increasingly intentional about shaping its culture. They embody our humanity and innovative spirit, and are determined to tackle some of the most pressing health care challenges of our time. People are more committed and loyal to an organization that is ethical.

Ethics 150
article thumbnail

Veterans Among the Best Civilian Leaders

Strategy Driven

Always at the forefront of innovation, technologies pioneered by the military are often adopted by the commercial sector; companies looking for cyber knowledge or network engineering skills can find this expertise among veterans.

Agility 50
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Guest Post: Talk is Cheap!

Lead on Purpose

And I can assure you that the advice I share with you today has stood the test of time… It helped me inspire my Weatherchem team to create the original Flapper® dispensing closure. Filed under: Integrity , Leadership , Purpose , Team Building , Trust Tagged: | Albert J. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

Committee 140
article thumbnail

Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Rod MacKenzie – Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer for Pfizer, member of Pfizer’s Executive Leadership Team. Leads Tuck’s incredibly innovative coaching program.

article thumbnail

Big Pharma's Hidden Business Model and How Your Company Funds It

Harvard Business Review

The study assembles considerable evidence about the hidden business model of major pharmaceutical companies: to devote most of their research budget to developing hundreds of drugs that provide few if any advantages over existing drugs and then market them heavily to doctors and patients. Negative results are usually not published at all.

article thumbnail

Offices Can Be Bastions of Civility in an Uncivil Time

Harvard Business Review

A recent survey on easing racial tensions at work by the Center for Talent Innovation found that “The workplace is one of few settings where we commonly interact across racial and ethnic lines.” Make work safe for discussion and conflict. I want us to stay civil and kind, but we have to be frank.” Do not tolerate incivility.

article thumbnail

Experiment with Organizational Change Before Going All In

Harvard Business Review

When pharmaceutical companies conduct clinical trials to test the safety and efficacy of their drugs as part of the process for obtaining regulatory approval, some patients receive the drug and others some standard existing treatment or a sugar pill (placebo). The change is a success, right? Maybe or maybe not.