Enriching the Pipeline of Future Leaders: PTC’s Emerging Leaders Program
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Enriching the Pipeline of Future Leaders: PTC’s Emerging Leaders Program
The PTC Emerging Leaders program came to Hege Sollie-Zetlmayer, SVP, Human Resources, in a dream. “I wanted to create a program that was tailor-made for PTC, for the culture we have and want to keep at our company,” said Hege. “The goal was to create a program that would help future PTC leaders address a…
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Expanding the Rare Disease Patient Voice at the BIO Patient & Health Advocacy Summit
For the past three years, PTC has joined patient advocacy organizations, academia, regulators, the life sciences industry, and other stakeholders from around the United States as a sponsor of the BIO Patient & Health Advocacy Summit. This two-day inspirational event offers PTC employees the chance to join their solution-focused peers and share challenges, ideas, and…
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Everyone Needs a Guide
As we start a new year, many goals are in front of us – and that is equally true for our new Culture and Community team and the other virtual teams we are forming at PTC. One of the most challenging goals, and a metaphor many use, is climbing Mount Everest – which nobody achieves…
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Why MLK Day Matters at Work
On Monday January 18, 2021, PTC – along with many other inclusive organizations – will celebrate the legacy of the honorable Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This is a day when we celebrate how the contributions of Dr. King evolved the growth of minority opportunities within organizations and communities regardless of race, gender or religion.…
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Planting Acorns to Grow a Mighty Forest – Developing Future Scientists
PTC is about to finish our fourth year in a special partnership with New Jersey’s Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering – part of our corporate Community Outreach program. This is a school serving a student population with limited means, but exceptional gifts. We recently provided a financial contribution to Students 2 Science, affording Passaic…
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PTC – Always Investing in Our People
PTC was founded by a medical school professor who understands and encourages continuous lifetime learning. I admire this approach. Seven years ago, I was new to PTC and understood that funds were tight. We had limited cash on hand, and no approved products. We believed two things at that time: PTC was on track for…
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Six Ways to Achieve Work / Life Flexibility and Integration
As Arianna Huffington pointed out in a recent Forbes interview, the pandemic has combined three of the largest and most important institutions in our lives: work, family, and school. To cope, Arianna suggests making micro-step changes. Not big, but they add up and make life better – and hopefully address issues of burnout. Because there…