One on One with Trinity Partners' Michelle Adams

The generational shift in the global workforce has been a hot topic of conversation in the consulting profession in recent years. For the last 20 years, life sciences consulting firm Trinity Partners has embraced that shift, making a point of seeking out young talent and valuing the fresh perspective they bring to the table. Consulting caught up with Michelle Adams, Trinity's Director of Talent, to talk about their commitment to hiring recent graduates, integrating them with more seasoned consultants and the impact of the practice on their firm's culture.

Consulting: What prompted Trinity to start hiring tranches of younger employees so long ago?

Adams: In order for us to help transform a challenge or business problem into an actual solution or life-changing experience for patients across the globe, we found it really comes down to ensuring we take a personalized and intellectual curiosity-first approach working with our pharmaceutical and biotech clients. With all that in mind, our culture has really been based on looking for high degrees and rewarding high degrees of intellectual curiosity, service orientation and a commitment to transform the healthcare space. What we found is that requires an immense amount of innovation, dedication and energy to tackle those really tricky problems our clients pose to us. We've had great success over the last 20 years in bringing on young talent to create a diverse employee base that allows us to tap into fresh perspectives and a dedication to innovation, which really plays well to what we found to be the core tenets of our business model in the first place.