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Purpose
Both the cost and the likelihood of China global drug development teams encountering communications
problems are high. Project and cultural complexities make it difficult for drug development teams to perform
and communicate at optimal levels. Project team members often come from several different countries and
organizations, all with their own cultures, assumptions and methods. The purpose of this seminar is to
enable participants to improve global team management and communications in their own drug
development project teams. The program focuses in particular on strengthening partnering relationships
among pharmaceutical companies and the Contract Research Organizations (CROs). Chinese drug
development global team success depends as much on effective management and communications as it
does on excellent science and technology.
Seminar Goals
Participants acquire in-depth understanding, cutting-edge strategies and practical skills to improve
management and performance in their own China global drug development project teams. The seminar
provides a clear methodology for improving project alignment and communications, and achieving excellent
partnering performance among diverse project participants and organizations.
Seminar Format
The seminar uses multiple real case examples in a dynamic learning environment. Participants apply
seminar strategies and tools to their own projects. Participants leave the seminar with specific plans for
improving their own projects.
Participants Learn:
- Predictable team communications problems to anticipate and avoid
- Chinese multi-cultural teams’ opportunities and blind spots
- What "partnering" really means, and the difference between partnering intentions and partnering
methodology
- Partnering issues and opportunities within and between pharmaceutical companies and Contract Research
Organizations (CROs)
- Partnering strategies and methods to strengthen pharmaceutical company – CRO team performance and
communications
- Why and how to achieve full alignment among the diverse "silo" organizations working on a drug
development projects
- How to address and resolve the classic project tensions among drug development, safety, regulatory and
commercial/business development
- How to drive partnering intentions from top management throughout all project staff
- How to move beyond a reactive, problem-focused stance to more effective, proactive team management, innovation
and optimal performance
Agenda
Custom training. Dr. Ronco’s custom training programs consistently earn 90%
Excellent ratings. His programs have helped thousands of participants improve
key management, supervision, communications, team and consulting skills.
Dr. Ronco regularly conducts management and service seminars for select
universities and associations: Harvard University, Boston University,
Northeastern University, the Boston Consortium for Higher Education, and
CORENET. Participant evaluations of his programs are consistently in the top
10% of the organizations’ programs overall.
In addition to The Partnering Solution, Dr. Ronco has written numerous articles
and several other books: Partnering Manual For Design and Construction (NY:
McGraw Hill, 1996), Food Co-ops (Boston, Beacon Press, 1974), Jobs (Boston,
Beacon Press, 1977) and, with Lisa Peattie, Making Work (NY: Plenum Press,
1980).
Dr. Ronco resides in Bedford, MA with his wife and four children. He is an avid reader, recreational sailor
and amateur runner and cyclist.