Skills and culture: Which is more important for building a future-ready workforce?

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At Ferring Pharmaceuticals, a leader in reproductive medicine, uro-oncology and specialty areas, growth goals are ambitious—including doubling sales in the next five years. Critical to that trajectory will be a future-ready workforce; at Ferring, that means talent equipped with the capabilities to drive global growth in an environment where they feel supported and motivated by mission, according to Purvi Tailor, vice president and head of HR for Ferring U.S.

As Ferring’s reach becomes increasingly global, Tailor says, the organization is leaning into skills development, borderless internal mobility and the concept that each employee is an active contributor to culture. Tailor—who joined the pharma company in 2021 after HR leadership roles at Johnson & Johnson and American Express, among other firms—shared with HR Executive how these components are bringing the future-ready workforce to life at Ferring.

HR Executive: What does a future-ready workforce look like at Ferring?

Tailor: At Ferring, particularly in the U.S., we are on a fairly ambitious growth trajectory; we aim to double sales by 2030, [which] outpaces the pharmaceutical average. To support that, there’s a lot of work that we’re doing around building a future-ready workforce—from a technical skill- and capability-building perspective, as well as from a leadership and

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