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Talon2DSO said:

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Comeby! said:

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The last few posts (leadership, debt, etc) are true however that's the beauty of what we do. Everyone thinks they are good poker players, want to drive in the left lane, thinks they are good in bed. Fact of the matter is that not everyone is and this creates tremendous opportunity for others, especially younger, aggressive Aggies. A lot of the motivation for upcoming entrepreneurs is the thought that they can do better than their boss. I know it was for me. At the end of the day, you still have to deliver results. You can't ride others coattails or your years ago success forever.

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So how does one break into the C suite? Right now I'm a well paid worker bee with a niche expertise and a law degree. I've been proving my value by successfully navigating us through DOT issues. How do I make myself someone thats moldable as opposed to someone that gets stuck in a career eddy?

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PowerPoints, with effects. Loaded with charts with upward and to the right trajectories.

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Brad06ag said:

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The Original AG 76 said:

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Talon2DSO said:

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Comeby! said:

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The last few posts (leadership, debt, etc) are true however that's the beauty of what we do. Everyone thinks they are good poker players, want to drive in the left lane, thinks they are good in bed. Fact of the matter is that not everyone is and this creates tremendous opportunity for others, especially younger, aggressive Aggies. A lot of the motivation for upcoming entrepreneurs is the thought that they can do better than their boss. I know it was for me. At the end of the day, you still have to deliver results. You can't ride others coattails or your years ago success forever.

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So how does one break into the C suite? Right now I'm a well paid worker bee with a niche expertise and a law degree. I've been proving my value by successfully navigating us through DOT issues. How do I make myself someone thats moldable as opposed to someone that gets stuck in a career eddy?

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ALL OF THE ABOVE PLUS...
learn to look great in meetings, know the latest buzzwords , develop a skill ( mind reading ) whereas you can create an answer that best matches what your boss or his boss wants to hear, play golf, be executive looking, be ruthless, MASTER the art of being a world class suckass without appearing to be a suckass, have at least a vague knowledge of what you company does ( not a priority since lack of any understanding of what you company does can be masked by the aggressive use of buzzwords and a liberal application of suckass) AND develop the critical and vital skill of taking total credit for EVERY accomplishment whilst avoiding ANY blame for ANY failure ( possibly the MOST important skill the potential " C" can master).
Do this , grasshopper, and the C Suite is yours !

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On the avoid blame part, you have to always be moving to a new position, even within the company. You don't want to stay long enough for the failure to be yours. Implement a bunch of buzz word heavy BS and then leverage that to a promotion. It will be the next guys failure then and you can blame him.

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Talon2DSO said:

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You never sent me your resume. We're hiring up here.

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The Original AG 76 said:

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MAROON said:

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Brad06ag said:

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The Original AG 76 said:

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Talon2DSO said:

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Comeby! said:

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The last few posts (leadership, debt, etc) are true however that's the beauty of what we do. Everyone thinks they are good poker players, want to drive in the left lane, thinks they are good in bed. Fact of the matter is that not everyone is and this creates tremendous opportunity for others, especially younger, aggressive Aggies. A lot of the motivation for upcoming entrepreneurs is the thought that they can do better than their boss. I know it was for me. At the end of the day, you still have to deliver results. You can't ride others coattails or your years ago success forever.

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So how does one break into the C suite? Right now I'm a well paid worker bee with a niche expertise and a law degree. I've been proving my value by successfully navigating us through DOT issues. How do I make myself someone thats moldable as opposed to someone that gets stuck in a career eddy?

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ALL OF THE ABOVE PLUS...
learn to look great in meetings, know the latest buzzwords , develop a skill ( mind reading ) whereas you can create an answer that best matches what your boss or his boss wants to hear, play golf, be executive looking, be ruthless, MASTER the art of being a world class suckass without appearing to be a suckass, have at least a vague knowledge of what you company does ( not a priority since lack of any understanding of what you company does can be masked by the aggressive use of buzzwords and a liberal application of suckass) AND develop the critical and vital skill of taking total credit for EVERY accomplishment whilst avoiding ANY blame for ANY failure ( possibly the MOST important skill the potential " C" can master).
Do this , grasshopper, and the C Suite is yours !

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On the avoid blame part, you have to always be moving to a new position, even within the company. You don't want to stay long enough for the failure to be yours. Implement a bunch of buzz word heavy BS and then leverage that to a promotion. It will be the next guys failure then and you can blame him.

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very good advice, and if at all possibly avoid P/L responsibility unless the division is a slam dunk look good deal.

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we'll unfortunately the road to the C suite usually means on MUST accept P/L responsibilities HOWEVER, it is really easy to navigate.
As stated before be prepared to claim and accept FULL sole credit for the upside and have a well rehearsed and carefully planned " pass the buck" plan for the downsides. Remember a recession or a downturn can be managed into a golden opportunity to shine and even grow.
Lets say that it is a good old fashioned oil BUST...well as soon as the numbers and the backlog head south initiate the LAYOFFS ...be sure and decimate the janitors, the file clerks, the toe jam of your company and especially the old guys making too damn much who know the scam you are running along with the layoff bait that your willing minions have identified ( usually the productive yet uncooperative types). LOUDLY proclaim that YOU have reduced headcount or whatever aggressively ( whilst proclaimed that having to let go so many valuable good friends and coworkers was heart wrenching and tore your gut out...boards love to hear this pablum) THEN you can proceed with the next and most fun and rewarding phase....
Since you have layed off all of the ..lets say just as an example .....janitors ..you can then proceed to hire a brand new shiny VP to be charge of Facilities and Environmental Services in order to analyze the growing pile of sheit and filth ( thanks to your decimation of the janitorial guys) and initiate all manner of expensive and GLORIOUS sounding initiatives requiring a bunch of NEW guys running programs and training the few actual working stiffs you have on creative and environmentally friendly ways to reduce the garbage that no one can pick up ( cause , you know ,you fired all of the janitors in your aggressive cost cutting crusade) !!! Their first solution will be to hire 3 times the number of janitors you let go but you can call them sanitation specialists with new job descriptions reporting to a Director ( also a new hire) of Sanitation Services...... HELL you can bring on 3 or 4 new BIG DOLLAR buddies and grow you org chart ( top side) exponentially which the board buddies will see as PROOF that their good ole CEO is on top on things and time for a new car and bonus.....
Lather , Rinse, Repeat...
remember you have that $50,000,000 already funded check waiting at the guard gate for you to pick up once the scam and the money in the treasury has run its course...

