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Getting Your Career Back on Track After a Catastrophic Error

Harvard Business

A client we worked with, a senior pharmaceutical VP, was accused of violating U.S. A year after his sabbatical, our client resumed his career as a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry. If you can avoid the discussion in networking meetings or job interviews, then do so. How to Get the Most Out of an Informational Interview.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

As an outgrowth of a multi-district pharmaceutical case, the firm formed its technology practice, specializing in e-discovery solutions and software. Promotions are dependent on how quickly you meet functional competencies and skill requirements set out for you by the powers that be. Internships. Exit Opportunities. FTI University.

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Conversation with IMS Consulting Group

Tom Spencer

You are likely to visit clients for client meetings and workshops. Tom: Does IMS Consulting Group use the case interview as part of its recruitment process? Steph: People tend to go to work in industry, for example a job in the pharmaceutical industry. Tom: Do IMS consultants work remotely or on site with the client?

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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business

Director Recruitment and Skills. Recruiting directors with technological expertise is one avenue through which boards can boost their innovative capabilities. Directors should also take stock of how time is spent at board meetings and reallocate discussion time as needed. — [and] not much on risk, people, innovation.”

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How Companies Can Ensure Maternity Leave Doesn’t Hurt Women’s Careers

Harvard Business

This phase involved a round of interviews with people at 28 organizations across a variety of sectors, including aviation, banking, pharmaceutical, professional services, and technology. Something as seemingly small as the timing of meetings can make a big difference. Takeaways for Organizations. What About the Length of Leave ?

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Even Life-Saving Innovations Don’t Sell Themselves

Harvard Business

When pharmaceutical companies launch a life-saving drug, they regularly spend twice as much on marketing as on the drug development. Only when BRAC, a Bangladesh NGO, recruited and deployed thousands of paid workers to teach villagers how to make it out of ingredients in even the humblest of homes did adoption take off, in the early 1980s.

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Changing Company Culture Requires a Movement, Not a Mandate

Harvard Business

Prasad, CEO of Dr. Reddy’s, a 33-year-old global pharmaceutical company headquartered in India that produces affordable generic medication. ” But instead of plastering this new slogan on motivational posters and repeating it in all-hands meetings, the leadership team began by quietly using it to start guiding their own decisions.

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