Biotech Decision Making Training

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for customizes Biotech Decision Making Training workshops rolled out to 3,000 employees as part of a Leadership Development Academy focused on embedding strategic ways of working into the workforce.

• 97.8% Job Relevance
• 98% Satisfaction
• 98.2% Net Promoter Score

Biotech Decision Making Training

At this biotech client, decisions are rarely simple and pressure to perform continues to increase.  They knew that decision making was a strategic capability that needed to be consistently embedded and modeled across the company.  Most of their biotech leaders were promoted for scientific competence, not the disciplined judgment and strategic influence required for effective cross-functional decision making. The problems manifested as weak commitment, slow consensus, political maneuvering, and an overreliance on historical precedent. They wanted to use targeted Biotech Decision Making Training to help matrixed teams to better identify and mitigate common decision traps that were impeding decision speed and quality.  The series of customized decision making training workshops enhanced participants ability to foster a culture of unbiased decision-making by learning to recognize and mitigate common cognitive biases in decision-making–often referred to as “decision traps.” Highlights included:

• Framing the Right Question Project postmortem data finds that decision making dysfunction often stem from solving the wrong problem. For example, is the issue clinical viability, commercial differentiation, or capital allocation timing? Precision at the outset prevents wasted cycles.
• Making Assumptions Explicit Organizational culture assessment data finds that hidden assumptions often breed conflict. Surfacing them early through constructive debate aligns teams and accelerates resolution.
• Applying Probabilistic Thinking Change management simulation data helps participants to replace binary debates with likelihood estimates and scenario ranges. This shifts conversations from opinion to calibrated judgment.
• Designing Decision Governance Decision making roles matter.  Clarify who decides, who recommends, and who provides input. Ambiguity here is the silent killer of change momentum.
• Conducting After-Action Reviews Learning compounds when teams evaluate both outcomes and decision quality. A good decision can produce a bad outcome in biotech. Training must reinforce this distinction.

About LSA Global Founded in 1995, LSA Global is the leading performance consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps high growth technology, services, and life-science companies create a competitive advantage by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with their strategy. Learn more about getting aligned.

by Tristam Brown: CEO

Tristam Brown is an executive business consultant and organizational development expert with more than three decades of experience helping organizations accelerate performance, build high-impact teams, and turn strategy into execution. As CEO of LSA Global, he works with leaders to get and stay aligned™ through research-backed strategy, culture, and talent solutions that produce measurable, business-critical results. See full bio.