see how fun and easy that is !!!!

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Talon2DSO said:

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Comeby! said:

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The last few posts (leadership, debt, etc) are true however that's the beauty of what we do. Everyone thinks they are good poker players, want to drive in the left lane, thinks they are good in bed. Fact of the matter is that not everyone is and this creates tremendous opportunity for others, especially younger, aggressive Aggies. A lot of the motivation for upcoming entrepreneurs is the thought that they can do better than their boss. I know it was for me. At the end of the day, you still have to deliver results. You can't ride others coattails or your years ago success forever.

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So how does one break into the C suite? Right now I'm a well paid worker bee with a niche expertise and a law degree. I've been proving my value by successfully navigating us through DOT issues. How do I make myself someone thats moldable as opposed to someone that gets stuck in a career eddy?

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Cepe said:

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Unfortunately the only thing you can count on in oil and gas is systematically bad leadership decisions by people who think they are super smart. Constantly buying/ selling assets, reorganizing, centralizing/ decentralizing, etc. and basically doing the opposite of whatever the person before them did as some great thought process. All while accepting their bonuses no matter whether it is successful or not because they are usually gone anyway.

Our industry hides these guys when the oil price is good but they get exposed when it actually comes time to manage a company and not make a profit in spite of themselves.

Sorry for the negativity but after 26 years it becomes painfully obvious. That's why I'm giving a role outside of O&G a chance for a while.

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Their research seems almost to smuggle technologies out of the realm of science fiction and into the real. It suggests that people will soon be able to produce gasoline and jet fuel from little more than limestone, hydrogen, and air. It hints at the eventual construction of a vast, industrial-scale network of carbon scrubbers, capable of removing greenhouse gases directly from the atmosphere.

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Finally, the carbon dioxide is combined with hydrogen and converted into liquid fuels, including gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. This is in some ways the most conventional aspect of the process: Oil companies convert hydrocarbon gases into liquid fuels every day, using a set of chemical reactions called the Fischer-Tropsch process. But it's key to Carbon Engineering's business: It means the company can produce carbon-neutral hydrocarbons.

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txaggie_08 said:

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This town is nuts. I'm one of the newbies being here about 4 months now, but even in that 4 months you can see the higher traffic and longer waits for everything. There are "Now Hiring" signs everywhere. Saw one at a McDonalds saying they'd interview on the spot.

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Ragoo said:

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The sounds of Midland and beginning to sound like the Eagleford in 2013.....

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While the Trump administration's request might irk OPEC members, with Iran obviously the most aggrieved, the apparent willingness of Saudi Arabia to comply with Washington's request has ignited furor from within the group.

"It's crazy and astonishing to see instruction coming from Washington to Saudi to act and replace a shortfall of Iran's export due to their Illegal sanction on Iran and Venezuela," Iran's OPEC governor, Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, said in comments to Reuters. He said that OPEC would not simply comply with Washington's requests. "No one in OPEC will act against two of its founder members," he said, referring to Iran and Venezuela. "The U.S. tried it last time against Iran, but oil prices got to $140 a barrel."

"OPEC will not accept such a humiliation. How arrogant and ignorant one could be (to) underestimate the history of 60 years' cooperation among competitors," he said.

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Geopolitical Tensions Reach Boiling Point Ahead Of OPEC Meeting

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While the Trump administration's request might irk OPEC members, with Iran obviously the most aggrieved, the apparent willingness of Saudi Arabia to comply with Washington's request has ignited furor from within the group.

"It's crazy and astonishing to see instruction coming from Washington to Saudi to act and replace a shortfall of Iran's export due to their Illegal sanction on Iran and Venezuela," Iran's OPEC governor, Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, said in comments to Reuters. He said that OPEC would not simply comply with Washington's requests. "No one in OPEC will act against two of its founder members," he said, referring to Iran and Venezuela. "The U.S. tried it last time against Iran, but oil prices got to $140 a barrel."

"OPEC will not accept such a humiliation. How arrogant and ignorant one could be (to) underestimate the history of 60 years' cooperation among competitors," he said.

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Ragoo said:

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The sounds of Midland are beginning to sound like the Eagleford in 2013.....

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DadsanAG said:

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Ragoo said:

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The sounds of Midland are beginning to sound like the Eagleford in 2013.....

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Indeed. This thing will be over soon, I presume. Couple that with an impending market crash and it'll be a rough ride for a lot of folks .

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DadsanAG said:

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Ragoo said:

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The sounds of Midland are beginning to sound like the Eagleford in 2013.....

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Indeed. This thing will be over soon, I presume. Couple that with an impending market crash and it'll be a rough ride for a lot of folks .

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