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Join the Medical Data Leaders Community to elevate your leadership skills and amplify your influence, empowering you to drive meaningful change in the healthcare landscape!
The Medical Data Leaders Community – tailored to you!
Individual Contributor
– No administrative responsibility yet
– Project responsibility
First Level Leaders
– Group or team leader with administrative responsibility
– Up to 80% focus on administrative leadership
Senior Leaders
– Sets strategic direction
– Focus purely on administrative leadership
You have the technical skills. You deliver precise, high-quality analyses. But despite your expertise, you find yourself facing challenges that prevent you from truly making a difference in your career and within your organization.
Does this sound familiar?
Decision-makers don’t fully grasp the value of your analyses.
– Promotions and leadership opportunities seem out of reach.
Tight deadlines, endless requests, and shifting priorities drain your energy.
Non-statisticians misunderstand your conclusions.
Your voice is drowned out by louder stakeholders.
Your results aren’t always well-received, leading to tension with stakeholders.
You lack a strong network of peers and mentors to guide you.
More responsibility comes with no training.
You’re focused on numbers, but you crave a deeper understanding of business and regulatory impact.
We designed the Medical Data Leaders Community (MDLC) specifically for statisticians, data scientists, and programmers in medical research who want to elevate their careers, expand their influence, and become recognized leaders in the field.
What You’ll Gain in the MDLC
Learn how to present data persuasively to executives, clinicians, and regulators.
Develop storytelling skills to make complex insights clear and actionable.
Build your personal brand and increase your visibility within and beyond your organization.
Position yourself for leadership roles with expert guidance.
Gain strategies to prioritize tasks, set boundaries, and work smarter, not harder.
Learn how to assert your expertise and ensure your recommendations carry weight.
Get exclusive insights into the future of medical data science and regulatory expectations.
Develop negotiation skills and strategies to handle pushback and disagreements effectively.
Connect with like-minded professionals and mentors who understand your challenges and goals.
Learn to move beyond technical execution and contribute to high-level business and regulatory decisions.
Join the MDLC Today & Transform Your Career
You don’t have to navigate these challenges alone. The MDLC provides the roadmap, support, and community you need to thrive in your career and make a lasting impact in medical research.
You’ve built a strong technical foundation, and now you’re leading teams, managing projects, and driving results. But leadership brings a new set of challenges that technical skills alone can’t solve.
Do these struggles sound familiar?
You’re stuck between hands-on tasks and managing a team.
Your ideas don’t always get the attention they deserve.
Conflict, miscommunication, and engagement issues slow down progress.
You’re leading a team, but what’s the next step for your growth?
You juggle demands from executives, peers, and direct reports.
Your team is skilled but lacks cohesion, motivation, or direction.
You want to connect your work to broader strategic goals.
Change management is tough, and your team isn’t always on board.
You need to support your team’s development effectively.
Leadership responsibilities take up your day, leaving little time for deep work.
We designed the Medical Data Leaders Community (MDLC) for statisticians, data scientists, and programmers who are stepping into or already managing teams and projects.
How the MDLC Helps First-Level Leaders Succeed
Learn how to delegate effectively while maintaining quality.
Develop a leadership mindset to guide and support your team.
Learn how to communicate and advocate for your team’s work.
Position yourself as a strategic thinker who drives business value.
Develop conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
Gain strategies to handle difficult team dynamics and stakeholder conflicts.
Build the skills to support, motivate, and develop your direct reports.
Learn how to create a culture of continuous learning within your team.
Understand how your team’s work fits into the bigger picture.
Learn to translate technical work into business value.
Gain strategies to manage your workload and focus on high-impact tasks.
Learn how to set priorities while balancing leadership and technical responsibilities.
Connect with other first-level leaders navigating similar challenges.
Get direct mentorship and guidance from experienced industry leaders.
Take Your Leadership to the Next Level and join the MDLC
You don’t have to figure out leadership on your own. The MDLC provides the skills, strategies, and support to help you lead with confidence, drive results, and advance your career.
As a department head, professor, or senior technical leader, you are no longer just managing projects—you’re shaping the direction of research, innovation, and data-driven strategy within your organization. But with greater influence comes greater challenges.
Do these struggles resonate with you?
You need to focus on the big picture while ensuring execution.
You struggle to gain buy-in from top decision-makers.
Your team’s work must align with regulatory, clinical, and commercial goals.
You’re leading a team, but what’s the next step for your growth?
You juggle demands from executives, regulators, policymakers, and/or funding bodies.
Implementing innovation while overcoming internal resistance is a challenge.
You need to mentor and empower future leaders in your field.
Breaking silos between statistics, regulatory, clinical development, medical affairs, commercial, and other teams is essential.
Staying ahead of evolving policies and compliance issues is critical.
You need to ensure data-driven decision-making is central to the organization.
Even at the top, you need continuous learning and high-level peer discussions.
We designed the Medical Data Leaders Community (MDLC) for senior medical data professionals who are driving strategy, innovation, and large-scale impact within their organizations.
How the MDLC Empowers Senior Leaders
Develop high-impact communication skills to engage executives and policymakers.
Master the art of persuading stakeholders and securing organizational alignment.
