Pushed or jumped?
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The rumor among industry experts was that it was possible that she was being groomed for CEO. But her job was to grow the company, and she hasn't done that. Assortments are stale. Guests aren't excited to shop. We're falling behind. There has been chatter about bringing in someone external to replace Brian, so she could have seen the writing on the wall.
I thought she would be the successor to Brian Cornell? I guess having an openly g-y woman as the CEO would also ruffle Trump's feathers.
Why shouldn't she be blamed?
Blaming Christina is disgusting and shows a lack of self-reflection. My team will be shifting to 50/50 in India and if this is how ICs will choose to deflect all failures onto others I wouldn't mind most of my team being Bengaluru. At least they're loyal and know how to take some blame.
Yes, lack of accountability is a massive cultural issue under the surface at Target. Leaders care about style over substance. Physical appearance matters a lot. Bubbly, fake personalities move up the ranks. What they wear matters. They push blame onto external factors (port strike, macroeconomic factors even though our competitors are pushing our you know what in) or even worse, their teams. They blame their subordinates rather than looking themselves in the mirror and taking ownership.
Brian needs to go and there needs to be a purge at like L8 and above.
self inflicted wound after self inflicted wound. a purge at the SVP, EVP and C-level is long overdue. the company needs dramatically more accountability, new ideas, a return to core retail fundamentals and put the nail in the coffin on DEI. Sadly, I don't think there's anyone on the Board or in the C-suite with the guts and the vision to do that. A protracted decline like Sears and K-Mart is the most likely outcome IMO
Name one strategy she and her team has led the past 3 years that has driven sales. Therein lies the answer