Organizational Solutions

Integrated Talent Development

In today’s business environments, the quality of talent available to pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies matters more than ever. Competitors can match technologies, processes and tools, but the creative power of a company’s human resources is what sets it apart, and at the end can make the most difference. According to recent studies, talent is believed to be the most important differentiator in the global economy for the upcoming decades.

AfR’s integrated talent development solutions concentrate on the leadership capabilities and product development project management competencies needed to drive successful product development projects in pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device environments. These core leadership and project management skills and knowledge are critical to product development environments and must be adopted by the organization cross-functionally in order to achieve maximum performance and return on investment from product development efforts. The product development process itself provides the framework within which project management and leadership is carried out, and thus becomes an important factor in how training and learning activities are integrated and carried out for optimal application.

AfR can help:

• Move your organization towards a talent-driven proactive business by determining what leadership capabilities and critical competencies you need to support your product development strategy.
• Assess current leadership and project management capacity and competencies through our proven suite of competency assessments customized to the specific needs and priorities of your organization.
• Map out an organizational development plan for ensuring that your talent pipeline matches the needs of your product development pipeline and establish a framework for career development and individual goal setting.
• Form a competency-driven basis for effective selection of program and project managers that helps pinpoint the strengths and developmental needs of job candidates in relation to your organization’s needs.
• Develop an integrated learning strategy and plan that is aligned with your business priorities, addresses critical gaps while building longer term capacity, and utilizes customized learning paths, action learning solutions, and hands-on training for your program/project leaders and cross-functional teams.
• Define and develop the crucial leadership capabilities necessary for global companies, including increased social and cultural competence, that enable individuals and teams to work well across geographic, organizational and cultural boundaries.
• Develop cross-functional learning solutions to support PDP (Product Development Process) roll-out, working closely with your internal subject matter experts and creating a “just-in-time” learning network inside your company to ensure effective application.