道格?奧伯赫爾曼 ????公司:卡特彼勒 ????《財(cái)富》500強(qiáng)排名:42 ????奧伯赫爾曼的父親是約翰迪爾公司(John Deere)的一名銷售員,。他一直都很喜歡重型機(jī)械,,所以,1975年,,卡特彼勒公司給剛剛大學(xué)畢業(yè)的他提供一份信用分析員的工作時(shí),,他欣然接受。他從沒(méi)想過(guò)自己會(huì)在這里工作一輩子,,甚至成為公司的CEO(“我當(dāng)時(shí)都不知道自己是否清楚CEO到底是干什么的,,”他說(shuō)),但每當(dāng)有新的機(jī)遇出現(xiàn)時(shí),,他的眼界也會(huì)隨之改變,。奧伯赫爾曼曾被派往南美洲,這次任命恰逢拉丁美洲債務(wù)危機(jī),,他的任務(wù)是收回公司的設(shè)備,;之后他又負(fù)責(zé)公司在日本的業(yè)務(wù),。他說(shuō):“面臨挑戰(zhàn)時(shí),經(jīng)驗(yàn)非常有用,。對(duì)于業(yè)務(wù)上正在發(fā)生的事,,你可以做到心領(lǐng)神會(huì)。而且,,我對(duì)公司350位高層領(lǐng)導(dǎo)都有實(shí)質(zhì)的了解——因?yàn)槲业恼麄€(gè)職業(yè)生涯都在這里度過(guò),。”他保證要帶領(lǐng)卡特彼勒擺脫泡沫,,不過(guò):奧伯赫爾曼非常重視與同行在一起的時(shí)間,,以確保自己按照必要的速度完成公司的改革。 |
Doug Oberhelman ????Company: Caterpillar ????Fortune 500 rank: 42 ????Oberhelman, the son of a John Deere salesman, had always liked heavy equipment, so in 1975 when Caterpillar offered him a job as a credit analyst straight out of college, he took it. He never imagined he'd be there for life or ever become CEO ("I'm not sure I knew what a CEO was then," he says), but his outlook changed with each new interesting opportunity. Oberhelman was sent to South America, a stint that coincided with the Latin American debt crisis and involved re-possessing equipment; and later to run operations in Japan. "When things are challenging, experience is wildly helpful. You appreciate what's going on in the business. And I know virtually all of the top 350 leaders here—I have my entire career," he says. He makes sure to get out of the Caterpillar bubble, however: Oberhelman prioritizes time with peer CEOs to make sure he is pushing and changing the company as fast as he needs to be. |