Compliance just “to comply” has minimal motivation. Compliance without motivation has no value! So what motivates the workforce these days? The stick doesn’t work. The carrot doesn’t work. You might think this an HR issue. Companies rely on the interview process heavily to determine who may be motivated to learn, work, and comply. With the […]
Outbound
By Paul Wiseman “What the world needs now Is light, sweet crude…” With apologies to Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick for that song hack, its truth is nonetheless valid—if you add natural gas to what’s needed. Since Congress reopened the U.S. oil market to exports in Q4 2015, the oil- and gas-rich Permian has dived […]
Succession Planning
Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences. (Norman Cousins) Start the new year off right and decide to start a succession plan at a minimum of two levels of the organization: the middle and the executive levels. The new supply chain issue for 2023 is human capital or having enough employees to do the job. […]
Throttling Up
While there is one main thing that affects the oil and gas industry—the price of the commodities in question—those commodities are subject to world politics and economics. The latter influences are many and varied, and are making today’s market anything but stable for everyone, including the service sector. “It is changing at breakneck speed,” said […]
Resolutions… and Rejoinders
It’s never too early to put in a word for something or to speak up for a worthy endeavor. Especially in a world where there are plenty of folks who are doing their best to pre-empt our directions and make our decisions for us. (Are you listening, Washington?) Let it be resolved that the Permian […]
Rallying Point
by Jesse Mullins MIDLAND, TEXAS—A packed house greeted the speakers and panelists at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association on Sept. 29, held here as customary in the Petroleum Club downtown on Wall Street. The all-day activities of Sept. 29 followed an evening icebreaker event held on the 28th at the […]
The Give and Take of Feedback
Welcome back to the latest installment in our ongoing conversation about safety! I hope this finds you where you want to be regarding safe practices and procedures. This month we are broaching a topic not normally associated with safety. I find this topic is not a hot subject in safety circles, nor in operations, either! […]
Getting into the Swing
By Paul Wiseman The wild swings of pricing in the oil and gas sector have brought turmoil to every part of that business, and equipment leasing is no exception. When drilling slows down, drillers need less equipment. So it goes for equipment companies like Gravity as well as those providing housing, such as Stellar Oilfield […]
Conducting a Human Resource (HR) Audit
The best HR audits are the ones you control. The worst are those prompted by a letter from a government agency. Clean up one issue at a time while there is still time. All organizations need a major HR audit every few years and an annual review to ensure that the policies and procedures comply […]
Coming: The Year of Natural Gas
For decades natural gas was more of a nuisance than a blessing in the Permian Basin, where oil, specifically, was the economic engine of the region. Oil still is king, but natural gas is starting to flex some serious economic muscle these days, due to ripple effects from world events. This competition is creating its […]
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