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Rethinking Leadership in Drug Discovery
Schneider, Andreas Erden, Zeynep Widmer, Hans Koch, Guido Billy, Christine von Krogh, Georg
Schneider, Andreas
Erden, Zeynep
Widmer, Hans
Koch, Guido
Billy, Christine
von Krogh, Georg
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Journal article with impact factor
Editor
Supervisor
Publication Year
2012
Journal
Drug Discovery Today
Book
Publication Volume
17
Publication Issue
23-24
Publication Begin page
1258
Publication End page
1262
Publication Number of pages
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Abstract
Great efforts have been dedicated to rebuilding the engine of pharmaceutical R&D. However, one potential area of improvement has received limited attention in the literature and in practice: namely, leadership. In this article, we enrich the traditional views of leadership, which consider leadership a responsibility of a few centrally placed authorities, with the concept of distributed leadership. Distributed leadership reflects a group-based capability driven by everyday activities and the key scientific questions at hand. We identify three leadership challenges faced by R&D teams that could be addressed by implementing distributed leadership. Furthermore, we provide some suggestions as to how to foster distributed leadership in drug discovery projects.