Bad leadership. Too many leaders do not understand the brand or the mission. They do not care deeply about sport or sneakers. They care about titles and power. They focus on themselves, not the company.
We promoted the wrong people. Then they promoted their friends and loyalists. Now it is people in power protecting each other instead of building the business. When the top is weak, everything below it crumbles.
EH has not reset the organization. The leaders under EH avoid hard decisions. There is a lot of head nodding and very little action. They wait for direction instead of leading. They are not building the future. They are not leaders.
Talent is leaving or has left. The people who care the most get frustrated and walk away. Strong voices are pushed out. The people who stay are comfortable, not outstanding.
There is zero accountability. When we fail at something, there is always an excuse. Market conditions. Timing. Someone else’s decision. No one clearly owns the failure. If no one owns it, nothing changes.
There is no unity. Teams protect their own goals instead of fighting for one mission. The culture is political and siloed. We do not act like one company.
This is the norm now. This is the new Nike culture.