Leadership for Drug Development Teams
Sponsored by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development
Cutting edge pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms are utilizing cross-functional development teams to boost productivity and improve performance. Across the industry drug development programs are bringing together people from different locations, organizations, cultures, and disciplines. Piloting these teams to success is one of the toughest jobs in the industry.
Leadership for Drug Development Teams is an experiential three-day course conducted by nationally recognized experts in teaching cross-functional team leadership. Class size is limited to 35 to give you ample opportunity to practice new skills on real team problems. Participants submit their most critical leadership challenges, and from these themes the faculty creates learning sessions that speak to the issues leaders confront every day.
Faculty
Kenneth Kaitin, Moderator, is Director of the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development and an internationally recognized expert on the science of drug development.
Merle Kummer, Course Leader, is principal of Kummer Consulting and a leading consultant on implementing innovation. She has worked for more than 20 years as consultant, senior manager, and project leader in scientific, technical, and health care organizations.
Robert Putnam of Action Design is Co-Facilitator of this program. Bob has worked with leading pharmaceutical companies to create effective working relationships across clinical development, regulatory, and marketing organizations. He brings key Action Design concepts and methods to this course, customized for the drug development team setting.
A team of senior industry professionals lead small group exercises.
This course is sponsored by the Institute for Professional Development of the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development. For additional information and to register, please go to the Tufts CSDD web site.
Dates of upcoming programs:
- March 2-4, 2009. Boston, MA