With Shefali Shah FINALLY out, it shines a bright line onto ML.
Her aggressive behavior. Discrimination. Bias. And dedicated focus on hiring friends is one thing. It's another that she has a selfish agenda that is not Avaya-first.
No more of these egos.
Don't say we didn't Tell you So...
ML is the most predictable failure in the history of Avaya's failures.
There is no I in Revenue! 😞
Revenue leaders need to have a strong analytical and strategy background. They need to be ego-less, subject matter experts who don't focus on groupies, status or settling scores. A proper executive level Chief Revenue Officer should NOT come from a sales career. They should come from a driving profitable change and strategy career. It is really simple and obvious. PERIOD
Regarding Dubai -- totally agree with the comments below. ML is absurdly clueless to understanding global scale of business, and specifically totally tone deaf on UAE. Avaya's long term success in that region is nothing short of amazing. To sustain that level of penetration is one of a kind business success. It should not be distributed, challenged or targeted. Again. Anyone with revenue in their title should know how to count 2+2.
ABSOLUTELY NOT Avaya First, 💯‼️‼️❗❕‼️
ML first. Always. Her "insulators" a distant second (those friends hired to insulate & pad her). 3rd is taking down any threat or risk to her power. 4th is doubling down on 3rd. 5th is ego grooming. Avaya? Avaya isn't even in her Top 10.
Despite not wanting to agree, Dubai is very profitable and unique. Most confident Avaya LLC NJ USA will have a limited lifeline of survival without the revenue that UAE/Region consistently produces.
Conversely, ML "value", based on time stamped verified facts of UNDER Two years in previous Sr. Leadership Roles, is in the negative.
ML apparently didn't properly understand the prowess of Avaya at GITEX. GITEX IS Avaya, and not because of the PR or Marketing teams.
I would agree. Sounds like a mission of Ego. Not "beautiful balance sheets".
Dubai is a different organization. The revenue is significantly tied to the Saudi's .... ML has an ill fated mission if that is her focus. She should be focused on areas that need revenue growth, not where revenue is guaranteed. Sounds like she is obsessed with power and not results.
She’s taking down the Dubai Mafia so she has my support
If PwC had issues with the liability of Shefali Shah, they'd be shocked to learn ML takes that liability up 500 notches.
Every customer or partner she visits, in any context, ML brings up that she’s not your average CRO, she’s also on the board of directors. I do not understand why she brings this point up every time. If she thinks it gives her more credence, it really doesn’t, it actually sounds cringy.
Her behaviour and exit from HPE was train wreckingly epic !
Maybe people should ask around why and how ML was fired from Genesys, maybe then you’ll start to understand what kind of abhorrent and pesky person we’re dealing with. AM choosing her as CRO speaks volume about him and this board
Lacks executive prowess
Avaya should not be the company to give a C Suite individual training wheels
She is qualified to be the SVP of the Americas Sales. It's no coincidence that she hired that role to prevent the board from realizing that she should be moved down into SVP role.
Haven't directly observed the bias and discrimination, but I've certainly heard that it has been common.