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Business Skills
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Advanced Strategic Planning(3 hours)Advance your strategic planning capabilities by exploring the latest insights from thought leaders in evaluating good and bad strategies and what we can learn from these. In addition, learn advanced concepts, such as blue ocean strategy, to elevate your strategic planning skills. You should only attend this program if you are currently at associate director level or above.10 September from 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:30PM GMT -
Agile & Design Thinking(2.5 hours)Design Thinking is a key framework that helps us think through new strategies, products, services, and ways of working in a creative, customer-centric manner. Agile Methodology has been used for years by high tech organizations to streamline and expedite operations and execution. Today, many other industries have adopted Agile and Design Thinking to improve their strategies, operations and execution.28 September from 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:00PM GMT -
AI 201(2 hours)Advance your foundational understanding of AI and its many different forms and uses in organizations by learning more about generative AI and the latest evolutions in AI for business.10 September from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT -
Business Process & Continuous Improvement(2.5 hours)This program is mainly geared toward mid- and senior leaders who lead a function or department and have the opportunity to continuously improve efficiencies and operational excellence. This program is also great for anyone responsible for cross-functional business processes or who is interested in learning more about process engineering and continuous improvement.30 September from 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:00PM GMT -
Effective Meetings(2 hours)We spend a lot of time in meetings and so it’s to everyone’s benefit to understand how to optimize meeting effectiveness and efficiencies. In this program, we’ll share best practices, and different tips and techniques to not only make your meetings more efficient but also elevate your meetings to increase the return on investment in time spent - ensuring optimized outcomes from meetings.17 September from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT -
Finance for Non-Finance Managers(2.5 hours)This program is mostly geared toward leaders who are not in Finance. This program will help you advance your financial knowledge and awareness, as sound fiscal knowledge and management are critical for all leaders. You should only attend this program if you are currently at associate director level or above.29 September from 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:00PM GMT -
Interviewing Skills(2.5 hours)This program is great for anyone involved in interviewing, as it will help to ensure your interviews are structured to garner the information you need to recommend the best hiring decision for candidates and your organization.3 August or 24 September both days at 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:00PM GMT -
Leading Change(2.5 hours)Change in any organization is to be expected. If you are leading an initiative or project that requires change management, such as communicating and educating others on the change, this program will help you understand how to incorporate change management best practices into your work.5 August from 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:00PM GMT -
Leading Projects(3 hours)This program is great for anyone who is not certified in Project Management. This program will help you better plan for and lead projects for optimal project engagement and execution.11 August and 29 September both days at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:30PM GMT -
Risk Management(2.5 hours)Risk management is among the critical capabilities growing and mature organizations develop and hone over time to ensure the organization’s readiness to effectively and efficiently manage different scenarios that can arise (foreseen and unforeseen) in business operations. Whether you lead a large function, a small department or team, a key project, or just generally want to learn about best practice risk mitigation and management, you’ll be exposed to different practices and models to help you play your role in managing your organization’s risks.23 September from 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:00PM GMT -
Scaling the Organization(3 hours)This program is mostly aimed at mid- to senior leaders who are responsible for a function or department. The program will help leaders understand how to grow and scale their function or department as their overall organization continues to grow and evolve. This program is recommended for those currently at associate director level or above.21 September from 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:30PM GMT - Strategic Planning(3 hours)This program will help you understand the difference between strategy and strategic planning, but more importantly the program will give you key models to consider when building strategy and then developing and executing a strategic plan that enables your strategy to be achieved.24 September from 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:30PM GMT
Communication Skills
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Conflict Resolution(2 hours)Learn best practice tips and techniques to proactively manage potential conflict in the work environment; helping you and your colleagues maintain a positive state of collaboration.23 September from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT -
