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Getting to the Heart of Health PartnershipsAuthor: Claire Munro
Partnerships in healthcare can bring insights and value to life science companies, and help them build trust with healthcare professionals. Most importantly of all, they can improve outcomes and experience for patients. But it takes a lot of skill to get them right. In this podcast, we'll explore what it takes to make them work. And crucially, what not to do. Getting to the Heart of Health Partnerships is for you if work in a medical or commercial role in the life sciences industry, and want to hone your collaboration skills to get closer to your customers and patients, so you can better understand how to support them. Hosted by Claire Munro, founder and managing director of Dovetail Strategies. Language: en-us Genres: Health & Fitness, Medicine Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 6 Everything seems impossible until it’s possible.
Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
In this special bonus episode, I talk to Catherine Williams, Managing Director of MSD Denmark & Iceland. Catherine’s a warm and thoughtful leader with more than 18 years’ experience in a variety of commercial roles in the pharmaceutical industry and I felt there was so much to learn from her reflections that I wanted to share them with you as soon as possible. I’ve talked with previous guests about the need to be super-clear on the aims and desired outcomes of a collaboration, and Catherine builds on that by adding that defining and living your values is every bit as important as goal clarity for building trust between healthcare professionals and industry partners. Catherine believes that collaboration is essential for business success. and that it’s very important for commercial organisations to be upfront about what they want from partnerships and how they think they can contribute aside from financial support. We cover a lot of topics in this conversation – including the values of equity, honesty and respect that motivate her every day, the role of vulnerability in leadership and the lessons we can learn from the pandemic. You’ll hear her views on how unconscious biases and labels can be barriers to success, and why she’s committed to working towards the day when diversity and inclusion are so embedded in business that we no longer have to talk about them. When we relate to our colleagues and stakeholders on a human-to-human level and focus on our common goals of serving the population or reducing health inequalities, we can make the seemingly impossible happen. As she says, quoting Nelson Mandela: ‘Everything seems impossible until it’s possible.’ Enjoy! Email hello@dovetailstrategies.com or connect with me on LinkedIn with questions or comments about anything you’ve heard in this episode. I’d love to hear from you. Catherine’s on Linked In here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-williams-2b119313/ Here’s the Peter Fuda blog she refers to, to help you reflect on your own values and goals https://legacy.enixa.co/5-powerful-ways-to-reflect-and-refocus-over-the-festive-season/ MSD Denmark links: https://www.linkedin.com/company/msd-danmark https://twitter.com/MSDDanmark https://www.facebook.com/msddanmark https://www.instagram.com/msddanmark/
