Originally Posted by
fly18725
All stakeholders are in trouble if Oscar falls for a subordinate who creates a roll to force someone else out.
I've been friends with people in similar 'Office of the CEO' roles and this is generally a rotational position for someone who is very bright with high potential. The lack of direct customer-facing experience shouldn't be immediately concerning. There are direct reports with oversight over each of the different areas and a good leader would depend on the functional expertise of their team. Clearly, Kate is someone who's worked well with Oscar. That alone should give us some comfort.
Yes indeed and there are also more mundane considerations like wanting to keep the expanded role full time in Chicago, rather than splitting time with Houston, as some execs still prefer to do. Which could very well be going on here. For all we know Sandra was offered the wider role and declined.
My scenario was based on seeing worse outcomes than this happen with those chief of staff / office of CEO roles though! Being that close is always an advantage in the organization and at the end of the rotation you want somewhere logical to land, and that can come at the expense of other capable folks, even if the new person is perfectly capable.