Conversational Intelligence(2 x 2 hours)Note: this is an advanced program. Conversations are critical to our effectiveness as they are the source of most, if not all, communications and interactions with others both at work and elsewhere. Learn about the neuroscience behind the communications we have with others as a way to significantly up-level your approach to all forms of communication – written, verbal, presentations, and more – and the results you’re able to achieve by a more advanced approach. NOTE: After you sign-up for the first date, you will receive two Outlook invitations for both parts of this program, since it is a two-part program.31 August from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT -
Presenting Technical Information(2 x 1.5 hours)This program will help you learn how to better structure and present technical information – whatever your technical area of expertise. NOTE: After you sign-up for the first date, you will receive two Outlook invitations for both parts of this program, since it is a two-part program.5 August and 17 September both days at 12:30PM to 2PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:00PM GMT
Influencing Skills
- Influencing & Stakeholder Management(2.5 hours)We all have stakeholders and we all influence all of the time. This program will help you enhance your influencing and stakeholder management skills.2 September from 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:00PM GMT
Leading Others
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Being a Leader(2.5 hours)Advance your foundational understanding and capabilities for leading others, whether you’re a formal people leader or a project team leader. Through this program, you will learn several foundational practices of great leaders that will help you accelerate and advance your capabilities when leading others. NOTE: if you’ve previously attended our Managing Others program, Being a Leader will advance your knowledge and capabilities, so this is a great follow-on from Managing Others, though prior attendance in Managing Others is not required.29 September from 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:00PM GMT -
Being a Senior Leader(3 hours)Learn advanced principles and practices of senior leaders This program will help you advance your leadership capabilities and effectiveness as your leadership responsibilities continue to grow. This program is recommended for those currently at director level or above.30 September from 12:30PM to 3.30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12.30PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:30PM GMT -
Coaching(2 hours)Learn tips, techniques, and best practices used by executive coaches to advance your coaching capabilities.22 September from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT -
Communicating as a Leader(2 hours)Learn best practices, tips, and techniques for communicating as a leader, which will up-level your communication skills and overall effectiveness as a leader.11 September from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT -
Creating a Strong Team Culture(2 hours)Learn how to enhance the culture of your team, which in turn increases team member engagement, commitment, and satisfaction, while getting the whole team moving in a shared direction.29 September from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT - Establishing & Maintaining Trust as a Leader(2 hours)Trust is the foundation for all that we do when communicating, interacting, and working with others. A leader’s ability to quickly build and sustain trust over time is critical to the effectiveness of the leader and their team. Learn foundational ways to build and sustain trust as a leader.22 September from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT
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Explicit Expectations(2 x 2 hours)Leading and managing others can be challenging and confusing. Understanding how to create, communicate and lead by explicit expectations quickly elevates and accelerates your effectiveness as a people leader. This program will give you meaningful and actionable insights that you can use year after year, and also as your leadership role increases. NOTE: After you sign-up for the first date, you will receive two Outlook invitations for both parts of this program, since it is a two-part program.17 September from 1PM to 3PM Eastern / 10AM to 12PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT - Leading through Others(2 x 2 hours)The requirements of leaders change significantly when you start leading other people leaders. Learn what principally changes and what’s therefore required of more senior level leaders, including best practices and tips and techniques to enhance your leadership effectiveness. NOTE: After you sign-up for the first date, you will receive two Outlook invitations for both parts of this program, since it is a two-part program.2 September from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT
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Managing Others(2 x 2 hours)If you’re new to managing other people, this is a great foundational leadership program where you’ll learn a number of practices for effective management of other colleagues. This program is also great for experienced people managers who were never trained in foundational leadership practices or would simply like a refresh on these practices. NOTE: After you sign-up for the first date, you will receive two Outlook invitations for both parts of this program, since it is a two-part program.18 September from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT -
Setting Goals & Expectations(2 hours)The importance of clear and specific goals and expectations cannot be overstated, as this is how we get our team members on the path toward working on the right things, at the right time, and in the right ways. As a people manager / leader, it’s always useful to learn new techniques or reinforce existing techniques to ensure you’re helping your team and organization focus on meaningful work, while setting your team members up for success.15 September from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT - Setting Up Your Team for Success(2 hours)Explore key leadership topics such as setting clear roles and responsibilities, setting clear goals and expectations, and best practices for communicating as a leader. NOTE: There are many concepts in this program that are contained in other Hands On programs. This is an opportunity to refresh learning in key team leader aspects and augment your learning in additional team leader effectiveness realms.24 September from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT
