Quarterly Learning and Development Programs
Hands On is a global boutique learning and organizational development firm. With over 20 consecutive years in business, we work with you and your organization to harness and maximize your talent.
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Business Skills
Technical Skills
Communication Skills
Influencing Skills
Personal / Professional Development
Leading Others
Business Skills
AI 201 (3 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. This program is running on 16 April at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Advanced Finance for Non-Finance Managers (3 hours)
If you are not in Finance and are keen to learn about foundational financial processes and tools that underpin business, this program will give you great context into how business finances work, and the role that we can all play in ensuring sound fiscal management of our organizations. This program is running on 16 April at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Advanced Strategic Planning (2x2 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. This program is running on 1 May at 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific.
Decision-Making (2.5 hours)
In this program, you’ll learn advanced techniques and practices to help you make better business decisions faster. This program is running on 4 June at 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific.
Effective Meetings (2.5 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 to ensure optimized outcomes from meetings. This program is running on 13 May or 5 June both days at 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific.
Ideation and Innovation (3 hours)
Learn about the difference yet connected nature of ideation and innovation. Learn how to structure and run ideation sessions to generate ideas and opportunities to innovate in your area of the organization. This program is running on 25 March at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Interviewing Skills (3 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 our organization. This program is running on 27 March at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Intro to AI (3 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, while understanding the broader societal considerations of AI adoption. This program is running on 20 March at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
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. This program is running on 20 February, 29 April, and 29 May all days at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Personal Time Mastery (2.5 hours)
Advance your time management capabilities and effectiveness by targeting specific areas that enable you to work toward time mastery, such as balancing work versus personal life, developing habits that increase productivity while maximizing time, and more. This program is running on 13 March at 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific.
Portfolio Management (3 hours)
Expand your project management skills by understanding what it takes to effectively manage a portfolio of projects. This program is running on 24 April or 22 May both days at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Root Cause Analysis (3 hours)
Learn the importance of Root Cause Analysis and how it is used in organizations for more robust problem-solving. Learn how to map problems to arrive at root cause analysis. This program is running on 27 February or 25 June both days at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Risk Management (3 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. This program is running on 20 February or 11 June both days at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Strategic Planning (3 hours)
This is an advanced program. 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. This program is running on 4 March at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Time Management & Organization (2.5 hours)
This is an advanced program. 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. This program is running on 20 May or 11 June both days at 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific.
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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. This program is running on 8 April or 6 May both days at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Drug Development 101 (3 hours)
If you are not in a Science or Development role, this program will help you understand the broader context of Life Sciences’ drug discovery and development, which is important context for all colleagues who work in Life Sciences, as it will help you understand some of the primary functions of our business. This program is running on 6 March at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Drug Development 201 (2 x 2 hours)
Learn advanced concepts and principles in drug discovery and development, including key stakeholders across the biopharma ecosystem, latest trends, and evolutions in biopharma, and more. This program is running on 10 April or 22 May both days at 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific.
Drug Safety (3 hours)
Everyone plays a role in drug safety from Phase I clinical trials onwards. Learn how Drug Safety works and also more about Pharmacovigilance. This program is running on 11 March at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
GxP (3 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. This program is running on 12 February or 13 March both days at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Healthcare Compliance (3 hours)
Learn the fundamentals of healthcare compliance pertinent to the biopharma industry and what organizations must do to remain compliant. This program is running on 9 April or 7 May both days at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Healthcare Economics (3 hours)
Learn the fundamentals of health economics and the role this field / function play in the biopharma industry. This program is running on 5 March at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Market Access (2 x 2 hours one week apart)
This program will help you understand the critical role that market access plays in the biopharma industry and how efforts to build market access typically start years before commercialization and why that is the case. This program will significantly advance your knowledge of the business of biopharma. This program is running on 17 April, 6 May and 4 June all days at 12:30AM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific.
Patient Centricity (3 hours)
Learn about this important mindset in life sciences - how to strategize, plan, implement, and enhance patient centricity in biopharma organizations, including best practices and industry lessons learned. This program is running on 17 April from 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Preparing for Commercialization (3 hours)
Learn about key strategies and steps biopharma organizations take in preparing for commercialization / marketing and sales of biopharma products. Take this opportunity to increase your awareness of this later stage, and what’s involved, even if your organization is several years away from commercializing a product, as understanding what the future may hold and require can help you and your organization make proactive plans. Sign up here This program is running on 10 June at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Preparing for IND (2 x 2 hours one week apart)
Learn the fundamental requirements for a successful IND, including best practices and common challenges and pitfalls. This program is running on 4 March at 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific.
Ramping-up for Phase 3 (2 x2 hours)
Phase 3 clinical trials bring a myriad of challenges and learning opportunities, for which if we can proactively prepare, we’ll be better positioned to successfully meet the challenges and ensure we’re ready for our ultimate goal, which is commercialization. Phase 3 also introduces a number of other considerations beyond clinical development, such as preparing the rest of the business and organization for potential product launch. This program is great to give you an advance review of a number of things to consider before or during Phase 3 clinical trials. Whether you’re in clinical development or another function, you will learn about one of the most critical milestones for biopharma and other life sciences organizations. This program is running on 30 April at 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific.
