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Digg It - Pathways and Pitfalls to Living Organizational Values
"You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips." Oliver Goldsmith, 18th Century English writer
Revisit and revise your values every few years to keep them alive and relevant. They can too easily become stale, sti
Revisit and revise your values every few years to keep them alive and relevant. They can too easily become stale, sti
According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
fling, or just ignored. In The Achieve Group's (my first training and consulting company) early years, we wrote a three page statement of Achieve's core values that were later named ACT Attention to Service, Commitment to Quality, and
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
Trust through Value.
The values were used to hire dozens of Achievers in the following few years. As we went through a major change and redefinition of our business, everyone in the company participated in a series of "getting into the
The values were used to hire dozens of Achievers in the following few years. As we went through a major change and redefinition of our business, everyone in the company participated in a series of "getting into the
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
ACT" discussions that spanned almost a year's worth of our quarterly meetings. Ultimately the three ACT values remained, but each line of the accompanying explanation was edited and revised. The document went from three pages to two.
Th
Th
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
most significant outcome was not the final two pages of painfully debated words. The biggest benefit came from the participation of every Achiever in internalizing the revised values. They provided a stable and reassuring beacon for nav
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
igating the stormy seas of major change and adverse financial conditions we were going through at the time.
Use a series of fine "values fit screens" once new job candidates have made it through the technical qualifications and work e
Use a series of fine "values fit screens" once new job candidates have made it through the technical qualifications and work e
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesnt have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
xperience screens. If our values say anything about empowerment, teamwork, participation, or involvement, we need to get those people who will be the teammates of the new candidate actively involved in the hiring and selection process.
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
If we're not using our values as key criteria in performance appraisal/management and especially promotions, they're just bumper stickers. For example, far too many managers talk eloquently about teamwork or partnerships, customers, an
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
innovation. Then they promote the meanest, toughest Technomanagers (bureaucratic, technically focused managers) who rarely see customers, are lone wolves, and have left a bunch of dead bodies in their wake. "But", argue some senior mana
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
gers, "they get the job done". Fair enough. So they should stop being hypocritical. They need to declare "the bottom line" or "getting the job done at any cost" or "making your numbers" as the core values. Because that's really what they
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
are. Who gets promoted for what kind of behavior is the single clearest indication of an organization's true values.
What gets measured gets managed. If we are not measuring and providing feedback to everyone on each of our core valu
What gets measured gets managed. If we are not measuring and providing feedback to everyone on each of our core valu
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
es, we're not living them. For example, if innovation is a value, it needs to be measured.
If we have a set of values and we want to assess how well we're living them, here are a few ways to do that: - Look at key organization system
If we have a set of values and we want to assess how well we're living them, here are a few ways to do that: - Look at key organization system
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
, processes, and structure. Whom do they serve? Do they help or hinder people trying to live your values?
- Ask a random group of customers, external partners, and internal people to jot down the three things that your organization or t
- Ask a random group of customers, external partners, and internal people to jot down the three things that your organization or t
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
eam seems to care most about.
- Have team members give regular, anonymous ratings on how well the leaders are living the values.
- Ask people what gets somebody fired or promoted.
- Look at a recent (or current) crisis. What values we
- Have team members give regular, anonymous ratings on how well the leaders are living the values.
- Ask people what gets somebody fired or promoted.
- Look at a recent (or current) crisis. What values we
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
re really tested?
- What's on your team meeting agendas? How is planning, directing, and controlling (management) time balanced with caring for the cultural context and values?
- What are people rewarded and recognized for?
Get out
- What's on your team meeting agendas? How is planning, directing, and controlling (management) time balanced with caring for the cultural context and values?
- What are people rewarded and recognized for?
Get out
t?
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
and get active with customers, external partners, and people in your organization. We loudly signal our values through visible and active leadership. "Our people more attention pay, to what we do that what we say."
Deeply imbed values
Deeply imbed values
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
in all training and organization improvement efforts.
If we're trying to bring about a big values shift, we need to look for dramatic, visible ways to demonstrate the new values.
Post your values on the wall at all team meetings. B
If we're trying to bring about a big values shift, we need to look for dramatic, visible ways to demonstrate the new values.
Post your values on the wall at all team meetings. B
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
egin the meeting with everyone reflecting on how he or she has lived the values personally. Or they might give recognition to someone else on the team for a strong example of signaling the values. End the meeting with a team assessment o
.
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
f whether your values were alive and actively used in the meeting.
Weave references to values in all the speeches, presentations, and discussions.
We lead people and manage things. Core values are critical to effectively leading peop
Weave references to values in all the speeches, presentations, and discussions.
We lead people and manage things. Core values are critical to effectively leading peop
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
le. Peter Drucker is on the mark when he says, "making the right people decisions is the ultimate means of controlling an organization. . . your people decisions are your key decisions, because they tell your organization what you value.
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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