Career Development in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry
Welcome to the new year! As we emerge from the chaos of last year, it’s a good time to reflect and consider your career strategy. Are you bored or energized about your work? Do you feel fulfilled and appreciated? How can you integrate work and life to achieve and maintain wellbeing? All of that can be reflected in your 2021 career strategy.
People managers play a huge role in their employees' daily work experience. Plus, they directly impact their employees' happiness. In fact, the number one reason that employees leave their company is their manager. However, developing an effective management style is not something that people managers learn in school. Rather, managers are expected to learn how to be effective through trial and error on the job. Because of this, we believe it is paramount to share insights and experience on how to be an effective people manager.
Throughout 2020, women have been put through the test. The COVID-19 pandemic has presented new stresses and adversities. Now, the reality is that these challenges are prolonged. Thus, it will take a lengthy and sustained practice of resilience to survive these times. Thankfully, I am learning that it is possible to develop resilience.
In one-on-one meetings, it’s easy to start the conversation by asking how the other person is doing. In larger team meetings though, it’s harder to do a check-in for each person who attends. Last year, my manager introduced the energy/mood plot as a quick check-in at the beginning of each team meeting.
Not too long ago, I was looking for podcasts on career development in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry. Of course, bonus points if the podcast has a focus on women. So far, I haven’t come across any in this particular niche (hey, Michelle, project idea… you know, for when our kids finally go to school after this pandemic!). Dear readers, if you know about a women-in-pharma-careers-relevant podcast, please leave in the comments below or send us a note!
