INDUSTRIES

Pharmaceutical & Biotech

We help executives maximize the cross-functional leadership capabilities that are essential to the mission of improving consumers’ health and well-being.

INDUSTRIES

Pharmaceutical & Biotech

We help executives maximize the cross-functional leadership capabilities that are essential to the mission of improving consumers’ health and well-being.

Leading at the Cutting Edge of Science

The challenges faced by pharmaceutical and biotech leaders are as dynamic and complex as the industries themselves. While a sense of purpose unites these industries, complex organizational structures, diverse disciplines, regulatory requirements, and scientific innovation can test even the savviest of leaders.

We help executives and their teams effectively navigate these challenges by optimizing cross-functional collaboration, teamwork, and leadership effectiveness. Our work includes large-scale, programmatic solutions to strengthen organizational alignment as well as individual and team coaching to address needs for growth and change.

Enhance Communication

We help leaders with diverse backgrounds and expertise amplify their ability to influence diverse stakeholders and communicate with impact.

Develop Soft Skills

Our coaches cultivate the leadership skills and interpersonal effectiveness to work across multiple highly specialized, technical backgrounds.

Bridge Disciplines

We support leaders’ ability to think enterprise-wide and foster teamwork and collaboration across scientific, regulatory, and commercial disciplines.

Demonstrate Agility

We emphasize navigating matrixed environments through negotiation and influence so leaders can foster innovation and change in the face of internal and external pressures.

Guiding a Global Health CEO Through a Purposeful Retirement

Dr. K led a global nonprofit focused on curing a specific illness for 16 years, transforming the organization’s operations and financial stability along the way. But after the prolonged strain of the COVID-19 pandemic, he was emotionally depleted and unsure how to step away.

Although he had already decided to retire, the process of leaving felt overwhelming. Together with his CHRO, he brought in an executive advisor to help him manage the emotional, strategic, and political complexity of a high-profile exit. This was not about coaching for performance—it was about planning for departure with clarity, intention, and presence. Over the course of a year, we met monthly to think through how to show up for his team without being pulled into crises, how to communicate his exit with integrity, and how to step into the next chapter of his life without guilt or second-guessing.

Dr. K retired on schedule with a sense of completion. He left on his own terms, avoided reactive decisions, and transitioned into a post-CEO life that reflects his values. He remains active in work he finds meaningful, but without the weight of the CEO title.

Lead through the exitDr. K stayed present for his team without being pulled into daily drama or rescuer mode.
Step into the unknownHe processed the identity loss that comes with stepping out of a mission-driven, high-profile role.
Own your legacyTogether, we shaped a clear transition message and helped Dr. K define what to carry forward and what to let go.
Say no with purposeDr. K learned how to decline requests that no longer fit his post-CEO vision.
Leave with dignityHe exited the organization in alignment with his values, confident in the leadership team and future he helped shape.

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Legal & Consulting

Your Success is Our Reward

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

The best athletes have coaches. As a CEO, I work with an executive coach from Berman Leadership to help me stay focused, help my team stay focused, help me communicate better, and help my team communicate better. I appreciate being able to bounce ideas off of them when I’m seeing issues from personnel to strategy. Their psychology based approach combined with business experience helps me navigate new problems and gives me great guidance for how to get from point A to point B when you don’t have a map.

CEO,
FinTech Software

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

Berman Leadership coaches make sure our leaders have a safe place to work through issues. Their coaches are highly intelligent, wonderful partners, who quickly get into a rhythm. I appreciate their flexible style and willingness to meet us in a place that works well for the organization.

Senior VP Human Resources,
Private Investment Firm

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

The coaches at Berman Leadership start with intelligence. I appreciate their ability to rapidly diagnose, then offer sets of solutions to choose from that are situationally appropriate for my organization. Their psychological insight and business experience across industry and across different levels of the organization is invaluable.

SVP Global Clinical R&D,
Pharmaceutical

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

Berman Leadership coaches are good at being able to strategize, manage a situation, and provide really good solutions. I appreciate their flexibility and the thoughtful, creative way that they bring insight into their advice. They find the right balance between what works for the individual and what the firm needs, and then marry them together.

Managing Director of HR,
Global Investment Bank

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

I trust the team at Berman Leadership to coach consistently with the organizational culture and business climate, and contextually with deep appreciation for the coache’s environmental challenges. Their incredibly deep approach, rooted in psychology, enables them to navigate incredibly complex and sensitive situations with our most senior folks.

Chief Talent Officer,
Vault50 Law Firm

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

I trust Berman Leadership to operate at the highest level. Their process starts off with clear goals and focuses on what we are trying to achieve from a business perspective. I appreciate their balance between business focus and a strong research mindset.

Chief Talent Officer,
Pharmaceutical Manufacturer

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

Every engagement I source, I look at the executive, the personality, the leadership, and the coach’s style, cadence, and approach to make sure they’re going to be the best fit. If I have a very senior executive in a critical, important role, I call on Berman Leadership for the high stakes assignment because the individual and the outcome are so important. I trust them to provide impact and seamlessly support cultural assimilation with their executive onboarding work because they understand our company so well.

VP HR,
Financial Services

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INDUSTRIES

Pharmaceutical & Biotech

INDUSTRIES

Pharmaceutical & Biotech

Leading at the Cutting Edge of Science

Enhance Communication

Develop Soft Skills

Bridge Disciplines

Demonstrate Agility

Guiding a Global Health CEO Through a Purposeful Retirement

Explore the Other Industries We Help

Legal & Consulting

Your Success is Our Reward

Your Success is Our Reward

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

When your senior leaders work together to take your organization to the next level, we both succeed.

Working with Berman is different. Learn how...

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