#41: The DIA - HBA Skill Building Series: A Custom-Fit Leadership Approach for Women in the Regulatory, Medical, Legal and Compliance Functions

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This workshop is part of a new leadership skill-building initiative for women in regulatory, legal, compliance and medical roles within medical product development companies.  Professionals in these functions spur innovation and increase compliance and commercial effectiveness. Ultimately, they help drive better business results and enhance their organizations’ reputations through their ability to maintain product access and protect the bottom line.

Yet many of these professionals may not be adept at recognizing, packaging and communicating their value within the larger context of the business, and are missing key career leadership opportunities.

This interactive workshop is designed to improve leadership agility and performance. Attendees will learn how executives in these functions express their value and will work with tools to help them identify and articulate their own unique value to their business partners within the pharmaceutical, biotech and device industry. The new insights and leadership skills gained at the workshop will be immediately applicable in the work setting. 

Agenda

Welcome & Opening Remarks
Minnie Baylor-Henry, JD, RPh, DIA President Elect
Worldwide Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices & Diagnostics, United States

Session 1: Industry Trends and Key Criteria for Business Success in Today’s Environment
Ilyssa Levins, Winner of HBA President’s Award and Rising Star
President
Center for Communication Compliance (CCC), United States

Session 2: Business Acumen: Framing Your Role with a Business Context
Ilyssa Levins, Winner of HBA President’s Award and Rising Star
President, Center for Communication Compliance (CCC)

Session 3: Moving from Technical to Strategic Thinking
Catherine Angell Sohn, PharmD, HBA Women of the Year
Dean's Professor; President, Sohn Health Strategies LLC
University of the Sciences

Networking Break

Session 4: Commanding Executive Presence
Karen Hough, Nationally Recognized Author
Founder and CEO
ImprovEdge, LLC 

Session 5: Working with or as a Mentor
Hayley A. Norman, Author and Former Pharmaceutical Executive
Managing Member
Metajourn, LLC

At the conclusion of this workshop, participants should be able to:

• Create a statement characterizing  the value of at least one aspect of their function within their current job and how it contributes to their company’s growth/success
• Discuss the key differences between strategic and functional thinking approaches
• Assess their strengths and weaknesses in exhibiting executive presence
• Formulate a plan to identify and work effectively with a mentor/mentee to develop and practice leadership skills