Someone requested it. Here it is. The worst leader I’ve ever seen, they need to can her A$$
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@dg+1jmg53bgz it's fairly true. There's no transparency in her org and she is very controlling. Employee input doesn't fair well with her, as she thinks its her way or no way.
All her town halls were theory-based. I could never find a proof-of-concept based on her ideas. As far as I know, we're her lab rats in this process... win or lose. This is a sad way to prove a theory.
I could never understand her, so I stopped listening to any of her townhalls, I don't think I missed much
Her town halls are carefully crafted to convey ambiguity. She has 0 visibility with most employees under S&T, which is terrible. At a time like now, a true leader needs have a presence in their function, with clear communication and full transparency. However, this company is running itself into the ground and will never have such leaders. Oh well
In her Machiavellian conquest, she orchestrates a systematic annexation of markets and functions—a corporate terraforming enabled by her supine manager's acquiescence. Strategic vision lies dormant; in its place writhes na--d ambition, spreading like kudzu across the organizational architecture. She is an apex predator of opportunity, methodically accumulating fiefdoms not to steward but to strip-mine. When the denouement arrives, she will alchemize this chaos into a gleaming narrative of triumph, deploying it as currency in the marketplace of executive prestige. Her golden parachute will blossom above the smoldering ruins of what once was, as she drifts away from the institutional pyre of her own making.
You want to talk about Athina? Great. Let’s talk about Athina.
Let’s talk about the town halls—staged, scripted, and hollow—where her leadership team looks like they’re reading ransom notes they just found under their keyboards. Say she’s disconnected, reckless, and oblivious to how this company actually runs.
Say she’s a pompous, self-absorbed coward who basks in the glow of podcasts and speaking engagements, polishing her personal brand while her hatchet men lay off thousands of people trying to feed their families.
But if the best argument you can muster against her is a cheap shot about her accent or where she was born—you’re just telling on yourself. This country—this economy—has been built, shaped, and led by people who didn’t all sound the same, look the same, or come from the same zip code. When Albert Einstein first came to Princeton, he didn’t speak English well enough to order a sandwich, but he did just fine rewriting the laws of physics. Henry Kissinger died sounding like he got off a plane an hour ago, yet he managed to help steer this country through the Cold War.
There are a thousand legitimate criticisms to make of her. If there’s a discussion to be had about business decisions, strategy, or leadership style—let’s have it. But if all you’ve got is a weak, xenophobic jab, then step aside. The grown-ups are talking.
Here come the mouthbreathers in their red ball caps …
Agreed, Ginni Rometty was the absolute worst DEI hire CEO in the history of mankind. She caused Warren Buffett to sell all his IBM stock. 8 years of declining revenue every quarter. She was absolutely clueless disaster, she destroyed IBM, but is celebrated by lunatics as being a pioneering woman who broke the glass ceiling.
You want bad...ex-CEO Ginni Rometty ran IBM into the group. Athina is from Accenture. There are two common threads there...Can you figure them out?