Pharmaceutical Keynote Speaker Ryan Jenkins
Wall Street Journal Bestselling Leadership Author
and Award-Winning Keynote Speaker
Build More Connected Pharmaceutical Teams
The pharmaceutical industry is driven by innovation, but bringing that innovation to life requires people working together across disciplines, roles, and generations.
Today’s pharmaceutical organizations are navigating rapid advances in AI and technology, evolving workforce expectations, talent and leadership transitions, and a multigenerational workforce with up to five generations working side by side…all while advancing innovation and improving outcomes for patients.
Today's pharmaceutical organizations are working to:
Strengthen teamwork and collaboration across scientific, commercial, operational, field, and corporate teams
Connect a multigenerational workforce with different experiences, expectations, and communication styles
Attract, engage, develop, and retain the next generation of pharmaceutical talent
Transfer critical knowledge and expertise between experienced and emerging professionals
Equip leaders to build stronger relationships across increasingly complex and distributed organizations
Embrace AI and emerging technology while strengthening the distinctly human skills that drive collaboration and innovation
Ryan equips pharmaceutical professionals with practical, research-backed strategies to build stronger relationships, communicate more effectively across generations, and create teamwork that drives better performance.
Whether speaking to executives, field teams, commercial leaders, pharmacists, emerging leaders, or industry associations, Ryan delivers an engaging keynote experience with actionable insights that strengthen workplace culture, improve collaboration, and prepare people for what’s next.
Breakthroughs may begin with science. Bringing them to life requires connected people.
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Ryan’s Keynote Topics for
Pharmaceutical Organizations
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Strengthening Relationships to Improve Collaboration, Engagement & Performance
Pharmaceutical work is increasingly specialized and cross-functional. Success depends not only on individual expertise, but on people’s ability to communicate, collaborate, and build strong relationships across roles and teams.
Ryan reveals practical strategies to strengthen workplace relationships and create cultures where people feel seen, supported, and connected.
Improve collaboration across functions, teams, and locations.
Strengthen relationships between employees and leaders.
Build greater trust, connection, and belonging.
Create stronger workplace relationships that support engagement and performance.
Generational Connection
Leading & Working Across Generations in Pharmaceutical Organizations
Today’s pharmaceutical workforce brings together experienced professionals with decades of specialized expertise and emerging talent entering the industry with different expectations, experiences, and perspectives.
Ryan helps leaders and employees move beyond generational stereotypes to understand what’s shaping each generation, and how to turn those differences into an organizational advantage.
Improve communication and collaboration across generations.
Understand what motivates different generations at work.
Attract, engage, develop, and retain the next generation of talent.
Strengthen relationships between experienced and emerging professionals.
Accelerate the transfer of knowledge and expertise across generations.
Team Binding
The Relationship Advantage in the Age of AI
As AI transforms research, operations, decision-making, and how work gets done, strong human teams become even more important.
Ryan introduces the practical habits and systems that help teams continuously strengthen trust, alignment, and support…creating teams equipped to collaborate, adapt, and perform through constant change.
Build stronger, more connected cross-functional teams.
Strengthen trust, alignment, and collaboration.
Create greater connection across distributed and hybrid teams.
Prepare people to navigate AI and technological change.
Move beyond episodic team building and create continuous team binding.
Every leader needs
to hear Ryan.
-Patrick Lencioni
Who Should Book Ryan Jenkins for Pharmaceutical Events?
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Pharmaceutical Executives & Senior Leaders
Equip leaders with practical strategies to strengthen culture, improve collaboration, navigate generational and talent transitions, and lead people effectively through industry change.
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Commercial, Field & Cross-Functional Teams
Help professionals strengthen relationships, communicate more effectively across roles and generations, and improve the collaboration required to achieve shared goals.
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HR, Talent & Emerging Leader Programs
Give current and future leaders actionable tools to engage a multigenerational workforce, strengthen knowledge transfer, improve retention, and develop the next generation of pharmaceutical leaders.
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Pharmaceutical & Pharmacy Conferences
Bring an engaging, research-backed keynote speaker to your conference, leadership meeting, sales meeting, professional development program, or industry event with timely insights on generations, teamwork, human connection, leadership, AI, and the future of work.
Pharmaceutical & Pharmacy Organizations Ryan Has Worked With
McKesson
Merck
Johnson & Johnson
Bristol Myers Squibb
CVS Health
Shoppers Drug Mart
Blue Cross Blue Shield
KPH Healthcare Services
Veranova
Catalent
Kaiser Permanente
HealthPRO Canada
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
American Pharmacists Association
Essentia Health
Midwest Pharmacy Expo
The Impact of Ryan Jenkins'
Keynotes on Pharmaceutical Organizations
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Stronger Teamwork & Team Connection
Create more connected teams that communicate better, collaborate more effectively, and build greater trust across functions, roles, departments, and locations.
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Greater Employee Engagement & Retention
Equip leaders with practical strategies to strengthen workplace relationships, engage employees across generations, and create cultures where talented people feel connected and want to stay.
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Better Generational Collaboration
Bridge communication gaps between experienced and emerging professionals while helping different generations understand and leverage one another’s strengths.
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Future-Ready Teams
Prepare employees and leaders to navigate AI, technological advancement, and continuous industry change while strengthening the human capabilities—trust, communication, collaboration, and connection—that technology can’t replace.
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Greater Knowledge Transfer
Strengthen relationships across generations so scientific, technical, commercial, and institutional expertise can move more effectively from experienced professionals to emerging talent.
THE BUZZ
Excitement from Engaged Audiences:
“Ryan sparked insights and ideas that I can apply in my team and across our company."
- Donna Kimmel, Chief People Officer at Citrix
“The best speaker we’ve ever had!”
- Ashley Breedlove, Director at CVS
“Ryan was phenomenal!”
- Kaylin Orr, Kimberly-Clark
“Great feedback from ALL attendees!”
- Mariana Fagnilli, VP at Liberty Mutual
"Utterly groundbreaking! Ryan equipped us to build a more connected organization with improved engagement.”
- Melissa Bernstein, Co-founder of Melissa & Doug
Why Book Ryan Jenkins for Pharmaceutical Events?
Pharmaceutical Experience, Research-Backed Insights
Ryan has worked with leading pharmaceutical, pharmacy, and healthcare organizations and understands the people challenges shaping the industry, from generations and knowledge transfer to teamwork, talent, leadership, and technological change. Every keynote translates research into practical strategies your people can use immediately.
Engaging, Practical & Actionable
Ryan combines compelling stories, humor, audience interaction, and practical takeaways to create a keynote that’s both engaging and immediately useful. Attendees leave energized, and equipped with ideas they can put into practice the very next day.
Customized for Your Organization
No two pharmaceutical organizations or audiences are the same. Every keynote is tailored to your people, incorporating your goals, culture, workforce dynamics, organizational challenges, and event objectives so the message feels relevant and specific.
Ready to Build a More Connected Pharmaceutical Workforce?
Strengthen collaboration, bridge generational gaps, improve knowledge transfer, develop stronger leaders, and build teams prepared to thrive through the future of pharmaceutical work.