Empowering Talent, Accelerating Growth

Hands On builds stronger teams, trains better leaders, and delivers lasting results

Our Expertise and Passion

Hands On specializes in learning and organizational development. We work closely with your organization to understand your people and culture needs that will deliver targeted business results while maximizing the capabilities and engagement of your people. We are passionate about helping your organization harness and leverage your talent through integrated solutions that scale.

Internal Talent Mobility

Capability Development

Executive & Team Coaching

Organizational Transformation

Capability Development

Executive & Team Coaching

Internal Talent Mobility

Organizational Transformation

People-Focused, Results-Driven

Hands On is a specialist, boutique learning and organizational development group committed to empowering your people. Our team consists of dedicated professionals who deeply understand the transformative power of continuous development —just like the dynamic organizations we partner with.

EXPLORE SOME OF OUR POPULAR LEARNING PROGRAMS:

DRUG DISCOVERY & DEVELOPMENT 101

Understand the general and specific business landscape of drug discovery and development – whatever your role. Understanding this context will optimize your contributions to your organization.

GENERATIVE AI

Understand the latest evolutions and business applications for Generative AI.

INFLUENCING & STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT

Advance your capabilities to influence without authority and effectively manage an ever-broadening group of stakeholders.

LEADING PROJECTS

As much of the work done in organizations occurs through projects, advance your capabilities to optimize project set-up, project execution, and close-out.

PREPARING FOR COMMERCIALIZATION

For life sciences organizations, a key goal is to reach commercialization of your products. And yet, there are many preparatory steps involved. Maximize your ability for successful product commercialization by attending this program.

PREPARING FOR IND

A critical milestone for biopharma organizations is reaching the Investigational New Drug (IND) stage. Attend this program to understand what you must consider and how you prepare proactively to optimize IND opportunities.

PRESENTING TECHNICAL INFORMATION

In many industries and organizations, we’re often presenting technical information to others who need to assimilate this information and take action. Optimize your success in information assimilation and adoption by attending this program and learning and leveraging best practices.

ORGANIZATIONS WE'VE PARTNERED WITH

WHAT OUR CLIENTS HAVE TO SAY

We launched in the U.S. in 2018. At the initial point of launch, we needed help with a myriad of things, included competencies and other foundational people and culture tools. Hands On was there to help us as strategic partners who were always willing to go the extra mile, and ensure we were positioning ourselves for maximum success immediately and also over time. As the years have ensued, and we’ve grown and matured as an organization, and our relationship with Hands On has equally grown and evolved. Hands On is now one of our strategic partners on learning and development both global and US, delivering a range of programs from leadership and management development to professional development to business and technical skills. Our leaders and team members couldn’t be happier with their learning content and facilitators.

Adam Apprill Vice President, People & Culture, Dompe USA

I’ve partnered with Hands On for more than 15 years—first at Genentech, then at 10x Genomics, and now at Olema Oncology—always with the goal of developing key talent and shaping the next generation of biotech leaders. Their expertise in building technical and management capabilities, fostering career growth, and delivering impactful leadership programs is unmatched. Time and again, their learning and organizational development solutions have been high-quality, timely, and transformative. I couldn’t recommend this team and organization more highly.

Julie Dexter Senior Vice President, People and Culture, Olema Oncology

I began working with Hands On and Kathryn Matz in 2023 to co-design a leadership program for our director-level employees. I had a clear vision but needed a true partner – one with the expertise to bring it to life through engaging content, skilled facilitation and executive coaching. Together, we created a six-month program combining monthly workshops and 1:1 coaching. With four cohorts completed so far, participants consistently share that the experience has helped them navigate change, strengthen relationships and communicate more effectively. The Hands On team is exceptional – knowledgeable, professional, and deeply committed to understanding our culture. Their experience in biotech and pharma builds instant trust with our leaders. Kathryn is an incredible partner: thoughtful, responsive and always looking for ways to elevate the program. I can confidently say that partnering with Hands On will help any organization achieve far more than they could on their own.

Jessica Whiting Senior Director, Talent Development, Vaxcyte

Our employees have participated in a variety of the trainings and consistently give positive feedback - engaging, practical, and directly applicable to their work. These programs have been a valuable investment in our team’s growth and development.

Jennifer Troia Chief Human Resources Officer, Assembly Bio

I’ve worked with Hands On now in two different organizations – first Global Blood Therapeutics, prior to our Pfizer acquisition, and now BridgeBio. As a growing biotech organization, capability development through robust learning programs is critical for our organizational and team growth. Hands On has and continues to be a key partner with us in our capability development – whether interpersonal skills like leadership, management, communication, influencing, etc. or more technical skills like drug discovery and development, leveraging AI in the best ways possible, etc. They fill a void in educating G&A functions on science and adjacent processes with relatable content, which has been very impactful. Their approach lives their name, as they are a white glove service provider and strategic thought partner every step of the way. I could not recommend the facilitators or the organization more highly.

Shannon Levy Sr. Director, Head of Professional Development, BridgeBio

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