When US drugmaker Valeant collapsed nearly four years ago, there was no shortage of name-calling and blame-gaming. But one narrative cut through the noise: Valeant had gone spectacularly awry under unusual leadership. A few years earlier, the group had hired as its boss a McKinsey executive named Mike Pearson, who had spent 23 years at the consultancy before being parachuted into the real world of running a pharmaceuticals company — with no operational experience.
近四年前,當美國制藥商Valeant倒閉時,謾罵和互相指責的聲音不絕于耳。但有一種說法特別令人關注:在不同尋常的領導者執掌下,Valeant犯下了大錯。幾年前,該公司聘請一位名叫邁克?皮爾森(Mike Pearson)的麥肯錫(McKinsey)高管擔任首席執行官。皮爾森曾在這家咨詢公司工作23年之久,然后被空降到現實世界,在毫無運作經驗的情況下執掌這家制藥公司。