We’ve lost it. Confidence in leadership and trust.

[anonymous]

Yes, we lost. But where this company has lost is the lack of a employee-centered culture. We can agree that the field sales leadership is nonexistent. Bring in Deloitte or Bain or McKinsey and let them analyze the dysfunction, then make their recommendations. Those ought to put a scare into a lot of people. Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

Here's a cost-savings suggestion, get rid of the useless ADs and ineffective RDs. Just remove that layer, they do nothing but regurgitate messaging. When was the last time anyone in leadership helped you with an account? Years ago there was a post asking for anyone to provide an example of leadership or one positive endorsement of their RD. In that timeframe there have been zero replies. Telling, Very telling.

A recent study found people would rather have a mid-performing, high trust leader than a high-performing, low trust leader.

Every leader we have is a not trustworthy. Trust is earned. A title does not give you credibility. There are still some of us left that remember what good leadership was like. I don't trust any of our current ADs or RDs and they earned that lack of trust.

Most of the leadership is worthless. RDs are the biggest waste of money. Fire all the RDs or put them in the field

 

[anonymous]

Putting POS like Reiser, or Schouten, or Eaton, or Giordano, or Sherrod, or Rudisill, or Shafer, or Rowe would have been hilarious.
Ah, ah, ah, McLoughin, too.

 

[anonymous]

Yes, we lost. But where this company has lost is the lack of a employee-centered culture. We can agree that the field sales leadership is nonexistent. Bring in Deloitte or Bain or McKinsey and let them analyze the dysfunction, then make their recommendations. Those ought to put a scare into a lot of people. Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

Here's a cost-savings suggestion, get rid of the useless ADs and ineffective RDs. Just remove that layer, they do nothing but regurgitate messaging. When was the last time anyone in leadership helped you with an account? Years ago there was a post asking for anyone to provide an example of leadership or one positive endorsement of their RD. In that timeframe there have been zero replies. Telling, Very telling.

A recent study found people would rather have a mid-performing, high trust leader than a high-performing, low trust leader.

Every leader we have is a not trustworthy. Trust is earned. A title does not give you credibility. There are still some of us left that remember what good leadership was like. I don't trust any of our current ADs or RDs and they earned that lack of trust.

Most of the leadership is worthless. RDs are the biggest waste of money. Fire all the RDs or put them in the field

They would not and will never bring in a real consulting firm. McKinsey would rip this place apart. The leadership would be exposing themselves! When FL did the employee survey and the truth came out about the terrible culture, silos, etc…senior executive leadership got defensive and scared for their jobs. They dont know what to do and how to fix it because they have no real experience. Look at the SVPs resumes. Majority of them have titles and pay they would never be able to match at another company. The entire company needs to be gutted and rebuilt. Unfortunately there is no one to hire because who wants to work at place with a terrible track record of treating employees well. Best option is to try to clean it up quickly, boost stock price and sell the company. Then let the next company let everyone go and bring in their own leadership.

 

[anonymous]

They would not and will never bring in a real consulting firm. McKinsey would rip this place apart. The leadership would be exposing themselves! When FL did the employee survey and the truth came out about the terrible culture, silos, etc…senior executive leadership got defensive and scared for their jobs. They dont know what to do and how to fix it because they have no real experience. Look at the SVPs resumes. Majority of them have titles and pay they would never be able to match at another company. The entire company needs to be gutted and rebuilt. Unfortunately there is no one to hire because who wants to work at place with a terrible track record of treating employees well. Best option is to try to clean it up quickly, boost stock price and sell the company. Then let the next company let everyone go and bring in their own leadership.

A lucid, on-point post. You're definitely not in management.

No one will buy in this dumpster fire.

 

[anonymous]

What’s everyone’s thoughts on vertex?