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Advice You - If I Am So Busy... How Come I'm Not Getting Very Far? The Truth About How Managers Spend Their Time
Let's be honest, this is just between us … are you one of the 10% who work purposefully to complete important tasks or one of the 90% that are frenzied and fed-up?
If frenzied and fed-up sounds right, join the 90% of those with responsibility for managing people and/or processes who self-sabotage by busily engaging in non-purposeful activ
If frenzied and fed-up sounds right, join the 90% of those with responsibility for managing people and/or processes who self-sabotage by busily engaging in non-purposeful activ
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
ities, procrastinating, detaching from their work and needlessly spinning their wheels.
OK, I'll be the first to admit it…I have been known to scurry around, multi-tasking away and at the end of the day I am horrified at what little I have actually accomplished.
It's called, "Busy Idleness" and it affects most of us. We have an easy and
OK, I'll be the first to admit it…I have been known to scurry around, multi-tasking away and at the end of the day I am horrified at what little I have actually accomplished.
It's called, "Busy Idleness" and it affects most of us. We have an easy and
; 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
abundant access to knowledge and timesaving resources, yet we spend most of our time "making the inevitable happen". What that means is that all our activity doesn't achieve any measurable level of achievement beyond what would occur if we just sat around with our feet on the desk! What makes a real difference in outcomes is single minded
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
ocus on specific activities that can really make a difference.
What's our problem? Is it that we can't tell the difference between competing activities? Are we bereft of creative ideas and strategies? Are we so addicted – yes addicted - to the buzz of busyness that everything other than frazzled feels flat? Or, perhaps it's something eve
What's our problem? Is it that we can't tell the difference between competing activities? Are we bereft of creative ideas and strategies? Are we so addicted – yes addicted - to the buzz of busyness that everything other than frazzled feels flat? Or, perhaps it's something eve
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
n more?
Do you attend to the routine, day-to-day tasks, yet fail to seize opportunities to achieve something significant? This problem is nothing new. Stanford University Management Professors Jeffrey Pfeffer, PhD, and Robert Sutton, PhD, studied this dynamic for their book, "The Knowing-Doing Gap". They asked: "Why do so much education
Do you attend to the routine, day-to-day tasks, yet fail to seize opportunities to achieve something significant? This problem is nothing new. Stanford University Management Professors Jeffrey Pfeffer, PhD, and Robert Sutton, PhD, studied this dynamic for their book, "The Knowing-Doing Gap". They asked: "Why do so much education
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
and training, management consulting, and business research…produce so little change in what managers and organizations actually do?...Why [does] knowledge of what needs to be done frequently fail to result in action or behavior consistent with that knowledge?"
What It Takes to Be on Purpose
People who exhibit purposeful action pos
What It Takes to Be on Purpose
People who exhibit purposeful action pos
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
ess two critical traits: energy and focus. Energy is not what I call "efforting" which equates to all that external activity and scrambling. Rather, energy is defined by your level of involvement in meaningful activities, propelled by both external resources such as technology. knowledge, working with a coach or business consultant and int
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
ernal resources such as patience, listening , communication skills and business acumen. Purposeful action is self-generated, engaged and self-driven.
Where Do You (and Your Employees) Fit? Profiles of Behaviors
If 90% of managers/entrepreneurs and professionals fail to act purposefully in their everyday work, what exactly are th
Where Do You (and Your Employees) Fit? Profiles of Behaviors
If 90% of managers/entrepreneurs and professionals fail to act purposefully in their everyday work, what exactly are th
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
ey doing? Heike Bruch's and Sumantra Ghoshal's study, conducted over a 10-year period and published in "A Bias for Action", describes four profiles of managerial behavior that are measured by their levels of energy and action.
Where might you fit?
The Frenzied:
48% of managers are distracted and off-purpose due to the onslaught o
Where might you fit?
