About
Steven Rauschkolb,and the practicehe founded in 2006.
The Crisfield Group is a consulting firm specializing in leadership and human capital development — executive coaching, leadership, talent and high potential development.
2006
The Crisfield Group founded
2001–2005
Past President of LTEN, two terms
2018
Life Science Training Hall of Fame
11 years
In partnership with Quintiles
A practice of one, deliberately.
Steven Rauschkolb is the founder and Managing Partner of The Crisfield Group. He started the practice in 2006, after running the learning, leadership and talent functions inside Sanofi Aventis, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer and Warner-Lambert.
Alongside numerous consulting engagements, he spent eleven years in a long-term partnership with Quintiles, focused on global talent management, internal executive coaching, training and other projects.
Speaking and teaching
He has spoken and conducted training throughout the United States and internationally, on corporate education and leadership development. He has also been an adjunct professor of Organizational Change and Leadership at Seton Hall University School of Communications and at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Career
Inside the industry first, advising it second.
The record runs most recent first, from the practice back to the roles that preceded it.
Founder and Managing Partner
The Crisfield Group · since 2006
Executive coaching, leadership development and training development for pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations.
An eleven-year consulting partnership
Quintiles
Global talent management, internal executive coaching, training and other projects — a long-term partnership held alongside numerous other consulting engagements, not a post inside the company.
Vice President, Leadership and Management Development
Sanofi Aventis
Responsible for leadership development, including field talent management for the sales, marketing and medical teams.
Vice President, Learning and Development
Aventis Pharmaceuticals
The learning and development function before the merger with Sanofi.
Head of the global corporate university
The University of Pfizer
Joined Pfizer through its merger with Warner-Lambert.
Senior Director, Learning & Development
Warner-Lambert
Led the training functions for all commercial operations, including managed markets and the medical teams.
Director of Training and Communications
Merck (Schering-Plough)
The role held immediately before Warner-Lambert.
Positions in sales, marketing, strategic planning and organization development
Ricoh Corporation, AT&T and Exxon
Held in addition to the roles above, outside the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry.
Education and service
The rest of the record.
- Master’s degree
- Strategic Communication and Leadership, Seton Hall University
- Bachelor of Science
- Organizational Management, Nyack College
- Post-graduate study
- Organizational Development and Leadership at Columbia University, Harvard Executive Education, and the University of Virginia Darden School of Business
- Teaching
- Adjunct professor of Organizational Change and Leadership at Seton Hall University School of Communications and at Stevens Institute of Technology
- Editorial boards
- Pharmaceutical Representative and Focus magazines
- Service
- Past President of the board of directors, The Brunswick Little Theatre, Southport, North Carolina. Board member, Civil War Roundtable Congress.
Value proposition
Seasoned people, on your project, from the first meeting to the last.
The Crisfield Group is known for timely, cost-effective and high quality training and consulting programs tailored to your individual business challenges. Every aspect of our engagement is personally supervised by a Crisfield Group principal. We don’t believe in sending the A Team to compete for your business and then delegating the work to less experienced, junior associates.
With more than 30 years experience in corporate education and human capital development, The Crisfield Group delivers growth focused strategies and best in class content to meet your demanding challenges.
A blank slate, every time
While experienced in many disciplines and methodologies, we never provide a one-size-fits-all approach. We feel that we owe you a fresh, creative perspective as we develop solutions.
We promise to
- Listen
- Challenge
- Respond
- Deliver results
Core values
The four values that guide every engagement.
Honesty, Integrity and Objectivity
When you hire The Crisfield Group we take the confidence you place in us very seriously. When we provide you with advice, programs or services we feel that it is our responsibility to give you all the facts and the benefit of our experience and opinions whether it is what you want to hear, or not.
Independence
As consultants, trainers, facilitators, and strategists we maintain independence from any and all methods, solutions and third parties. We approach every assignment with an open and curious mind. We respect you and your business challenges too much to force fit you into a one-size-fits-all approach.
Competence
All of our engagements are directly supervised by our founder, Steven Rauschkolb. We don’t believe in competing for your business with our most experienced consultants, then turning the project over to less experienced, junior associates. We only provide advice in areas in which we have proven expertise.
Confidentiality
We treat all of the knowledge and information gained during the consulting process with the utmost confidentiality.