Novartis reviews

There is quite a bit of pressure to get work done and a large balancing act needs to happen to work on several separate projects at once. The specialty IT assets for science apps. aren't the best- but then again crack programmers won't choose pharma as their first choice to work.

From senior leaders on down, people are often reluctant to make a decision, to be accountable, to speak up for what they think is right, to stick their neck out. This starts at the top. Many people are promoted into leadership positions based on their technical / scientific expertise. Some of them are good leaders; however, more often, these technical experts are sorely lacking in leadership skills such as setting a vision, communicating to their people, forming and shaping teams, managing people development. Novartis like many large companies believes it can make up for these leadership deficiencies through "organizational development" -- i.e. teaching leaders to lead. That doesn't usually work. Hire and develop real leaders, and leave the technical experts in charge of technical aspects of the business.