Michelle Weese

[anonymous]

True here’s to more in the new year.
Another negative article today in NZZ the second in a week
It’s less media relations than media devastations.

It’s important to recognize our challenges with NZZ predate Michelle’s tenure. Rebuilding trust takes time and consistent effort. Michelle has shown grace by not attributing the current situation to the shortcomings of previous leadership.

 

[anonymous]

If you want to blame it all on BMS 'mean girls' and our unwillingness to change and adapt, and our unwillingness to be accountable, and our unwillingness to be open to change and new ways of thinking, then please explain why Michelle is a huge failure at Novartis? My guess is that this message board was created by someone at Novartis, not BMS, because the Novartis' corporate affairs team is now in a state of global disarray. BMS 'mean girls' aren't to blame for that; Michelle is to blame because it appears she used the same tactics and gotten the same results. Maybe Michelle and her defenders will blame it on 'mean girls' at Novartis, who appear willing to challenge Michelle's incompetence and her so-called leadership by calling out the chaos she has created at her second big pharma gig.

It’s fascinating how you speak with such conviction, clearly coming from a place of ignorance. To lay blame so confidently without context or understanding of the complexities at play shows more about your mindset than about the situation itself.

As for your critique of Michelle, if leadership were as simple as you make it out to be, maybe you’d be in her position instead of anonymously venting on a message board.

Instead of tearing others down, reflect on your actions and how they contribute to the toxic culture of the corporate affairs team. Make that your 2025 resolution.

 

[anonymous]

There’s no mean girls left at Novartis. They are now compliant fakes who do exactly what they are told.
Micromanaged to within an inch of their lives.
While the real talent with knowledge of the business and the industry spent this Christmas looking for new jobs in a market that is at its worst in 20 years globally. The crash and burn strategy from Weese will setback Novartis reputation management for years and years.

The narrative of a ‘crash and burn strategy’ is not only baseless but also conveniently overlooks the reality of what it takes to transform and strengthen a function like corporate affairs. Michelle’s approach seems to focus on rebuilding and bringing together a function in an environment where complacency has done more harm than good.

If she is making hard choices, it’s because maintaining the status quo was no longer viable. Strategic change leads to discomfort, particularly for those resistant to new ideas or ways of working. Calling those who remain with the company and are aligned to Michelle’s new vision for corporate affairs ‘compliant fakes’ is an insult to the talented individuals whom you call or called your colleagues.

Reputation management isn’t about quick fixes—it’s about strategic, deliberate efforts that yield long-term impact. Great leaders focus on implementing the steps necessary for us to thrive in the future, not patchwork solutions to placate short-term critics. Transformation requires courage and vision, and that’s exactly what’s happening here.

 

[anonymous]

The PR firm is back from their Holidays to defend Michelles reputation.

So transparent, so desperate. We all know the truth and no amount of lies and storytelling will spin it.

 

[anonymous]

Thank you to the PR firm for helping to push this thread into the first page of Google search results for “Michelle Weese”. Great work! Now let’s keep it there.

 

[anonymous]

The narrative of a ‘crash and burn strategy’ is not only baseless but also conveniently overlooks the reality of what it takes to transform and strengthen a function like corporate affairs. Michelle’s approach seems to focus on rebuilding and bringing together a function in an environment where complacency has done more harm than good.

If she is making hard choices, it’s because maintaining the status quo was no longer viable. Strategic change leads to discomfort, particularly for those resistant to new ideas or ways of working. Calling those who remain with the company and are aligned to Michelle’s new vision for corporate affairs ‘compliant fakes’ is an insult to the talented individuals whom you call or called your colleagues.

Reputation management isn’t about quick fixes—it’s about strategic, deliberate efforts that yield long-term impact. Great leaders focus on implementing the steps necessary for us to thrive in the future, not patchwork solutions to placate short-term critics. Transformation requires courage and vision, and that’s exactly what’s happening here.

NONE OF IT IS STRATEGIC

 

[anonymous]

It’s fascinating how you speak with such conviction, clearly coming from a place of ignorance. To lay blame so confidently without context or understanding of the complexities at play shows more about your mindset than about the situation itself.

As for your critique of Michelle, if leadership were as simple as you make it out to be, maybe you’d be in her position instead of anonymously venting on a message board.

Instead of tearing others down, reflect on your actions and how they contribute to the toxic culture of the corporate affairs team. Make that your 2025 resolution.

Thanks Michelle

 

[anonymous]

It’s important to recognize our challenges with NZZ predate Michelle’s tenure. Rebuilding trust takes time and consistent effort. Michelle has shown grace by not attributing the current situation to the shortcomings of previous leadership.

By firing all the people who could speak Swiss German to the journalist at NZZ makes it even worse than it was. Two negative articles just last week alone. Michelle wouldn’t know grace if it fell on her head. She’s a desperate narcissist. 8 pages now on cafe pharma. Not just a pile on from BMS or Novartis…. everywhere she’s worked!

