Lead and Collaborate as well as Manage

I guide people with business ideas such as those discussed here while allowing others to share and develop their own insights as well. I lead as much as manage, per se , and try to lead by example. My style provides senior people with plenty of space to work individually as well as collaboratively. They can count on my encouragement and support, but I also require them to plan effectively, monitor results, and deliver long term success.

Seeing BioReliance as a laboratory-based service organization, I have led our managers to add commercial success to technical prowess. The big picture unifying approach has been to drive both areas toward service excellence. This has become the shared value that defines the companys culture. Among other factors, better internal communications and planning together has been a key, leading to improved respect by all functional groups for the others and helping create a unified team with common goals.

We have developed a successful model for continuous innovation including, in our particular environment, the necessary validation of new services which distributes that development and commercialization around the company. This is a key to recent and continuing success in introducing new services ahead of competitors . Often working with clients or regulatory authorities, the companys scientists use their commercial laboratory facilities and personnel to complete well-designed assays or testing methods very quickly. This provides diversity in work for people as well as taking advantage of practical lab operations experience in launching new services. It is highly cost effective and reduces time-to-market by eliminating R&D to laboratory technology transfers. It usually includes well-known clients in the introduction of new services, as well.