About Values & Behaviors of PhD associates in Clinical Research & Development

Yves Geysels

Director Clinical Operations, Quintiles Belgium

Antwerp Doctoral School, April 16, 2012

Disclaimer

The opinions expressed in this presentation are

the sole responsibility of the author and do not

necessarily reflect those of the company.

I have no financial relationships to disclose

Who am I ?

– Msc in Physical Education, 1980; MSc in Rehabilitation Sciences and

Physiotherapy, 1983

– Doctor in Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, 1990

– 1991: Clinical Research Associate (CRA) at Hoechst

– 1991: Lecturer at the UA, Dept. of Sportsmedicine

– 1998: Clinical Trials Manager Bristol-Myers Squibb

– 2001: Head International Clinical Research Operations , Novartis Belgium

– 2012: Director Clinical Operations, Quintiles Belgium

– 2012: Visiting Professor , University College Antwerp (Artesis)

Source: Careers of doctorate holders: employment and mobility patterns; Laudeline Auriol, OECD1, 26-Mar-2010

Interested in a career in CR&D ?

–Job Description

–Hiring Process

–Personality

Job Description

Hiring Process: The Ideal Candidate

JD

Profile (=Role)

Technical Skills

Competencies

Personality

Learning agility factors

Tinkerer / never satisfied

Takes the heat of resistance

Introduces new “slants”

Leads change

Comfortable with complexity / ambiguity

Finds solutions to tough problems

Reads broadly

Curious to a fault

Self aware / personal improver

Situationally responsive

Politically agile

Skilled communicator / conflict manager

Has drive/ personal presence

Adaptable

Builds high performing teams

Beats the odds: resourceful

High

Potential

People

Agility

Change

Agility

Results Agility

Mental

Agility

Values and Behaviors

Values and Behaviors

Recommendations

–There is a need for PhDs in private sector!

–Pimp up your CV

–PhDs do pass first screenings

–Choice: expert career path vs managerial position

–Be creative, innovative and enforce leadership behaviors

–Learning agility factors: key for success

–Work towards the values and behaviors of the company

Globalisation

Every morning in Afrika, a gazelle wakes up.

It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed

Every morning a lion wakes up.

It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.

It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.

When the sun comes up, you better start running.

Source: The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman, 2005