After AM retires, which should be soon.
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That assertion is highly unlikely.
No I heard different at the Bored meeting
Agree. This gentleman is poised for promotion. Get on his good side...or else!
Things don’t look too good for you, as MA will likely be your boss. I recommend that you do your best to see his good qualities and to try to be inspired by him. Good luck!
Excuse me, are we talking about the same person? He lacks leadership in a thousand ways, has experience focused on criticizing companies and their strategies (not building an organization), and couldn't "excite others" if he gave them a million dollars.
Regardless, he has little affinity for Calgary - I bet he'd move the company to the States if he could.
Anyone deeply involved with the Spectra acquisition should be terminated instead of promoted for inflicting incalculable damage to 2 once-good companies. That transaction has gone down as the worst-ever made by Enbridge. Many of them are still in the executive offices.
I respect your analysis and think you’ve made some excellent points. Akman’s promotion to CEO certainly does seem unlikely at this point.
Notwithstanding, there is a growing contingent who believe that Akman’s strengths vastly outweigh his weaknesses (including his lack of experience in the C suite), and that his vision, intelligence, innate leadership abilities and profound understanding of what Enbridge needs to do to thrive now and in the future are exactly what this company needs right now. These qualities have not gone unnoticed by the board.
Time will tell.
I’m not saying that he’s not great, but it seems a stretch to think that he could jump from SVP to CEO. He hasn’t had a rotation in the C-suite, nor a stint as an EVP. It would be like going from an Individual Contributor to VP in one shot. I just can’t see it happening, unless the board has some kind of soft spot for him. But chances are he’s had little exposure to the board.
Akman is CEO material .
He is a brilliant thinker and a helluva nice guy. Enbridge could do worse.
Leaders like Akman intuitively know how to excite and inspire others. Not everyone can do that.
It’s the difference between managers and leaders. Akman is the latter. The others are reasonably good examples of the former.
I dunno, it’s hard to think he’d be ahead of guys like Vern Yu or Bill Yardley who are already at the EVP level. Ackman is an SVP so he’s a few levels down from AM’s level.
It’s obvious. No one else has the depth of experience or vision.
Why do you say this?