GlaxoSmithKline Combines Social Impact and Professional Development

GlaxoSmithKline’s Emerging Talent Program sought an experiential learning opportunity for the future leaders of the pharmaceutical company, and saw a perfect fit in the ScopeAthon. The ScopeAthon matches business professionals with nonprofit leaders in an intensive, three-hour diagnostic session to articulate one organizational challenge facing the nonprofit, brainstorm solutions, and develop a scope of work for a project that addresses that need.

GlaxoSmithKline’s Emerging Talent Program engages a selective group of high-performing employees in a competitive multi-year professional development program. The ScopeAthon aligns perfectly with the development areas this group had prioritized, including leading strategic conversations, framing an agenda, navigating ambiguity, and communicating effectively. 

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