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Quarterly Learning Programs

BUSINESS SKILLS

Demonstrating business knowledge and prowess is essential to progressing your capabilities and career. If you want to enhance your business skills, the following programs may be of interest to you.

Explore our learning programs below...

Please note that each session carries a participant fee of USD 500.00. If your organization has multiple participants, a discounted flat fee may be available. Use sign-up links below or contact us at info@handscom.com for more information.

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Business Skills

  1. AI in life sciences
    AI 101
    (2 hours)
    If you’re outside of a technology role, this program is great for understanding what artificial intelligence is, its many different forms, trends, and evolutions, as well as how different functions are using AI to optimize their work.
    28 October or 3 December both days at 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 4:30PM to 6:30PM GMT
  2. 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.
    13 October or 9 December both days at 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT
  3. Business acumen life sciences
    Business Acumen in Life Sciences
    (3 hours)
    Life Sciences is rapidly evolving in its operating model, strategies, and focus on innovations. This program is useful for individuals at director-level and above to understand how the industry is evolving, whatever your sector or function of specialization. The program also covers topline business financials as another lever that influences your depth and breadth of business acumen and how you influence the short- and long-range direction of your organization.
    20 October from 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific / 4:30PM to 7:30PM GMT
  4. 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.
    8 December from 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8PM GMT
  5. Cross-functional Collaboration
    (2.5 hours)
    Learn the fundamentals and best practices for optimizing cross-functional work, relationships, and business outcomes.
    27 October from 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific / 4:30PM to 7PM GMT
  6. Decision-Making
    (2 hours)
    In this program, you’ll learn advanced techniques and practices to help you make better business decisions faster.
    14 October from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 4:30PM to 6:30PM GMT
  7. 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.
    9 December from 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific / 5:30PM to 7:30PM GMT
  8. 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.
    7 December from 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8PM GMT
  9. 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 November from 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8PM GMT
  10. 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.
    7 October or 18 November both days at 10:00AM to 12:30PM Eastern / 7:00AM to 9:30PM Pacific / 2:00PM to 4:30PM GMT
  11. 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.
    12 November from 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8:30PM GMT
  12. 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.
    5 November from 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific / 5:30PM to 8PM GMT
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