Leadership Development for 
Life Sciences

Elevate Leadership helps everyone level up, from first-time managers to seasoned executives. We've helped thousands of leaders better navigate the unique challenges of the Life Sciences industry, resulting in more creative, high-performing teams.

Building Leaders at the World’s Top AI Companies

Practical Leadership Skills for Life Sciences Teams

Life sciences companies face unique leadership challenges that exist beyond traditional corporate environments. Workplaces must navigate the intersection of regulatory compliance and innovation, while also building teams that seamlessly blend scientists, clinicians, and business professionals around a shared mission. Every decision carries weight that extends far beyond quarterly results, directly affecting human health and lives.

This specialized environment requires specialized training. Biotech, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, health tech, and medical device teams need leadership development that understands the unique pressures of the industry.

We've developed custom leadership programs specifically for life sciences leaders, backed by neuroscience and thousands of hours working directly with leaders in the space. Our solutions address the core competencies that matter most:

  • Building manager confidence to lead high-performing teams from day one.
  • Helping leaders manage their energy and avoid burnout in high-pressure environments.
  • Developing frameworks for navigating uncertainty and making decisions amid rapid internal change and scaling team sizes.
  • Fostering the skills to motivate and retain exceptional technical talent.
  • Creating a shared management language and culture across diverse technical and research backgrounds.
  • Balancing innovation exploration with execution and business outcomes.

What Makes Elevate’s Approach Different

Training Made for Life Sciences

Our programs are built around the real scenarios life sciences leaders encounter every day. We've facilitated custom leadership offsites for regulatory teams navigating complex approval processes, manufacturing leaders managing global operations, and commercial teams launching life-changing therapies. Instead of generic case studies, participants work through actual situations they face in their roles - giving them immediately applicable skills they can use the moment they return to work.

Customized Programs and Delivery

Elevate meets your team where they are with flexible delivery options that fit your organization's needs and schedules. We've successfully delivered programs across multiple time zones and languages to accommodate global life sciences teams. We also offer a number of learning modalities for our programs, including interactive workshops, peer discussions, case studies, panels, and ongoing micro-learning through Elevate Academy videos that integrate directly into performance management platforms for just-in-time coaching.

Expert Leadership Coaches

Our internationally-based coaching team brings a deep understanding of the unique pressures and expectations facing leaders in life sciences. They're trained in multiple coaching modalities and assessment tools, enabling them to help leaders stay balanced, prioritize effectively, and execute with confidence.

Science-Backed Training Programs

Managers learn frameworks that they can reference and apply immediately in their work. Our content is grounded in neuroscience and behavioral psychology, and our formats are designed to maintain engagement among participants accustomed to scientific rigor and evidence-based decision making. We incorporate quick memory games into the workshops to help retain what participants learn.

Why Elevate Leadership

Proven Success With Thousands of Leaders

Elevate has helped thousands of leaders, from small companies to Fortune 500 corporations, level up their leadership skills. In the life sciences space, we've worked with teams ranging from emerging biotech companies to established pharmaceutical organizations, delivering measurable results including high satisfaction scores from participants and significant improvements in manager confidence. 98% of our training participants say Elevate has improved their confidence to manage their team effectively.

Driven by Science and Experience

We pride ourselves on having the most relevant and actionable content, with techniques rooted in experience from thousands of hours of training managers and coaching leaders, as well as psychology and neuroscience research. We deeply understand the challenges leaders face and we know what works.

World Class Coaches & Facilitators

Each of our team members has previously been in a leadership position themselves, including former Chief People Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Board Members, Founders, Sales Executives, and more. Many have specific experience in life sciences and healthcare environments, understanding the unique pressures of bringing treatments to patients while managing diverse, highly skilled teams.

Our coaches also hold a wide range of credentials and training certifications including PCC designation, Wiley’s DiSC and Five Behaviors Certification, 360 Degree Feedback training, CTI Certification, Hogan Assessment Certification, and more.

At Elevate, we understand that effective leadership development extends beyond training sessions. Our programs are action-oriented, and foster a culture of learning, collaboration, and effective management for every leader.

91%

Leader Recommended

91% of leaders who work with Elevate say they are likely or extremely likely to recommend our workshops.

98%

Improved Confidence

98% of learners say Elevate improved their confidence to manage their team.

2x

Industry Engagement

Elevate Academy users watch double the classes, compared to the industry average.

Level up your leadership skills

“Elevate Leadership is an incredible team doing incredible work. They have helped us build and implement a cutting edge program that drives the behaviors we want to see in our leaders. Managers get what they need through live workshops and coaching, and when they need it through the micro-learning embedded into our Manager Hub. The content is practical and actionable and the program is customizable and scalable.”
Heather Graves,

Senior Director, Learning & Organizational Development, BioMarin
“Partnering with Elevate Leadership was an easy choice for me right from the start. Their expert leadership learning solutions were scalable to our needs, and delivered in a simple, practical, and engaging way. I would not hesitate to reach out to Lindsey and the team again in the future!”
Susan McTavish, 

Head of Talent, Boehringer Ingelheim
“Overall, we’re getting a very positive response from our launch of Elevate Academy. I wanted to directly share a message I received today from one of our front-line managers… I absolutely love Elevate Training. The sessions are applicable to my role and find them relatable. I have started implementing.”
Evelyn Acosta Benrendt,
Head of People, Episource