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The Neuroscience of Leadership(2 x 2 hours)Advance your leadership capabilities and effectiveness by understanding and leveraging the neuroscience behind why we and others think and behave the way we do. Understanding this will help you up-level your leadership effectiveness. This program is recommended for those currently at associate director level and above. NOTE: After you sign-up for the first date, you will receive two Outlook invitations for both parts of this program, since it is a two-part program.16 September from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT
Personal and Professional Development
- Career Development(2 hours)Learn tips and techniques to identify your career interests, strengths and developmental areas, while creating more robust career and development plans for your own career advancement.17 September from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT
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Managing Stress(2 hours)Learn different ways to better manage stress, including using learned optimism.16 September from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT - Preparing for Senior-level Roles(2 hours)In this program, you’ll learn about tips / techniques to prepare in advance for more senior-level roles. Demonstrating your advancing capabilities is critical to being recognized for movement into more senior-level roles.22 September from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT
Technical Skills
- Clinical Operations(3 hours)Learn the fundamentals of Clinical Operations and their role and responsibilities in managing clinical trials and clinical studies. This is useful if you are in Clinical Operations and want more guidance on the full cycle of this group and its work. This is also useful if you work with Clinical Operations and/or just want to learn more about this group’s role in steering clinical trials and clinical studies to successful conclusion.23 September from 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:30PM GMT
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Clinical Trials in Med Tech(2.5 hours)Like any Life Sciences business, Med Tech also has certain requirements from a clinical trials perspective to ensure their products and services are marketable, safe, and efficacious for patients. Learn about the clinical trials process and phases for Med Tech.15 September from 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:00PM GMT -
Early Commercialization Planning(3 hours)Commercialization is a critical juncture for any Life Sciences organization, and yet commercialization planning is sometimes left too late in the process to ensure ultimate success. Learn key steps and best practices that organizations take in early planning for commercialization. NOTE: This program is different from Preparing for Commercialization, as Early Commercialization Planning normally begins before or during Phase 2 clinical development.16 September from 12:30PM to 3.30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12.30PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:30PM GMT - GxP(2.5 hours)The Life Sciences and adjacent industries are governed by good, consistent practices. Learn what these are – the full range, organizational requirements and also some of the regulatory reporting requirements.18 September from 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:00PM GMT
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Intro to CMC(3 hours)Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) plays a pivotal role across the Life Sciences’ product development lifecycle. If you’re not in a CMC role and want to learn more about what this function does, including where, when and how it is involved in product development progression, this is a great program for you. Whatever your function, we can all benefit from understanding how CMC works, and how we can best interact with CMC and support their role in our organization’s overall success.25 September at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:30PM GMT -
Market Access Strategy(3 hours)If you are in a Market Access or adjacent role, such as Sales, Marketing, Medical Affairs, etc., learning how best practice organizations build and deploy market and patient access strategies will help your organization prepare in advance to optimize patient, payer and healthcare provider satisfaction while helping to realize sales and marketing goals as well.16 September from 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:30PM GMT -
Phase 0 Clinical Trials(3 hours)This phase of Biopharma product development is typically used for oncology but may have some applications beyond oncology. Phase 0 clinical trials are also useful to understand the broader landscape of what will likely occur / transpire in Phase I trials as a means of preparing for broader / more formal Phase I trials, as there are many parallels irrespective of disease area.17 September from 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:30PM GMT -
Preparing for IND(3 hours)Learn the fundamental requirements for a successful Biopharma Investigational New Drug (IND) application, including best practices and common challenges and pitfalls.5 August from 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:30PM GMT - Regulatory Affairs in Med Tech(2.5 hours)Regulatory requirements drive so many aspects of operations for Life Sciences organizations, and the regulatory landscape for Med Tech has its own unique characteristics. In this program, you’ll learn the full spectrum of regulatory in Med Tech.28 September from 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:00PM GMT