Message-ID: <33520089.1075855877841.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 00:40:00 -0700 (PDT) From: tom.hopwood@gte.net To: sally.beck@enron.com Subject: Brent Notes Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Tom Hopwood X-To: Sally Beck X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Sally_Beck_Dec2000\Notes Folders\Hopwood, tom X-Origin: Beck-S X-FileName: sbeck.nsf Sally Here is a rough draft of my notes from our visit yesterday. Please read and see if it accurately reflects the essence of what you want to communicate. My suggestion is that you take the time early one evening and maybe visit with Brent off site. Maybe over a cocktail. I'm sure you will be both serious and concerned What you are doing is giving Brent his year end review and basically asking him to fill in the details with actions over the next four to five months. 1) Brent has a great opportunity to take his leadership skills to the next level and by focusing and delivering these challenges he will solidify his core strengths in the eyes of others and most importantly himself. 2) You need for him to step up to the plate and fully support you by insuring that he will "take care of the business, completely and totally." No hits to the P & L, zero tolerance for incompetency and complacency. You can not do what you need to do Globally without the trust and confidence in his performance Additionally he must identify and develop his successor. Get a covenant from Brent that his is fully committed to do the work Also let him know you fully support him and will continue to back him fully in this effort as long as he does his part and keeps you informed. Call me if needed. Tom - Sally Beck Notes for Brent Price August 2000.doc