b'Gender Parity CollaborativeMEMBER SPOTLIGHTSAs one of your organizations leaders, why are you personally committed to advancing gender parity in the workplace?As a global president overseeing a $9 billion business with nearly 8,000 colleagues, I can tell you first-hand how important gender parity is to our success. I can think of several examples where the addition of a female point of view has made the difference between a good decision and a great one. For example, one of our most successful creative campaigns for Viagraa medicine for menwas the result An interview withof a key insight from female team members.As women are key advisors in their families healthcare decisions, it MIKE GLADSTONE was important that our campaign was not just targeted toward men. By encouraging a diversity of perspectives, we Global President,challenge ourselves to think bigger and differently, and in Internal Medicine my opinion, this almost always results in a better product.What makes this consortium unique compared to other initiatives/investments happening in your own organization? Why was it critical for your organization to beIt allows us the opportunity to accelerate our progress involved in the Gender Parity Collaborative? internally because we get to understand, deeply and intimately, whats worked well (and not so well) elsewhere. Theres a high At Pfizer, we believe that unleashing the power and potential oflevel of respect and trust amongst the Collaborative members.a diverse and highly engaged workforce is critical to achieving our purposebreakthroughs that change patients lives. ThatsHow does your participation in the Collaborative why we have doubled down on our commitment to becomingcomplement what you are already doing?a leader across our industry in gender equality, diversity andThe Collaboratives focus areas are very much aligned with inclusion. Participating in the Collaborative enables us towhat we are trying to do internally at Pfizer. We recently learn from our industry peers, share best practices and buildrefreshed our core values, and one of the four values is equity. critical support for the systemic changes that need to happenTo achieve equity, we need to ensure that all colleagues if were going to truly achieve gender parity as an industry. have the same opportunities to grow, develop, succeed Of what current company gender parityand earn. We recently set ambitious goals for increasing initiative are you most proud? the representation of women and U.S. minorities at the VP level and above. We are building internal and external Im really proud of a recent initiative we just launched,talent pools, partnering with organizations and developing which I believe is a first in our industry. Our companycomprehensive plans to attract and retain diverse talent recently conducted a global pay equity study, and the goodto be even more reflective of the patients we serve.news is that we were able to confirm that we are paying all colleagues equitably. We also looked at what we are callingopportunity parity. In other words, do all our colleagues have the same chance to develop and succeed? We found that we still have important work to do and so we setOur company recently conducted a global ambitious goals to increase the representation of womenpay equity study, and the good news is and minorities in leadership roles by 2025. Our hope is that ifthat we were able to confirm that we are we can help all our people reach their full potential, do theirpaying all colleagues equitably.best work and be their best selves, then we will be able to help more patients around the world who depend on us. MIKE GLADSTONE14 SPRING 2020'