Victor -
There are some fascinating bits of information in this transcript. Some things that caught my attention -
Frank Doyle was in the "office of the CEO" with Jack Welch at GE. Welch, as you probably know, was known as "neutron Jack" because it was said that after he visited a site, the buildings were untouched but all of the people were gone.
Doyle obviously has the experience to take on this current role, and I wouldn't be surprised to see him look hard at some of the staffing issues that EP was so slow to address.
Enloe was a part of the "lessons in leadership" seminars. This whole section confused me. I found a number of references on the web but none that seemed to match. Then I got the scoop from a friend at CPQ - this program was started about a year ago and all of the VP staff had to attend at one time or another. It is a week-long intensive seminar at Harvard.
The interesting part was that at each session Enloe met with the participants for several hours and discussed their jobs, what they thought of their management and organization, and what was in the way of succeeding in their objectives. This strikes me as an insightful way for the BOD to get "down and dirty" unfiltered opinion about what's happening in the trenches, and was probably key to their ability to understand what needs fixing.
This person also told me that when Ben made the comment about relaxed attire, he and the others on stage proceeded to toss their coats, ties and business shirts, under which were casual clothing. |
