Pfizer's New Lifecycle Approach To Senior Leader Development
When: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 : 11:00AM - 12:00PM EST
The pharmaceutical industry is undergoing dramatic change on many levels which prompted Pfizer to completely reengineer its business. In tandem with their structural changes, Pfizer is revising its approach for developing senior leaders who will face these unprecedented challenges:
- maintain the core business as patents on blockbuster drugs come to an end
- target research on diseases that strike smaller populations and devise financial models to make these solutions profitable
- prepare for unknown future conditions that will emerge as the federal government in the U.S. introduces changes to the nation's healthcare programs
Pfizer is developing a lifecycle approach to prepare senior leaders to think strategically and drive innovation as they confront many conditions they've never before encountered.
The slides presented at this meeting as well as a video recording of the presentation itself are now available for members. Please see the links below.
Presentation Slides 
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Presenters:
With over 20 years of sales, leadership and executive development experience, Lisa Brooks Greaux brings a unique and innovative perspective on the relationship between business performance, leadership and professional development. Lisa is acknowledged as an authority on Leadership Transitions; helping leaders successfully evolve into new roles, and has designed several resources and tools to support that effort.
Lisa Brooks Greaux is currently, Director of Senior Leader Development at Pfizer, where she is engaged in building capability, designing development experiences, and executive coaching. She is also responsible for developing and executing leadership strategies and programs for Senior-level leaders.
Ms. Brooks Greaux is an Adjunct Professor at Fordham University, where she teaches in the Graduate HR Program.
Lisa’s most distinguished honor was being selected as one of the “25 Most Influential Women in Business” by the Network Journal.
She holds a BS in Finance from Temple University, a Masters in Organizational Development from Fordham University, and is a Doctoral candidate in Organizational Leadership at Columbia University.
Ms. Brooks Greaux’s areas of expertise and scholarly interests are in: Leadership and Senior Leader Development; Leadership Transitions, and Women as Leaders.
In her spare time, Lisa is a volunteer for Junior Achievement and INROADS. She also mentors young adults in their development.
Stephen Kontra is Director, Senior Leader Development in the Worldwide Talent and Organization Capability group for Pfizer Inc and works closely with the Vice President, Leader Capability & Learning and Pfizer’s Chief Talent Officer to develop the leadership capabilities and potential of Pfizer’s senior executives and executive teams.
After briefly working for Travelers Insurance in the late 1970’s, Steve began his Pfizer career in 1979, and has held various sales, sales management, training, learning, OD and headquarters management positions, including National Sales Director, Professional Sales in Pfizer’s Consumer HealthCare Division.
Steve joined the Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals Corporate Management and Leadership Development organization in 2002 and assumed his current responsibilities in 2008. Steve’s Pfizer experience includes service and leadership positions on several panels and boards, including the Consumer Healthcare Talent Development Board, IT Advisory Panel, Division Innovation Task Force, and participation on or leading merger integration teams during the Warner-Lambert, Pharmacia and Wyeth acquisitions.
He currently oversees the Senior Leader – Talent Advisory Committee and is responsible for the enterprise Senior Leader Development Strategy and architecture. Steve holds a B.S. in Management from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and an MBA from St. Mary's College in Moraga, California. He also holds a certificate from Columbia University in the Principles and Practices of Organizational Development.
Steve is a member of American Society of Training & Development (ASTD) and The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Steve and his wife Tanya reside in Easton, Connecticut with their three children.
Mark is the Vice President, Leader Capability & Learning for Pfizer, Inc. The market dynamics and regulatory environment of the pharmaceutical industry are changing dramatically and Pfizer is transforming rapidly to meet both these new challenges and those of the future. From both the leader capability and learning perspectives, the changes required must be executed with speed, sensitivity and precision. As part of the Worldwide Talent & Organization Capability team within Global Human Resources, Mark's colleagues are actively engaged in development of the talent and organization capability critical to Pfizer's future success.
From 1997-2007, Mark was Managing Director of the Leadership Institute for an 80,000 member global financial services firm where he and his team were responsible for the strategic alignment and development of the firms 600 most senior leaders around the world. Working closely with the office of the Chairman and CEO, the Leadership Institute created programs, processes and provided consulting to build organizational capacity for execution and deepen leadership bench strength. During his tenure, the firm grew from 15,000 members through many mergers and acquisitions and successfully faced changes in both the markets and regulatory environment. In 2006 his firm was recognized as the "Top Company of Leaders in Europe" and received numerous awards for leadership development and learning practices.
Mark has over 20 years of experience in the private sector as a Human Resource professional, across many different industries, having worked for manufacturing, publishing, marketing and service firms during his career.
Prior to joining the private sector, Mark was a submarine officer and an instructor at the U.S. Naval Submarine School.
Mark is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis.