How very predictable. Nothing has changed when ,in fact, the company needs a radical change.
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Wood!
I know Kate, and she’s not a CFO by all standards. It will be a great development opportunity for her for sure, but she is no Gilvary. An upgrade from MA, yes, but otherwise I am not a buyer. That said, the only thing worse are the pretend CFOs in TS&A. They pay them like $600k a year when they are marginal book keepers. Absurd.
I share your frustration - I have thus not seen many external hires in bp bringing good leadership. Picture this scenario maybe it may bring my point across: external CEO, External CFO, half of the EVP external which cascades in half of the SVP external. This would bring a lot of instability : cultural fit of external hire, safety problems not going up, internal mobility impacted (its already terrible), long process etc etc. I prefer to stick with existing leadership and hope for some adjustments then go all radical...
The problem isn’t women in leadership - it’s that BL’s actions have caused employees to distrust all leaders at bp. This is why we need new external leadership who have no connection to the old guard.
Especially the women? The women who benefitted may be part of the problem but they are certainly not the main problem, it’s the men who continue to abuse their positions of power
I think the radical change needs to come at evp and svp level - especially the women who have benefited from BL. I am not sure an external ceo would work well in bp - culture is too strong and it would bring a lot of instability.
And how predictable that the media broke it before bp did