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Merck Serono

Merck Serono is a global biotechnology leader with over 4,750 employees and worldwide revenues of $2.5 billion.

The Challenge

  • One of Serono's key functions was preparing to strengthen the marketing of its service offering. While Serono is primarily a products business, the company wanted to train its top 50 managers in best practices of branding and marketing for services businesses.

The Results

  • Through a three-day training workshop in Geneva, Switzerland, managers were taught frameworks and case studies that built their skills around the following topics:
    • Clearly defining a target market
    • Creating a brand positioning that differentiates versus competition
    • Developing new product and services
    • Selling and marketing services
  • During the workshop, participants applied the frameworks to their own situation, and ended the three-day session with a working plan and clear next steps for strengthening their own marketing efforts.