Learn how to position medical data functions as a key driver of regulatory and commercial success.
Gain insights into emerging industry trends that shape future decision-making.
Implement frameworks for driving change and fostering innovation.
Overcome resistance to new ideas and digital transformation.
Develop advanced skills for managing competing priorities among senior stakeholders.
Learn how to turn internal and external conflicts into productive collaborations.
Learn how to build leadership pipelines that strengthen your team and organization.
Gain best practices for coaching senior technical and research professionals.
Stay ahead of evolving global regulations and ethical considerations in the field of medical data.
Build frameworks for responsible AI, real-world evidence, data integrity, and beyond.
Engage in high-level discussions with peers shaping the future of medical data science.
Access expert insights, case studies, and leadership strategies from top industry figures.
Take Your Leadership to the Next Level and join the MDLC
Even at the highest levels, growth never stops. The MDLC provides the insights, strategies, and elite network you need to continue evolving as a visionary leader in medical data science.
Your Trainer Team
Dr. Alexander Schacht
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Effective Statistician and Sanevidence
20+ years experience as a statistician
Prior executive leader
Podcaster of The Effective Statistician
Leadership expert and Founder of The Effective Statistician Academy
Gary Sullivan PhD
Leadership Expert and Statistical Scientist of Espirer Consulting
20+ years experience as a statistician
Prior executive leader
Podcaster of The Effective Statistician
Leadership expert and Founder of The Effective Statistician Academy
Franziska Lang
Change Consulting, Leadership Development & Certified Business Coach
20+ years experience in leadership development
Executive Coach
Certified Professional
Passionate people developer
Next Webinar & Workshops
Overview
Next Webinars & Workshops
You can register for each webinar (free) or workshop (premium) individually or you join the Medical Data Leaders Community annual membership and get access to all the content included in the respective tier (ind. contributor, 1st level leader, senior leader – see the full list below).
Advance your leadership skills to the next level! Join the next webinar or workshop!
Testimonials
The Medical Data Leadership Community
Join the community of like-minded statisticians, data scientists, programmers and other quantitative researchers in medicine
Select the level that best suits you as an individual contributor, first level leader, or senior leader.
From self-learning modules to individual coaching, the medical data leaders community offers you various formats for a hybrid learning experience:
Bite-sized self-learning videos
Enjoy 15+ hours of bite-sized self-learning videos helping you understand key leadership skills, from basic communication skills to advanced negotiation tools. Included in all 3 levels of the community.
1-hour small group mentoring sessions
Learn the foundations of leadership in a series of nine 1-hour small group mentoring sessions based on the successful leadership program of The Effective Statistician. Included in all 3 levels of the community.
Interactive
workshops
Participate in a large variety of interactive workshops tailored to your needs to grow your leadership toolbox (see the full list below). Partially included for individual contributors and full inclusion for first level and senior leaders.
Peer-to-peer
mentoring
Get hands-on advice in small (4 persons) peer-to-peer mentoring for your most burning issues or opportunities from peers at your level. Included separately for first level and senior leaders.
Topic-based
group-learning
Learn a large variety of advanced leadership topics through topic-based group-learning heavily focusing on discussing and deepening the topics with other senior leaders. These weekly 1-hour sessions are only for senior leaders (see below for an overview of the topics).
1:1
coaching
Benefit from 1:1 coaching with a certified hand-picked coach. Every first-level and senior level leader gets access to one test session with a coach and discounted follow up sessions to work on a specific personal challenge over some months.
1:1
mentoring
Senior leaders get access to 1:1 sessions with Alexander to work on implementing the teachings in the day-to-day activities or to speak about any other career related topic.
The membership of the First-level leaders and senior leaders includes all the following workshops. Individual contributors have access to those marked with an *.
- Get most out of the community*
- Lead yourself*
- Refine your presentations*
- Master delegation*
- Mind your mindset*
- Effective Self-Management*
- Create your personal vision
- Advance your coaching skills
- Master feedback
- Develop strategy
- Resolve conflict
- Next-level networking
- Create your organisational vision
- Enrich your cultural perspectives
- Sharpen your negotiation game
- Build your personal brand
- Drive change
Test the Medical Data Leaders Community with the 30-days money back guarantee!
You can join the community and test it for 30-days following the initial introduction webinar. If you think, it is not the right thing for you, you can step back and you get your money back without any further questions.
Overview of the topic based group learning
The weekly one-hour group discussions for senior leaders of the Medical Data Leaders Community cover the following topics in engaging small group discussions.
- Creating and communicating vision
- Setting and aligning on goals
- Creating and rolling out strategy
- Managing motivation
- Effective delegation
- Situational leadership
- Building and maintaining trust
- 1:1s and active listening
- Feedback
- Negotiation
- Presentation
- Marketing
- Networking
- Building teams
- Hiring
- Managing low performers
- Sales
- Crucial conversations
- Conflict resolution
- Effective meetings
- Establishing KPIs
- Reward and recognition and STAR examples
- Driving innovation
- Your inner team
- Personal energy management
- Making smart decisions
- Executive presence
- Coaching
- Managing workload
- Cultural awareness
