Former Director Bill Pulte Asks PulteGroup Board to Implement Proper Succession Planning
Management Issues Highlight Need for Board Oversight in Succession Planning
"The most important thing a Board does is succession planning - it is therefore critical to shareholders that the PulteGroup Board ensure this next COO be widely respected as someone who can credibly succeed the current CEO, if and when needed. Any structure that is uniquely dependent on one individual is a tenuous structure that often relies upon loyalty pledges to the CEO, instead of great talent in the COO position," said former PulteGroup Director
Pulte continued, "As a result of the top 3 of 5 executives being recently terminated or in public controversy, it is critical that the Board manage
As reported in the news media, incoming COO
Pulte's specific recommendations on new COO to the Board of Directors:
- No loyalty tests or pledges from COO to CEO, or from any other executives to the CEO. Officers work for the shareholders, period!
- Hire outside for independence or only qualified area presidents, no one connected to
Brandon Jones . - Some have passed up the position. This is not a good sign.
- Must be a board decision, not CEO decision in light of his failures.
"Right now, PulteGroup's profits are built in large part by employees outside of the senior management team and with layoffs and buybacks. A new COO would ensure the company could get itself back to #1 by letting the field operators return to delighting the customer and building competent managers. The Company should implement the full Pulte Plan as recommended by founder William J. Pulte in his last battle cleaning the company wherein CEO Dugas was ousted for mismanagement," added a Pulte Family spokesman.
About
William J. "Bill" Pulte is the CEO of Pulte Capital Partners, a buyout firm focused on acquiring and building homebuilding, housing, and building products companies.
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SOURCE The Pulte Family
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