I recently read in the Wall Street Journal about a three way race about to take place at Intel for the position of CEO. It seems that Sean Maloney, David Perlmutter and Andy Bryant are in a three legged race for the top spot.
The safe bet is Mr. Maloney, as the article put it, “The job is “Sean Maloney’s to lose,”” said Doug Freedman, an analyst at Broadpoint AmTech. There is no time table for when Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini will retire. Unlike Joe Tucci who plans to retire in 2012. There is strong speculation with the recent announcement of Pat Gelsinger leaving Intel and going to EMC he is seen as a potential successor to Tucci.
So there is a three way race for the top spot at Intel, and clearly some upheaval brewing at EMC. While the elephants dance in the corner offices, people throughout both of these organizations are going to be the recipients of the potential fall out from these organizational changes.
For some it may work out, for others it may not. Regardless there is an additional level of stress being place on the employees of both these companies because the senior management has a desire to rearrange the deck chairs on the ships Intel and EMC.
It’s like tossing a stone into the still waters of a pond, the ripples keep on going for a very long time each one just a little bit bigger than then last. Is it no wonder why people further down the organization think senior management is just plain nuts?
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