Leading for Scale with Dean McAlister, Inizio Biotech

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You know it best: being an executive leader can be tough. How do you stay inspired and keep moving the business forward with so much going on? Meet Dr. Shirley Kavanagh, Executive Advisor and scholar/practitioner. In each episode, hear Shirley in conversation with top global leaders and experts on leading with integrity, overcoming adversity, and developing other leaders. Presented by Shirley Kavanagh  each episode, hear Shirley in conversation with top global leaders and experts on leading with integrity, overcoming adversity, and developing other leaders. Leadership Discoveries is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your favourite podcast platform.

Leadership Discoveries #13:

Leading for Scale with Dean McAlister, Inizio Biotech

Returning guest Dean McAlister, EVP, Inizio Biotech, has spent over 35 years in Fortune 500 pharma leadership, including nearly 3 decades at AstraZeneca. Hear how to focus on your people while scaling for growth, how to balance performance and cost control, why leadership needs to happen at all levels, how to approach feedback in today’s world, and whether empathy is still relevant.

This episode covers everything from leadership to budgets. Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:

• How do you lead for scale?

• What's the role of HR in investing in your people?

• How do you inspire growth as an executive leader?

• Are performance reviews outdated?

• Is empathy still relevant?

Connect with Dean on LinkedIn.

Check out the episode and show notes below:

Show Notes

• Leading for Scale with Dean McAlister, Inizio Biotech

• [0:28] Welcome back to Leadership Discoveries!

• [0:39] Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and LinkedIn, and Dean on LinkedIn

• [1:33] How do you lead for scale?

• [6:42] How do you balance the demand for performance with the demand for cost control?

• [14:04] How do you build a compelling case for investing in your people?

• [19:37] What's the role of HR (Human Resources) in investing in your people?

• [22:15] How do you inspire growth as an executive leader?

• [23:34] How do you handle failure as a leader?

• [27:01] Are performance reviews outdated?

• [28:42] Is empathy still relevant?

• [30:55] Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and LinkedIn, and Dean on LinkedIn