4. Cardinal Health Thrives on Culture of Reinvention

Taming Turbulence

Guiding a company through turbulent economic times takes tough leaders, but also creative ones. Having a healthy appetite for change also helps. For Cardinal Health—the $101-billion-a-year healthcare services company based in Dublin, Ohio—resilient and creative leadership has repeatedly revitalized the company as it navigated the twists and turns of the volatile healthcare industry.

Cardinal Health’s executives call it “constant reinvention,” and they will tell you that the very nature of their business demands it. Starting as a regional food delivery company more than 40 years ago, Cardinal Health has reinvented itself many times over, and in the process has turned into ...

Get Ruthless Execution: How Business Leaders Manage Through Turbulent Times, Second Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.