Chapter 4
Keep Leading
The first change-leadership takeaway in making the team stronger is to keep leading. This involves picking good people, and aligning and motivating them.
Develop the Power Triangle
In January 1984, Sandoz U.S. was in difficult straits. The 1980 internal merger between Sandoz and Dorsey had led to culture clashes, tribalism, executive exits and the poor integration of systems. Sandoz's largest drug, Mellaril (for psychosis), had recently lost its patent exclusivity and was in a downward trajectory as freshly arriving generics eroded its space. The FDA had turned up the heat on the company's manufacturing, quality assurance ...
