One of the real pleasures at The Canadian Telecom Summit is the opportunity to meet a wide variety of CEOs from suppliers and service providers from around the world.
Each has a different personality and each a different approach to running their business and to the way they deal with people.
In yesterday’s Financial Post, I wrote about Michael Sabia, CEO of Bell Canada – the phone company formerly known as BCE [version].
In the article, I recalled the way he dealt with a questioner at a recent AGM and insisted on being called ‘Michael’ rather than ‘Mr. Sabia.’ I wrote that
I suspect that you can learn a lot about human nature by examining the way an executive treats people at the bottom of the organization.
Michael Sabia is the luncheon keynote speaker on June 13 at The 2007 Canadian Telecom Summit.