 

[anonymous]

The narrative of a ‘crash and burn strategy’ is not only baseless but also conveniently overlooks the reality of what it takes to transform and strengthen a function like corporate affairs. Michelle’s approach seems to focus on rebuilding and bringing together a function in an environment where complacency has done more harm than good.

If she is making hard choices, it’s because maintaining the status quo was no longer viable. Strategic change leads to discomfort, particularly for those resistant to new ideas or ways of working. Calling those who remain with the company and are aligned to Michelle’s new vision for corporate affairs ‘compliant fakes’ is an insult to the talented individuals whom you call or called your colleagues.

Reputation management isn’t about quick fixes—it’s about strategic, deliberate efforts that yield long-term impact. Great leaders focus on implementing the steps necessary for us to thrive in the future, not patchwork solutions to placate short-term critics. Transformation requires courage and vision, and that’s exactly what’s happening here.

Michelle has the vision of Ray Charles

 

[anonymous]

It’s fascinating how you speak with such conviction, clearly coming from a place of ignorance. To lay blame so confidently without context or understanding of the complexities at play shows more about your mindset than about the situation itself.

As for your critique of Michelle, if leadership were as simple as you make it out to be, maybe you’d be in her position instead of anonymously venting on a message board.

Instead of tearing others down, reflect on your actions and how they contribute to the toxic culture of the corporate affairs team. Make that your 2025 resolution.

Can't help but notice you consistently attack others for their anonymity, but you still haven't told anyone who you are.
Why is that?
Seems a bit hypocritical, don't you think?
Admitting you're a poorly paid p.r. intern might be liberating, and it certainly wouldn't surprise anyone.
The fact that she is paying someone to defend her on this embarrassment of a website is, at best, bizarre.

 

[anonymous]

It’s fascinating how you speak with such conviction, clearly coming from a place of ignorance. To lay blame so confidently without context or understanding of the complexities at play shows more about your mindset than about the situation itself.

As for your critique of Michelle, if leadership were as simple as you make it out to be, maybe you’d be in her position instead of anonymously venting on a message board.

Instead of tearing others down, reflect on your actions and how they contribute to the toxic culture of the corporate affairs team. Make that your 2025 resolution.

Leadership is simple: One simply needs to know what they're doing and how to influence. If Michelle knew what she was doing and how to effectively implement change, Novartis would not be the mess it is today. As was previously mentioned, this is her second big pharma gig and all she has to show for it is chaos and a global team that does not respect her. Will Michelle blame it on toxic people at Novartis, claiming they, too, are unwilling to change? Probably. My hope is that Michelle spends 2025 reflecting on why this board was created and why so many people are sharing their perspectives on her performance.

 

[anonymous]

Michelle wreaks havoc wherever she goes. She also has mad skills in the used car salesman department. How else can you explain how she persuaded Vas to hire her and Giovanni from BMS? She brings chaos, confusion and malice to every company she works for. We have people from 4 companies on this thread sharing their horror stories. People from Mars, Danone, BMS and now Novartis. All these people can’t be wrong. So ignore the few people on here who try to defend her. These are her minions. Her modus operandi is to hire junior, not qualified, semi competent people who are given bigger titles, titles that they would never get elsewhere. This makes them very grateful and loyal to her. So look at all her hires at Novartis with very jaundiced eyes. My advice to folks is to keep a low profile and stay away from Michelle until she self destructs and move on to her next job. Because make no mistake, she will self destruct. It’s disheartening how one person can willfully cause so much pain, ruining people’s lives. She is callous, mean, vapid, self unaware and frankly intellectually challenged. She has been given so much power and wields it with a heavy, cold hand. So much pain, to so many. How does she sleep at night? May God have mercy on her soul. Stay strong Novartis team, this too shall pass.

PREACH!

 

[anonymous]

Can't help but notice you consistently attack others for their anonymity, but you still haven't told anyone who you are.
Why is that?
Seems a bit hypocritical, don't you think?
Admitting you're a poorly paid p.r. intern might be liberating, and it certainly wouldn't surprise anyone.
The fact that she is paying someone to defend her on this embarrassment of a website is, at best, bizarre.

Here’s the difference: I don’t need to tell you who I am because I’m not the one obsessing over her leadership and airing grievances anonymously on a message board. If you’re truly that concerned, take it up with Michelle directly instead of hiding behind a screen. Venting anonymously isn’t brave—it’s lazy.

Intern? That’s charming. If calling me that helps you feel better about venting anonymously, go ahead. Meanwhile, I’ll continue contributing meaningfully while you throw insults from the sidelines. Maybe it’s time for you to stop playing a keyboard warrior.

Ah yes, the classic conspiracy theory: Michelle is paying someone to defend her on an anonymous message board. Hate to break it to you, but some of us simply recognize the absurdity of this finger-pointing. Maybe focus less on baseless accusations and more on addressing your own fixation—it’s not a good look.

