Summary: In this week’s McKinsey Quarterly podcast, we talk with Dan Vasella, the chief executive and chairman of Novartis. One in a series of conversations with global leaders, our discussion with Vasella focuses on his personal approach to management and leadership, as well as his views on health care reform, the economic downturn, and executive compensation. Vasella spoke with Rik Kirkland, McKinsey’s director of publishing, in New York in May 2009.
