Good morning. Having met many leaders, I’ve discovered two qualities that distinguish those that stand out: curiosity and the braveness to make daring choices. They search for alternatives to study and have a way of mission in what they do. Two individuals who come to thoughts are former PayPal CEO Dan Schulman and Oscar Well being CEO Mark Bertolini, each of whom now have new roles at Verizon.
Schulman yesterday turned Verizon’s new CEO, whereas Bertolini was elected board chair. Former CEO Hans Vestberg will keep on as a particular advisor to give attention to integrating the $20 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications. One former colleague, Denise Leonhard (who’s now Zelle CEO), credit Schulman with making a tradition of enjoyable and shared mission that enabled PayPal to show round. I consider Dan as a frontrunner who will cease to have interaction in debate on the streets of Davos and one who’s as prone to be discovered asking questions from the viewers as sharing concepts from the stage. Whereas finest recognized for his achievements throughout his 9-year tenure as CEO of PayPal, he involves Verizon with the expertise of getting been the founding CEO of Virgin Cellular and he labored nearly twenty years at AT&T.
I first met Bertolini when he was CEO of Aetna, the place he pioneered using digital well being instruments and raised the minimal wage by 33%. In his two-plus years as CEO of Oscar Well being, he’s pushed robust progress in membership, share value, web promoter scores and income, although not but income. After spending his first 10 weeks with a special workforce day by day, he instructed co-founder Josh Kushner that “I’ve damaged all the things right here that’s been damaged at Oscar a minimum of twice myself in my profession. I might stroll in and say, ‘you do that, you do that,’ however I don’t assume I’d have garnered lots of help.”
I point out Bertolini as a result of there’s one other prerequisite for fulfillment within the prime job: Having a powerful relationship with one’s board—one thing Schulman little question appreciates having served on Verizon’s board since 2018. Verizon’s inventory dropped 5% yesterday, whereas different telecom rivals dipped, too. That would sign that buyers are unnerved by the sudden management transition, or anxious about business challenges forward. It actually exhibits they need to see a powerful and cohesive imaginative and prescient for Verizon to win from right here.
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