The Frenzied:
48% of managers are distracted and off-purpose due to the onslaught o
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
tasks that face them each day. They may be highly energetic, but they are unfocused. They were found to be positive about their work as well as strongly identified with their jobs, but "the need for speed" prompts them to be unreflective. It is obvious that much more could be achieved if they consciously concentrated their efforts on what
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
really matters. And, what really matters? Most business owners and managers don't think much beyond the moment and often, when asked, can't answer the question, "What really matters to your business?".
The Procrastinators:
30% percent of managers were observed to procrastinate on doing their organizations' most important work. They la
The Procrastinators:
30% percent of managers were observed to procrastinate on doing their organizations' most important work. They la
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
cked both energy and focus, most often spending their time handling minor details in lieu of what could make a real difference to their organizations. I bet you know a few of these folks – maybe even yourself.
The Detached:
20% percent of managers are disengaged or detached from their work. They can be focused, but have no energy. They s
The Detached:
20% percent of managers are disengaged or detached from their work. They can be focused, but have no energy. They s
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
em aloof, tense and apathetic. I have worked with many managers of this description and when probed they often acknowledge (upon pledges of secrecy), that they feel depressed, purposeless, stale and disengaged. They look back and long for the days of vitality, excitement and challenge. And, although they know that they are dying on the vin
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
e, they often feel helpless to make a change, re-steer their careers or create something new.
The Purposeful:
Only 10% of managers and executives get the job done. That is a startling and frightening statistic, I think. If only 10% are highly focused, energetic, and can appear reflective and calm amid chaos, how does that bode for our fu
The Purposeful:
Only 10% of managers and executives get the job done. That is a startling and frightening statistic, I think. If only 10% are highly focused, energetic, and can appear reflective and calm amid chaos, how does that bode for our fu
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
ture as a country? What does that mean about the future of our economy, of innovation, of adaptability and readiness for change? What are we prepared to do about it? How do we get on purpose?
What does it look like when you are on purpose?
Willpower is the propelling force behind energy and focus, enabling us to execute discipline
What does it look like when you are on purpose?
Willpower is the propelling force behind energy and focus, enabling us to execute discipline
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
action. Willpower is the sibling to commitment and together they energize us to focus on gaining clarity of what needs to be accomplished. They move us towards the accomplishment of the major steps/activities that will achieve results and they fuel our positive attitudes about accomplishing what we are passionate about while helping us to
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
adamantly refuse to give up.
The following action steps are essential for real achievement to occur and they are an antidote to frenzied activity:
1. Design a clear mental picture of your intention or future vision. What is it that you want to create? How does it serve your customers, your organization, your employees, yourself? What ar
The following action steps are essential for real achievement to occur and they are an antidote to frenzied activity:
1. Design a clear mental picture of your intention or future vision. What is it that you want to create? How does it serve your customers, your organization, your employees, yourself? What ar
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
e the outcomes you desire? Is your vision or purpose large enough?
2. Make a conscious choice to commit to—and pursue—this intention. This means staying vigilant about your activities and those of others, exercising discipline and committing yourself for the long-term.
3. Develop strategies for protecting this intention against the tripl
2. Make a conscious choice to commit to—and pursue—this intention. This means staying vigilant about your activities and those of others, exercising discipline and committing yourself for the long-term.
3. Develop strategies for protecting this intention against the tripl
.
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
threat of distractions, boredom or frustration. This is perhaps the most challenging aspect because this deadly trio is what derails most people from accomplishing their intention.
You have to be propelled by a vision of what you want to achieve that is unstoppable. Napoleon Hill wrote about this in "Think and Grow Rich" and it is what h
You have to be propelled by a vision of what you want to achieve that is unstoppable. Napoleon Hill wrote about this in "Think and Grow Rich" and it is what h
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
as separated those who achieve beyond all expectations and those who merely get by. While, you may have success, imagine how much more you are capable of achieving if you were clearly focused; determined to harness your energy and to stay on the track. And, I'd be willing to wager that deep inside, in the quiet times you know this is true
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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