Interpersonal Project Management Skills for the Life Sciences Industries In-house Training

Understanding the role of interpersonal skills in pharmaceutical project management

• Defining interpersonal skills: their importance in regulated environments
• The role of interpersonal skills in achieving project milestones
• Identifying interpersonal challenges unique to the pharmaceutical industry

Effective communication with cross-functional teams

• Effective communication and how to gain project buy-in
• Preventing and overcoming misunderstandings
• Tailoring communication to diverse audiences
• Strategies for improving virtual and face-to-face communication
• Communicating effectively with the project stakeholders including cross-culturally

Stakeholder management and influencing skills

• Mapping and prioritising stakeholders in pharmaceutical projects
• Stakeholder management including how to influence without authority
• Engaging with project stakeholders
• Influencing skills

Emotional intelligence and self-management

• Self-awareness and managing emotions under pressure
• Building empathy and understanding team dynamics
• Strategies for maintaining resilience during setbacks

Building a leadership presence

• Key traits of effective leaders in pharmaceutical projects
• Improving your interpersonal skills as a leader
• Establishing credibility and building trust
• Communicating a clear vision and inspiring others

Project team development

• Recognising the stages of team development
• How to modify your leadership style to get the best results in a project team environment
• Leveraging team strengths to improve outcomes
• Matrix management 

Cross-functional team dynamics and collaboration

• Encouraging synergy across diverse functional areas and working styles
• Overcoming barriers to collaboration
• Building relationships that foster long-term teamwork

Motivating the team

• Understand how to motivate different people and what motivates your project team
• Techniques for maintaining engagement during long-term projects
• Celebrating successes and learning from failures

Conflict resolution and problem-solving in pharmaceutical projects

• Overcoming problems and root cause analysis
• Building relationships that foster long-term teamwork with different working styles
• Managing conflict

Project timeline management

• Identifying and managing common time-wasting activities in your projects
• Maximising your prime time to improve your personal performance
• Develop strategies to optimise time management to address delays and stay on track

Creating personalised action plans