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Leadership Perspectives – Developing a Cross-Sector Career

February 24, 2022/in Competency, Talent Development, SEARCH BY TYPE, Leadership & Management, Innovate Articles/by Medical Affairs

In this final article in the Leadership Perspectives series, John Pracyk interviews J&J leaders to explore a bold vision of career development that entails moving across sectors; namely, crossing over between Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Vision, and Consumer Health.

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Leadership Perspectives – Preparing the Next Generation of Chief Medical Officers

February 8, 2022/in Competency, SEARCH BY TYPE, Talent Development, Leadership & Management, Innovate Articles/by Medical Affairs

In conversation with John Pracyk, MD, PhD, MBA, Medical Affairs leaders from Johnson & Johnson describe best practices to prepare our next generation of Chief Medical Officers.

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Learning Agility: The Path Forward for Medical Affairs

June 18, 2021/in Competency, ACCESS, Open Access, SEARCH BY TOPIC, Career Development, Talent Development, SEARCH BY TYPE, SEARCH BY TYPE, Webinars, Leadership & Management, Content Hub, Partner Circle Publications/by Medical Affairs

This MAPS webinar with Syneos Health overviews learning agility and the six contributing dimensions, discussing how we can measure and develop learning agility across an organization.

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Leadership Perspectives 4: Medical Affairs Career Development

April 27, 2021/in Competency, SEARCH BY TYPE, Talent Development, Leadership & Management, Innovate Articles/by Medical Affairs

Here we explore how some of the top Medical Affairs leaders from Johnson & Johnson think about career leadership development opportunities and challenges.

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Leadership Perspectives 3: Transitioning Across Therapeutic Areas

April 6, 2021/in Competency, Talent Development, SEARCH BY TYPE, Leadership & Management, Innovate Articles/by Medical Affairs

J&J leaders detail how to think about managing the challenge of broadening the focus of a Medical Affairs career to encompass new and multiple therapeutic areas.

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Leadership Perspectives 2: Keys to Success in Medical Affairs

March 16, 2021/in Competency, Talent Development, SEARCH BY TYPE, Leadership & Management, Innovate Articles/by Medical Affairs

In this edition of Perspectives, MAPS Americas Region President, Dr John Pracyk speaks with J&J leaders about the keys to success in Medical Affairs.

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Leadership Perspectives 1: Transitioning into Medical Affairs

March 4, 2021/in Competency, SEARCH BY TYPE, Talent Development, Leadership & Management, Innovate Articles/by Medical Affairs

In this edition of Perspectives, MAPS Americas Region President, Dr John Pracyk speaks with J&J leaders on how they transitioned to a career in Medical Affairs.

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Joseph Eid: From Childhood in Civil War Lebanon to Medical Affairs Leader

October 21, 2020/in Competency, Talent Development, SEARCH BY TYPE, Leadership & Management, Innovate Articles/by Medical Affairs

Nothing could stand between Joseph Eid and his dream of becoming a doctor—not even gunfire.

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Learning Agility: An Emergent Capability for Future-Proofing Medical Affairs Strategic Planning

June 18, 2020/in Competency, SEARCH BY TYPE, Talent Development, Elevate Articles, Leadership & Management/by Medical Affairs

This article aims to position learning agility as an emergent capability that supports the future-proofing of Medical Affairs strategic planning processes and outputs. In essence, learning agility is a set of skills, competencies, and mindsets that support our capability of “knowing what to do when we don’t know what to do.”

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Managing Your Career – Part 3: Five Modern Medical Affairs Competencies

May 18, 2020/in Competency, SEARCH BY TYPE, Talent Development, Elevate Articles, Leadership & Management/by Medical Affairs

In part 3 of Managing Your Career in Medical Affairs, Dr. Qasim Ahmad of Novartis describes 5 core Medical Affairs competencies MA professionals can build to demonstrate to leadership the value that Medical Affairs brings, and its strategic far reaching business impact.

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