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Welcome to LEAP HR: Life Sciences West 2026!
The Life Sciences sector has faced a challenging partial downturn in 2025, leading many West Coast organizations to implement hiring freezes or layoffs.
As a result, HR leaders were called upon to navigate these difficulties by doing more with fewer resources. They had to identify practical, cost-efficient solutions to emerging challenges and reimagine employee engagement strategies to maintain morale and productivity during this period of uncertainty.
Your peers joined in April for LEAP HR: Life Sciences West to network with 200+ senior HR leaders from Great Place to Work, Built Ins: Top Biotech Companies 2024, Forbes Best Places to Work in Life Sciences and more.
What to Expect
are leveraging free-to- use AI for multiple use cases which is decreasing admin time, improving their recruitment process, and helped them manage a 98% response rate in their engagement survey, providing deeper employee insights
transformed their performance process which emphasized and encouraged growth, development and future potential rather than compensation based discussions
new performance review process, where qualitative employee feedback pairs with structured quantitative ratings, and see how it drives consistent developmental conversations and aligns compensation decisions with company values
new strategy for growing the organization from 20 to 160 employees over the past three years, by adapting their HR team to align with business strategy
middle management leadership program focusing on essential skills like giving and receiving feedback, paving the way for growth and advancement
are mastering remote work, building a culture of trust and enhancing the accessibility of their workplace all while cutting costs
" 10 out of 10 "
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