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Imagine the Results
your Team could
achieve…
I work with a wide variety of highly competent
individuals, departments and cross-functional teams,
primarily in the pharmaceutical health care industry.
Their teams have challenging goals, limited time and
not enough resources.  Most can’t afford to lose time
because of re-work or untested assumptions.  They
need to be running on all cylinders, yet they are
frustrated with
Power struggles
Unproductive meetings
Recycled decisions
Missed deadlines
Firefighting
Simply put, Clarity helps organizations get their products
out the door through better collaboration and
teamwork.   When teams are “stuck”, I help unfreeze
them, and once they start gaining traction, they will
know how to keep from getting stuck again.
If your team isn’t as effective as it needs to be,
you’re not alone.
Over the years, I’ve heard similar issues over and over
again:
We have problems with roles and accountabilities on
our team.

We talk about the same things over and over. We're
not getting the traction we need against our timelines
- we're "stuck".

We’re all from different departments and our
functional goals don’t seem aligned. It’s not clear
what our team priorities should be.

There are some thorny issues we’re not dealing with.

A couple of key people left our team – and with our
new leader, it seems like we’re back to square one.  
How can we get everyone back on track?
There are some concrete things you can do
now to move your team in the right direction.
Don’t fool yourself into thinking that “we need to
work better as a team” means getting everyone to
“play nice in the sandbox”.  True teamwork isn’t
touchy-feely, and shouldn’t be written off as “all
that soft stuff”.  There’s nothing soft about
teamwork – it’s often difficult and it takes skill and
practice to do it well.

Understand that teamwork is an applied discipline,
much like diet and exercise.  If followed, it will
transform your troubled workgroup into a
performing team.  Groups become teams when
together they define their common purpose, agree
on goals, shape their common working approach
and hold themselves mutually accountable for
results.

Look at the larger system, and recognize how the
organizational environment either impedes or
fosters a strong team environment.
I am Ruth Dubinsky, and have spent the better part of
30 years immersed in the pharmaceutical industry.  
During that time I’ve gained extensive knowledge of
product development teams, the functional teams that
support them, and the organizations that challenge
them.  I’ve been excited and delighted to see the  
tremendous potential unleashed when my clients move
toward greater, more effective teamwork.  I believe
passionately in the power of people engaged in work
together.  Corporate clients have included major
Fortune 100 healthcare organizations engaged in drug
discovery, development and marketing.
If everyone was dedicated and
accountable to the success of the project

If your team culture encouraged open,
productive debate

If you could sense a high level of trust
among team members