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Medical Affairs professionals are relied on to be experts in the science and be business savvy. Those that master strategic thinking exceed expectations. These hacks are designed to help Medical Affairs teams improve their strategic thinking skills and have a larger impact.
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Eliminate Distractions To Get Into Flow State
Eliminate Distractions To Get Into Flow StateBeing strategic is hard. Especially when it comes to sitting down and actually doing the work. This article will help you eliminate distractions to get into flow state. Getting into flow state is key for completing those...
4 Tips to Capture MSL Insights Right Away & Maximize Impact
5 Min Read4 Tips to Capture MSL Insights Right Away to Maximize Impact What is one of the saddest things that could ever happen in the MSL world? An MSL works his or her butt off engaging an HCP and digging deep to understand this person’s motivations. All this hard...
Plan For When You Want To Quit
5 Min ReadPlan For When You Want To QuitWorking in Medical Affairs is demanding. There is a ton of travel, you are getting pulled in a million different directions, your emails are piling up, you are late on your expense reports, and there are difficult HCPs and...
Be More Strategic By Investing In Yourself
5 Min Read Be More Strategic by Investing in Yourself Strategic thinking in Medical Affairs means effectively planning for the future, connecting the dots, and anticipating opportunities and challenges. How can Medical Affairs folks actually be more strategic?...
Stay on Top of Everything With A Weekly Reset | Medical Affairs Strategy Hacks
5 Min Read Stay on Top of Everything with a Weekly Reset Hey Medical Affairs friends, do you constantly feel overwhelmed and things keep falling through the cracks? Or maybe you spend most of your time doing busy work and don’t do any high-priority/needle-moving work?...
Hit the Reset Button & Delete Your To-Do List | Medical Affairs Strategy Hacks
5 Min Read Hit the Reset Button & Delete Your To-Do List These days in Medical Affairs it’s common for folks to do multiple jobs, have a never-ending to-do, and a constant sense of never having enough time. Have you also noticed how to-do lists never seem to...
Gather Better Insights by Participating in Cross-Functional Training | Medical Affairs Strategy Hacks
5 Min ReadGather Better Insights by Participating in Cross-Functional Training Question for MSLs and MSL leads: are the insights gathered by MSLs strategically relevant? Do they help drive decision-making? Many teams struggle with gathering decision-grade insights....
Crush Your Goals By Reviewing them Daily | Medical Affairs Strategy Hacks
5 Min ReadCrush Your Goals by Reviewing Them Daily The daily habit that keeps your goals from getting lost You start the year with a clear set of goals. Then the real world hits: → Back-to-back meetings → Time out in the field → Fire drills A calendar that doesn’t...
Treat Work Like Going to the Movies | Medical Affairs Strategy Hacks
5 Min Read Treat Work Like Going to the MoviesAs busy Medical Affairs professionals, staying on task and completing high-priority tasks is challenging! The demands on our schedules are insane. This makes being strategic and being impactful tough. Here's a great...
Keep HCPs Informed About Insights
5 Min Read Keep HCPs Informed About InsightsDo your HCPs know why you are meeting with them and asking questions (gathering insights)? It's likely that they have no clue why this info is valuable to Life Sciences companies or how this information is used. Build trust...
Medical Affairs Strategy Hacks: Don’t Try to Own Everything
5 Min ReadDon't Try To Own EverythingMedical Affairs teams are not operating in a vacuum to create better patient outcomes. It is critical to build strong partnerships with internal stakeholders. I teamed up with Medical Affairs communication and relationship-building...
Use AI to Put Scientific Literature into Context
Use AI to Put Scientific Literature into ContextThere is a lot of talk and confusion around what artificial intelligence (AI) can do for Medical Affairs teams. Thoughts about AI range from it will take our jobs to I don't trust it to what does AI stand for. To help...
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MSL Insights Done Right: What Excellence Looks Like
5 Min ReadMSL Insights Done Right: What Excellence Looks LikeThis is the most beautiful MSL insights story I have ever heard. When she stepped into her Senior Director role 3 years ago, her organization had never even done an insights report. No process. No system. No...
The One ChatGPT Task Every MSL Should Set Up
5 Min ReadThe One ChatGPT Task Every MSL Should Set UpI’ll admit it when ChatGPT launched the new Tasks feature months ago, I was really excited. But I completely ignored it. Which is hilarious because I’m the person always talking about time management. But I hadn’t...
Inside Fierce Pharma Engage: Cross-Functional Buzz, Bold Ideas, and One Missing Conversation
10 Min ReadInside Fierce Pharma Engage: Cross-Functional Buzz, Bold Ideas, and One Missing ConversationIt started with the lanyards. This year, Fierce Pharma brought something new to the table. One big, cross-functional event: Fierce Pharma Engage. Instead of...
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