How Important is Executive Leadership to Oil, Gas Workers?

How Important is Executive Leadership to Oil, Gas Workers?
Successful leadership runs far deeper than just the appointment of an experienced chief executive.

Diversity should also be a component of succession planning.

“Creating a steady pipeline of leaders, including ones with diverse backgrounds, who are ready to step into new roles can provide several benefits,” said Chronis. “Those benefits are higher-quality decisions around promotion and developmental investments; enhanced career development opportunities for emerging leaders (which can create more engagement and retention of top talent); stronger organizational culture due to an enhanced ability to ensure up-and-coming leaders embody the organization’s beliefs and values; and greater organizational stability and resilience (which can breed market confidence and drive shareholder value).”

Kathy Eberwein, CEO of energy talent placement consultancy The Global Edge, focuses on diversity and social responsibility in her company.

“We respond to client needs,” she told Rigzone. “We always put forth the candidates we think are the best candidates. If they happen to be female, that’s fantastic.”

Strides have been made in the oil and gas industry regarding women in executive positions, but there’s still more work to be done.

Eberwein, who’s also an engineer, said she is involved in several initiatives to elevate women in their technical expertise.

“We’re working with some governments globally and we’ve actually recently started an NGO specifically for this, but it’s a long-term plan to make sure that you continue to move that needle with how many women are in the executive roles,” she said.

Importance of Executive Leadership Among Regions  

Of the more than 11,000 respondents to Rigzone’s Ideal Employer Survey, more than 100 countries were represented.

While all regions ranked “strong executive leadership” in their top 10 attributes, Middle East respondents ranked it the highest – third out of 23 attributes.

Respondents from North America, South America and Africa all ranked “strong executive leadership” fifth. Asia placed the attribute sixth, while Europe, the UK and Australia/Oceania respondents ranked it seventh.

To contact the author, email Valerie.Jones@Rigzone.com

 


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LARRY W BRADLEY  |  October 02, 2019
Ranking "Strong Executive Leadership" fifth on a list of things people want from an employer, but I wonder what the results would be if the question focused on the future success of the company.


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