Regulatory Affairs 101 (3 hours)
If you’re *not* in Regulatory Affairs, or brand new to the function, and want to learn more about the fundamentals of how Regulatory Affairs operates, including FDA requirements and various regulatory milestones during product development and product lifecycle management for life sciences, this program is a great foundation. It will also be facilitated by a former Regulatory Affairs executive leader. This program is running on 29 April at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
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Communication Skills
Conflict Resolution (3 hours)
Learn different styles and approaches to managing conflict in a productive manner. This program is running on 12 March or 16 May both days at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
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. This program is running on 1 April at 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific.
Presenting Technical Information (2 x 1.5 hours one week apart)
This program will help you learn how to better structure and present technical information – whatever your technical area of expertise. This program is running on 5 March, 10 April, and 5 June all days at 12:30PM to 2PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11AM Pacific.
Storytelling (2 x 2 hours sessions one week apart)
This program is an alternative to Presenting Technical Information if you are interested in focusing purely on storytelling as a powerful technique in communicating with others, including using storytelling in presentations. It is not recommended that you attend both Presenting Technical Information and Storytelling programs, as there are certain overlaps of information in both of these programs. This program is running on 3 March, 30 April, and 3 June all days at 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific.
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Personal / Professional Development
Career Development (2.5 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. This program is running on 2 April or 21 May both days at 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific.
Growth Mindset (2.5 hours)
Growth Mindset is a way of thinking and being in the world. It’s a way that we approach both opportunities and challenges and how we continuously grow our capabilities, network and seize the opportunities that present themselves to us. This program is great if you’re looking for a way to “re-frame” how you approach issues, challenges, setbacks, failures and stress. This program is running on 2 April or 4 June both days at 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific.
Increasing Resiliency (2.5 hours)
Resiliency continues to be rated among the most important skills we can have in both professional and personal realms. This program can help you strengthen your resiliency and enjoy the benefits of increased resiliency in both work and beyond. As science has shown, resiliency is not something we’re born with; it is a learnable and incredibly valuable skill. This program is running on 12 June at 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific.
Mastering Your Mindset (2 x 1.5 hours)
Learn proven strategies that allow you to take control of your thoughts, make the most of successes, bounce back from setbacks, and deliver your best performance when it matters most. This program is running on 4 April at 12PM to 1:30PM Eastern / 9AM to 10:30AM Pacific.
Personal Branding (2.5 hours)
This program will help you understand how to build and strengthen your professional brand – how you want others to regard you. Personal branding, when done well, is key to influencing others and strengthening your career opportunities. This program is running on 9 May at 12:30PM to 3PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12PM Pacific.
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Leading Others
Advanced Coaching (3 hours)
Learn tips, techniques, and best practices used by executive coaches to advance your coaching capabilities. This program is running on 26 June at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Being a Leader (3 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.) This program is running on 25 March at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Creating Strategic Vision & Aligning Your Team (3 hours)
This is an advanced program. This program is great for any leader who can benefit from learning how to develop a well-structured, elevating and compelling vision, including learning how to communicate shared vision, meaning and purpose to align your teams and stakeholders. This program is running on 30 April at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Delegating & Empowering Others (3 hours)
This program is designed for people and/or project team leaders. This program will help you build on foundational leadership skills to improve how you delegate, motivate and empower others. This program is geared toward both new and experienced people leaders. This program is running on 24 March at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Developing Others (3 hours)
Learn how to develop your team members by understanding their development needs and aligning development opportunities while coaching to enhance their engagement, performance, and overall satisfaction at work. We do not recommend this program, if you’ve already taken Hands On’s Coaching program, unless you would like a refresher on this, as there is overlap. This program is running on 23 May at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Leading through Others (3 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. This program is running on 19 March at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Mentoring (3 hours)
Learn about best practice tips and techniques and gain access to great tools to support a robust mentoring relationship – whether you’re the mentor or mentee. This program is running on 20 March at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
Servant Leadership (2 x 2 hours)
Advance your leadership capabilities and effectiveness by learning and applying a long-standing, highly successful model of leadership that is Servant Leadership (a model developed and coined by Robert Greenleaf, a thought leader in leadership effectiveness). Learn about the principles and practices that make servant leaders and their team highly effective, engaged, and continuously advancing and growing their results and contribution to organizational success, while also continually building their personal capabilities, careers, and overall work satisfaction. This program is running on 24 April at 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific.
Team Optimization (3 hours)
Whether you lead or work in teams, learn the traits and practices of high-performing teams, and what role you can play to optimize your team’s effectiveness. (You do not need to be a people leader to attend this program, since some or most work is performed in teams). This program is running on 9 April or 14 May both days at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
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. What can you learn from this and how you can apply this to up-level your leadership effectiveness. This program is running on 3 June at 12:30PM to 2:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific.
Transitioning into Management (3 hours)
If you’re soon to assume a people leader role or have recently done so, this program can help you understand the fundamental shifts into people leadership and also give you very practical tips and techniques to ensure your success as a new manager. This program is running on 28 May or 27 June both days at 12:30PM to 3:30PM Eastern / 9:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific.
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