 

[anonymous]

Here’s the difference: I don’t need to tell you who I am because I’m not the one obsessing over her leadership and airing grievances anonymously on a message board. If you’re truly that concerned, take it up with Michelle directly instead of hiding behind a screen. Venting anonymously isn’t brave—it’s lazy.

Intern? That’s charming. If calling me that helps you feel better about venting anonymously, go ahead. Meanwhile, I’ll continue contributing meaningfully while you throw insults from the sidelines. Maybe it’s time for you to stop playing a keyboard warrior.

Ah yes, the classic conspiracy theory: Michelle is paying someone to defend her on an anonymous message board. Hate to break it to you, but some of us simply recognize the absurdity of this finger-pointing. Maybe focus less on baseless accusations and more on addressing your own fixation—it’s not a good look.

From the White House to the Shite House it sounds like.

 

[anonymous]

PREACH!

Must be hard reading this about yourself.

 

[anonymous]

Leadership is simple: One simply needs to know what they're doing and how to influence. If Michelle knew what she was doing and how to effectively implement change, Novartis would not be the mess it is today. As was previously mentioned, this is her second big pharma gig and all she has to show for it is chaos and a global team that does not respect her. Will Michelle blame it on toxic people at Novartis, claiming they, too, are unwilling to change? Probably. My hope is that Michelle spends 2025 reflecting on why this board was created and why so many people are sharing their perspectives on her performance.

There’s a lot of leaders current and former who could learn from this. The rot was certainly there before she arrived. A lot of bad behaviour masked in a passive aggressive way. Some people being allowed to get away with behaving in semi retirement while throwing colleagues under a bus and spreading poison.

 

[anonymous]

Here’s the difference: I don’t need to tell you who I am because I’m not the one obsessing over her leadership and airing grievances anonymously on a message board. If you’re truly that concerned, take it up with Michelle directly instead of hiding behind a screen. Venting anonymously isn’t brave—it’s lazy.

Intern? That’s charming. If calling me that helps you feel better about venting anonymously, go ahead. Meanwhile, I’ll continue contributing meaningfully while you throw insults from the sidelines. Maybe it’s time for you to stop playing a keyboard warrior.

Ah yes, the classic conspiracy theory: Michelle is paying someone to defend her on an anonymous message board. Hate to break it to you, but some of us simply recognize the absurdity of this finger-pointing. Maybe focus less on baseless accusations and more on addressing your own fixation—it’s not a good look.

Do you work at Novartis with Michelle?

 

[anonymous]

Here’s the difference: I don’t need to tell you who I am because I’m not the one obsessing over her leadership and airing grievances anonymously on a message board. If you’re truly that concerned, take it up with Michelle directly instead of hiding behind a screen. Venting anonymously isn’t brave—it’s lazy.

Intern? That’s charming. If calling me that helps you feel better about venting anonymously, go ahead. Meanwhile, I’ll continue contributing meaningfully while you throw insults from the sidelines. Maybe it’s time for you to stop playing a keyboard warrior.

Ah yes, the classic conspiracy theory: Michelle is paying someone to defend her on an anonymous message board. Hate to break it to you, but some of us simply recognize the absurdity of this finger-pointing. Maybe focus less on baseless accusations and more on addressing your own fixation—it’s not a good look.

You aren't obsessing?
Count the amount of words you've typed so far; if you're honest with yourself, you'll see just how obsessive you are.
You speak in hackneyed cliches, you never cite specifics (because you don't know any) and you over-compensate by writing volumes when only sentences are necessary.
You have the unmistakable stench of a low-level p.r. flak.
If you actually work for Novartis and you're spending your days this way, you should reconsider collecting your paycheck, because you certainly aren't working much.

 

[anonymous]

The PR firm is back from their Holidays to defend Michelles reputation.

So transparent, so desperate. We all know the truth and no amount of lies and storytelling will spin it.

Even chat gpt wouldn’t be able to formulate a defence for this cluster Fck of mismanagement.

 

[anonymous]

Here’s the difference: I don’t need to tell you who I am because I’m not the one obsessing over her leadership and airing grievances anonymously on a message board. If you’re truly that concerned, take it up with Michelle directly instead of hiding behind a screen. Venting anonymously isn’t brave—it’s lazy.

Intern? That’s charming. If calling me that helps you feel better about venting anonymously, go ahead. Meanwhile, I’ll continue contributing meaningfully while you throw insults from the sidelines. Maybe it’s time for you to stop playing a keyboard warrior.

Ah yes, the classic conspiracy theory: Michelle is paying someone to defend her on an anonymous message board. Hate to break it to you, but some of us simply recognize the absurdity of this finger-pointing. Maybe focus less on baseless accusations and more on addressing your own fixation—it’s not a good look.

If Novartis didn’t blackball everyone who spoke up, maybe people would be more inclined to “take it up directly” with the person they have an issue with. You can not do this at Novartis. Just look at the renal team. Enough said