It’s becoming more and more clear that Nike’s problems weren’t just about JD. If this company’s gonna get back on track, there need to be big changes in leadership across a bunch of layers. Too many so-called “leaders” right now are more focused on themselves than the business, all while siphoning huge paychecks. It’s just poor leadership all around, nothing like how it was over a decade ago.
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This was happening before JD , probably a decade before JD. And will continue until all these clueless VP's su-k the life out of anyone who is still passionate about real work instead of being a su-k-up.
I wish EH well and really hope he is successful in turning this massive ship around, but lets hope it has not hit the iceberg. Nike bringing all leaders out of retirement to turn the ship is as scary as not having enough lifeboats in the middle of the ice cold ocean.
@2yqz+1vRm8cXl I know for a fact in my area it was not even the leader as they were new into role. Decisions were made by another VP who reported to the VP and it was a consolidation of power. My organization has been an utter disaster since the reorg because of who was let go and the many number of demotions made. All the actual leaders were let go and the leaders now in place just agree with the VPs and focus on themselves. It is really sad because supply chain has never had the same backing as innovation or product, but it was making strides and then VA and his LT have gotten rid of anyone who might challenge what the leaders think.
I’d like to know which leaders decided who was let go this year. Loads of talented people who performed well and loved Nike lost their jobs. Meanwhile, a lot of knuckleheads remain.
@1wkq+1vRm8cXl You are 100% right. Everyone that was speaking up or minimally trying to collaborate was let go
A competent auditor, not one just going through the motions with seemingly the only goal being to su-k more cash out of Nike, would find business process holes all over the place. Would also find many holes in system design, architecture, integration, and support processes. In business we’re losing opportunities left & right, in systems is poor config & implementations, along with overly manual work arounds everywhere… integration layers drop data all the time … and support processes do not result in anything getting fixed. Where are the auditors? Seriously. They seem to care about order entry, but don’t address any of the business process holes. How about all the $$$ being lost because our shipping & billing processes have so many issues? Shouldn’t it be important that product leaves our DC’s all the time without shipping /billing data being sent, accurate, or on time? Or that our inventory is constantly wrong because the processes and data/integrations have so many issues? Have to do the basics right
JD tenure just showcased how dysfunctional Nike is. No one actually making a change, speaking up or collaborating. All about pushing papers around, talking big, playing behind the scenes politics and collecting checks.
JD was a disaster. However, members of the CLT who remained had a responsibility to ensure everything that made Nike so special - stayed special. Seems like individual agendas and a**-kissing ensued. I get it - it was probably hard to be a contrarian when JD’s crazy started to unfold. Used to be that hard work and commitment to the brand was enough. A Nike employee knew that if they did the right things, they’d make money damn near automatic. (Sound familiar old timers?) Feels like managing your personal brand is now more important. Truly pulling for EH.
Bad leaders hire bad leader, hire bad leaders, enable bad leaders…JD was the head, MM watched for years. Plenty of bad still around, but they were a good start.
It's true that a fish rots from its head. But with that comes a bitter fact that not only leadership layers but also mediocre and below average ICs need to be shown the door. The culture of benchwarming at Nike has permeated across the board.