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Main Subject - Ten Innovative Ideas for Successful Team Building Events
Team building can give a powerful boost to the spirit and effectiveness of any group. Well-designed and delivered team building programs can lead your group to a better understanding, clearer alignment and much stronger motivation to work and succeed together.
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According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
anizing a team building event is a big responsibility. The next time the responsibility lands on your shoulders, use these ten ideas to make your event a well-planned and memorable success.
1. Set the tone with an inspiring theme.
Telegraph the tone and purpose o
1. Set the tone with an inspiring theme.
Telegraph the tone and purpose o
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
f your event with a theme that hits the mark. ‘The Third Annual Team Building Program’ is not going to excite many participants.
Here are examples of themes my clients have used to motivate and communicate with their teams: ‘Rocket to the Top, Together!’ (for a so
Here are examples of themes my clients have used to motivate and communicate with their teams: ‘Rocket to the Top, Together!’ (for a so
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
ftware company seeking to achieve dominant market share), ‘The Winning Team’ (for a financial services group seeking to overcome competitors and economic adversity), ‘Forging a New Alliance’ (for a diverse medical services group managing a complete reorganization o
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
f roles and departments).
2. Prime the pump for full participation.
Use internal communication to get everyone interested and ready for the event. Use e-mail, printed memos, websites, bulletin boards, posters and meetings to arouse people’s curiosity, and circula
2. Prime the pump for full participation.
Use internal communication to get everyone interested and ready for the event. Use e-mail, printed memos, websites, bulletin boards, posters and meetings to arouse people’s curiosity, and circula
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
te a list of objectives and issues for the meeting.
You could conduct a survey prior to the meeting and announce the results during the program. Have individuals prepare essential business presentations. Create cross-functional teams to deliver the evening enterta
You could conduct a survey prior to the meeting and announce the results during the program. Have individuals prepare essential business presentations. Create cross-functional teams to deliver the evening enterta
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
inment.
3. Conduct the program off-site.
Major team-building programs are frequently conducted off-site. This allows participants to get away from the workplace physically (minimizing disruptions) and mentally (opening their thinking to new points of view).
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3. Conduct the program off-site.
Major team-building programs are frequently conducted off-site. This allows participants to get away from the workplace physically (minimizing disruptions) and mentally (opening their thinking to new points of view).
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easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
e a mix of energy, enterprise and entertainment.
Stimulate interest and involvement by employing a full range of team building activities. You can have ‘work hard’ sections with speeches about the future and workshops on current business problems. You can have ‘pl
Stimulate interest and involvement by employing a full range of team building activities. You can have ‘work hard’ sections with speeches about the future and workshops on current business problems. You can have ‘pl
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
ay hard’ sections with team games or outdoor challenges. And you can include social sections with mealtime activities, awards and evening entertainment.
Carefully sequence your activities throughout the day and evening. Be especially careful to follow lunches with
Carefully sequence your activities throughout the day and evening. Be especially careful to follow lunches with
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
some physical activity and to end your program with a strong note of confidence and commitment.
5. Allow enough time to process, discuss and apply.
Allow some time between each activity for discussion about new learning and application to the job. It’s better to
5. Allow enough time to process, discuss and apply.
Allow some time between each activity for discussion about new learning and application to the job. It’s better to
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
have a full day with two team building games and enough time for discussion, than a ‘stuffed’ day with three or four games but little time for reflection.
6. Focus on new actions with ‘more, less, start, and stop’.
During the program, have participants develop c
6. Focus on new actions with ‘more, less, start, and stop’.
During the program, have participants develop c
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
lear answers to the following questions:
‘What do you want (the other person, department, etc.) to do more of?’
‘What do you want (the other person, department, etc.) to do less of?’
‘What do you want (the other person, department, etc.) to start doing?’
‘What
‘What do you want (the other person, department, etc.) to do more of?’
‘What do you want (the other person, department, etc.) to do less of?’
‘What do you want (the other person, department, etc.) to start doing?’
‘What
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
do you want (the other person, department, etc.) to stop doing?’
Toward the end of your program, have participants make a list of personal commitments:
‘What am I committed to do more of?’
‘What am I committed to do less of?’
‘What am I committed to start doing
Toward the end of your program, have participants make a list of personal commitments:
‘What am I committed to do more of?’
‘What am I committed to do less of?’
‘What am I committed to start doing
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
?’
‘What am I committed to stop doing?’
7. Use photos and videos to extend the program’s impact.
Engage a photographer to document your team building program. Give copies of special photographs to your participants after the event. Post the best photographs on y
‘What am I committed to stop doing?’
7. Use photos and videos to extend the program’s impact.
Engage a photographer to document your team building program. Give copies of special photographs to your participants after the event. Post the best photographs on y
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
ur bulletin boards, in the cafeteria or publish them in the company newsletter. Put them on your company’s website so your teams’ family members can view them from home.
If you record on video, have the footage edited with music and snappy graphics. Show this ente
If you record on video, have the footage edited with music and snappy graphics. Show this ente
t?
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
rtaining vignette another time at a company meeting or social event.
8. Harness the power of peripheral players.
When selecting participants for your program, be willing to include those related to, but not permanent members of, the core group. Internal customers
8. Harness the power of peripheral players.
When selecting participants for your program, be willing to include those related to, but not permanent members of, the core group. Internal customers
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
, suppliers, and neighboring departments could all provide a few participants who are ‘closely related’ to your core group.
These ‘peripheral players’ can add significant value, perspective and insight to your program. They can also help with appropriate communica
These ‘peripheral players’ can add significant value, perspective and insight to your program. They can also help with appropriate communica
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
tion inside and outside your organization after the event is over.
9. Get personal.
Make sure everyone sees the link between ‘group team building’ and ‘individual action’ on the job. Have each person complete a commitment card, action plan, personal promise state
9. Get personal.
Make sure everyone sees the link between ‘group team building’ and ‘individual action’ on the job. Have each person complete a commitment card, action plan, personal promise state
.
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
ment or some other means to ensure they apply appropriate new behaviors.
Closing a team building program by having everyone share their list of commitments and action plans is a good way to gain buy-in from individuals and unite the entire group.
10. Reward the o
Closing a team building program by having everyone share their list of commitments and action plans is a good way to gain buy-in from individuals and unite the entire group.
10. Reward the o
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
rganizers.
Planning and preparing a team building program is a major undertaking. Be sure to give recognition to those who did the work ‘behind the scenes’. A thoughtful gift, given in front of everyone at the end of the program, will be appreciated and remembered
Planning and preparing a team building program is a major undertaking. Be sure to give recognition to those who did the work ‘behind the scenes’. A thoughtful gift, given in front of everyone at the end of the program, will be appreciated and remembered
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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