INTERACTIVE COURSE WITH PERSONALIZED LEARNING
Leading through upheaval
As the distance between colleagues increases, the need for leadership skill skyrockets. As it becomes clearer that every aspect of the R&D enterprise is interconnected, people at all levels of the organization are being forced to think more cross-functionally, more globally, and more collaboratively.
Kummer Consulting has designed a new leadership development program created specifically for this moment. It’s not an off-the-shelf program adapted to Zoom. It’s a new approach designed, tested and validated with biopharma leaders facing the new realities of a pandemic world.
Grow your capabilities
- Take on new leadership roles across functions and geographies
- Broaden your perspective to forge collaborative relationships with senior management
- Motivate your teams to meet new challenges with new ideas
New format for a new work environment
All activities are held remotely and scheduled at participant convenience.
- 3 Interactive, 1-hour videoconference group learning sessions with colleagues across the industry
- 7-8 individual, confidential videoconference personalized learning sessions with instructor
- 6 written assignments with personalized feedback
Time commitment: approximately 12 hours over 3 months
Course Agenda
Master the building blocks of effective conversation
Improve your reasoning ability by reflecting on the steps in your thinking
Generate mutual learning by balancing advocacy – making statements – with inquiry – asking questions
Make your knowledge accessible by stepping through your data and reasoning – high quality advocacy
Make others’ knowledge accessible with thoughtful questions – high-quality inquiry
Analyze the mental models underlying action
Map the unintended consequences of typical management behavior
Contrast the typical unilateral action model with a mutual action model
Build a more effective model for collaborative teamwork
Design conversations to maximize learning
Apply conversation design tools to improve cross-functional outcomes
Apply your learning to real on-the-job challenges
Analyze your own upcoming tasks
Become accustomed to viewing situations from multiple perspectives
Plan ahead for conversations, observe results, and apply lessons learned
Build the habit of reflecting on your thinking before acting
Learn what triggers you and compose new self-instructions for responding
Seek opportunities to test new approaches
Develop your own personal model of collaborative leadership
Conduct a retrospective of your learning journey
Collect lessons learned
Articulate your goals for future leadership
What course participants say
Transformative learning
“This has changed my self-image completely. Freed from feeling I have to figure it all out, I take on bigger challenges. Senior management has noticed!”
Personal Growth
“Before, I needed to be right. Now, I walk into things with an open mind. As I do this more, it makes it easier for the entire team and we get much better results.”
Faculty
Merle Kummer MBA, Program Leader, has taught hundreds of life science professionals what it takes to succeed in drug discovery and development. Participants find the learning transformational for their careers, and many of them now play senior management roles. She created the acclaimed course Leadership for Drug Development Teams for the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, and led the program for 17 years. Merle’s enthusiasm and dedication bring program participants year after year to learn new approaches for challenges at the cutting edge of science and medicine.
Who should take this program:
ROLES
Team Lead
Governance Committee Member
Medical Director
Scientific Lead
Program/Alliance Manager
Functional Lead
Due Diligence Team Member
Process Owner
Consortium Member
Chief Scientific Officer
Chief Medical Officer
FUNCTIONS
Research
Drug Discovery
Pre-Clinical Development
Biomarkers
Translational
Clinical Development
Process Development
CMC
Regulatory Affairs
Research Operations
Biostatistics
Data Management
Program and Alliance Management
Strategic Planning
New Product Planning
Business Development