Stability: Just what Invensys needed
In a classic case of a tersely worded news release Invensys sent out at the end of June, one of the industry’s biggest players said their company’s president Mike Caliel was leaving to become president and chief executive at Integrated Electrical Services in Houston.
While the release focused, as it should, on Ken Brown the acting president, it didn’t really talk about what Caliel’s loss will mean to Invensys.
Caliel brought something to Invensys they sorely needed: Stability. If anyone can recall what the company has gone through over the past five years or so, the one thing the Invensys needed was someone to steer the ship on a steady course. In that case, Caliel was the man. While I am not totally sure what innovation he brought to the table, it was abundantly clear he knew what the company needed and how to get it done.
If you take a look at the industry leading suppliers out there, they all seem to have one very important thing in common: Consistent and stable management with a clear message. Just take a look at Emerson. John Berra gives a clear and consistent message at all times. And while it has taken a few years to show it, you can look at ABB and Honeywell as two other examples.
While I am sure Ken Brown will do a fine job at Invensys, I also know Mike Caliel’s steady hand will be missed.
Talk to me.
While the release focused, as it should, on Ken Brown the acting president, it didn’t really talk about what Caliel’s loss will mean to Invensys.
Caliel brought something to Invensys they sorely needed: Stability. If anyone can recall what the company has gone through over the past five years or so, the one thing the Invensys needed was someone to steer the ship on a steady course. In that case, Caliel was the man. While I am not totally sure what innovation he brought to the table, it was abundantly clear he knew what the company needed and how to get it done.
If you take a look at the industry leading suppliers out there, they all seem to have one very important thing in common: Consistent and stable management with a clear message. Just take a look at Emerson. John Berra gives a clear and consistent message at all times. And while it has taken a few years to show it, you can look at ABB and Honeywell as two other examples.
While I am sure Ken Brown will do a fine job at Invensys, I also know Mike Caliel’s steady hand will be missed.
Talk to me.
2 Comments:
Great post, Greg!
I can speak for Emerson in saying it has been great to have John's consistent vision driving our technology developments and global development of industry and application experts.
This vision is the idea of predictive intelligence in all the places that touch the process and systems and software to deliver this intelligence to the people who can use this information to make their plants run more efficiently.
This vision has driven our technology developments for brands like Fisher, Rosemount, Micro Motion, DeltaV, Ovation, AMS Suite, Daniel, etc. for many years.
Regards,
Jim Cahill
www.EmersonProcessXperts.com
Jim,
As I said in my posting Emerson has always remained a consistent force in the industry and John Berra is the driving force behind that.
I do see, however, after years of a revolving door in the executive suite at some of Emerson's competitors, they are following the concept that a stable management can only reap greater benefits now and in the future.
Greg Hale
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