A gruelling schedule awaited Simeonie Nalukturuk when he took over as President of Makivik Corporation, reports Makivik News.
“Makivik had been working on many issues, such as Hydro-Quebec, environmental issues involved in Hydro development, so those things I had to get familiarized with right away, because Makivik and Hydro were almost at the signing level when I got in to the office,” Nalukturuk is quoted as saying in a profile article.
Makivik News published its first interview with the new President in its latest issue, six months after Nalukturuk won the Makivik election, unseating Liberal Sen. Charlie Watt.
The profile says that in meetings, the new President “would lead in a quiet, almost reserved way, directing conversation, ensuring that those who had a point of view would be heard, listening, arriving at a decision, and moving forward with the agenda.”
“A quiet but business-like style, is this a good characterization of it?” the reporter asked Nalukturuk. “I don’t care or mind how other people see my style,” the new President responded. “My style of leadership seems to get other people to work together, so I don’t have any comment other than that.”
Nalukturuk added that he’s immersed himself in political work, leaving business matters to others. “The work is mostly political in nature. I want it that way for myself. I leave the business development and so on for the other executives. I find myself and the other executives to be more productive when they share responsibilities. But there are a lot of responsibilities, because the work that Makivik does deals with both the political and economic development issues,” he said.
Nalukturuk also gave some details about the reorganization he’s put into effect at Makivik. “It seems that everything from the top to the bottom of the organization, everything was being run by the President’s office,” he said. “So I decided that when we give a responsibility to the other executives, they would be responsible and accountable for their work.”
But Nalukturuk seemed to be in good spirits. “It’s a lot of work and it’s a lot of fun. That about sums it up.”
