It’s the people people! (Merck CEO quote)
Posted by Z on 27th January 2010
I’ve always held the belief that we should focus on people first. Whether in our professional or personal life, most everything we do involves people – our actions, emotions, etc. are tied to people. Related to these beliefs, a quote from Dick Clark (no, not the Band Stand one, the Merck CEO) resonated with me today as I was reading his comments on Merck’s recent acquisition of Schering-Plough (from the recent JP Morgan Healthcare Conference):
And certainly I use a statement, perhaps too much, that culture eats strategy for lunch, and so if you don’t get the culture right, it really doesn’t matter what the strategy is.
I couldn’t agree more.
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