What we do
Our life sciences consultants can help you attract, develop and retain best-in-class talent for your organization.
Adjusting to constant disruptions in the market requires an agile pipeline of leadership talent. We work with you to assess the full spectrum of your talent-related needs.
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Organization Strategy
Build end-to-end strategic solutions that align your structure, people and business processes and workflows.
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Assessment & Succession
Identify the talent you need compared to the talent you have and discover how to close the gaps.
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Talent Acquisition
Attract and retain the right people at every level of your organization by leveraging our scientific research and practical experience.
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Leadership & Professional Development
Unlock the potential of everyone in your organization, from executives to new hires, to thrive in today’s challenging business environment via targeted learning programs.
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Total Rewards
Create flexible, competitive total rewards strategies that attract, engage and motivate a diverse workforce.
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Business Transformation
Build the mindset, skills, structure and culture to transform your organization.
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Intelligence Cloud
Our AI platform pulls together market intelligence and data to provide insights and recommend actions.
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Board & CEO Services
There is no more powerful combination - or one more fundamental to the success of any enterprise - than the partnership between a CEO and the board.
What we do in life sciences
We help life sciences companies create talent profiles that match the forward-looking skills they need.
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Biotechnology
Top biotech companies need leaders ready to move ahead confidently through disruptive change. We help biotechnology companies build a pipeline of future leaders with the traits and competencies that enable them to recognize and seize opportunities.
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Medical devices & diagnostics
Medical device and diagnostic testing companies must keep pace with advances in technology, digitization and automation. We work with organizations to accelerate transformation by building agile, inclusive cultures, organizational structures and talent strategies.
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Pharmaceuticals
To stay competitive, pharmaceutical companies need cutting-edge talent with new skills, mindsets and behaviors—and a talent acquisition strategy to match. We help pharma organizations rethink how they identify, attract, develop and engage their people.
Where we can help
Your performance and results are what matters. We partner with you to continually evolve and optimize to reflect the changing needs of your business. We help our life sciences clients address challenges like these.
Developing internal talent to meet new entrepreneurial challenges
The days of finding new talent by identifying people who “fit the mold” are over. Traditional talent searches won’t uncover qualified life sciences professionals, as new skills are needed to survive in the rapidly changing market. Companies need to rethink entire structures of employee recruiting, development and retention as they embrace the new professionals needed to carry them into the future.
We help you create talent profiles that match the forward-looking skills you need. Not only does your organization need scientists and engineers, but they need innovators and collaborators. We can help you assess your high-potential talent against a broad leadership profile, to measure not only whether talent has been successful in the past but also whether they have the leadership capabilities and emotional intelligence to excel in the future. Additionally, we help them create new career pathways, employee recognition and reward models that encourage loyalty in leaders and high potentials.
Embracing digital transformation
The rapid advancement of technology is forcing life sciences companies to accelerate their digitization efforts. Companies are incorporating IT and automation in drug, vaccine and device development, personalized medicine and more. To compete, life sciences companies must grow more agile, innovative, collaborative and customer-centric. All of these changes require digital tools and technologies that enable new ways of working and meeting customers’ needs.
The rising demand for digital across the industry means that you need to upskill and reskill your existing talent base. We offer innovative solutions for these pressing talent management issues. We help you inventory your current workforce’s skills and identify the new digital skills needed to support future work. We then engage in a strategic workforce planning effort by using advanced simulation tools to understand your legacy workforce, identify skills gaps and create learning and development plans to close those gaps.
Reconsidering organizational structures
Rising competition is forcing life sciences companies to accelerate the delivery of new products and solutions. To streamline operations and develop specific sets of skills and competencies, some life sciences organizations have started outsourcing certain disciplines, such as research and development, production, supply chain and HR management.
We advise you on whether your current workforce matches your strategic imperatives and future workload. We evaluate the structure of strategic resources to determine what work should be done in house, what can be outsourced and what needs to be restructured. Our life sciences consultants help you determine the right headcount and cost strategy, so you can adapt their size and structure to match the business market—adjusting as needed to avoid falling behind the competition.
Let us be part of your success story. Contact us for help creating the right formula for your organization’s success.
Let us be part of your success story
Contact us and see how our industry expertise can help you achieve your business goals.
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Our experts
Our experts are the best at what they do. We work with your team as an honest and inclusive partner to achieve and exceed your business goals, and we have the knowledge, expertise and experience to help you achieve greatness.
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