Curious on how people would grade EH so far in his stint as CEO. I feel like it’s pretty mixed, coming in everyone was super excited, and lately been feeling those sentiments have waned a little.
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I give him a solid B. Compared to JD he is a rock star. He is doing ok and trying to right the ship. He needs to lop off more mediocre leaders that aren’t delivering. No more chances. Launching new products and lines liike acg is good. Focus on retail partners is good because we aren’t good at retail. Besides who else do we have ? Nobody.
6/7
I’d say a C, he’s better than JD but definitely missing some marks after such a “hit the ground running” coming aboard moment.
Business wise, is still feel we’re a bit listless, just going through moments kind of hitting them but also falling flat. I feel like we’re mid tier sports company just waiting for something to hit. We’re usually chasing others because our business hasn’t been held accountable for years.
I kind of feel we’re just blind optimism and hope. I don’t feel like there is a clear plan in win now unless we’re really driving something and we’re purposely being quiet.
He beat ceo being many jobs to india
Aside from all said already I feel like one of the biggest clues about a good CEO is regular, solid communication to “the masses”.
And sure while there have been some all hands and what not in general I don’t feel any more informed than before and certainly not a solid “path forward” style of message from EH.
Hey management (at all levels): tell us more, show us your plans or gasp better yet… involve us in them so we can all get a good outcome.
Managing up endlessly will change nothing at Nike.
He's kind of mid, no real substance, can't handle any discussion that isn't forced toxic positivity.
He is the best! we are going back to 2015 and the "just do it" culture without all this request bull. just whip out your nike card and buy what you need
I don't hate him but I was a bit irritated when he cried after getting rid of wellness week.
Really, I'm just worried about layoffs and offshoring. It's hard for me to care about the future of Nike when there's a decent chance I won't be here in 6 months.
Not the man for the job. We all got excited because he’s a vibes guy. He’s not a critical business function guy. To the comment above that he’s trimming the fat and the incompetence, that is so wildly inaccurate. The incompetent folks are the ones still standing after each rif. The truly competent, ethical, moral folks that had genuine integrity and commitment got cut because they surfaced real concerns that could have been punishable federally. Those are the folks who have been ushered out the door quietly, here’s your severance in a box with a pretty bow, and you’ll get it in a few months just as long as you keep your mouth shut. Read your severance docs people, pay close attention to the restrictions, non compete agreements, and the fact that you can’t even accept a new role until your continuance ends. What an absolute joke! Theory lost is values, lost sight of the mission, of the consumer, and the people who pour their souls into the work? Worthless. Vibes won’t fix Nike, it will never be what it once was.
I started excited. Looking back though he only had and has tough choices on his plate.
- Unrolling RAT’s hiring means layoffs
- Unrolling DTC’s cannibalization of wholesale means layoffs
- Unrolling our uninspired couch potato fleece apparel means… maybe layoffs. At least some painful refocusing
- Fixing tech’s inability to execute means dumping ITC & massive layoffs
- Bringing back our marketing ‘edge’ HAS to mean layoffs. The entire department has gone pastoral for years.
I don’t need to like him I guess. But he better be making the right calls. Cutting the fat. Cutting the incompetent. Making leaders and HR actually accountable.
If he sc--ws this up there’s no way Nike remains top dog 20 years from now.
I don't know. It appears to be the same toxic culture, if not worse. Discrimination from management is at an all-time high. I am being forced to deliver the impossible for free. I don't expect a promotion, but I am closer to being laid off than anything.
I think it was highly inappropriate for him to send out an email after JD’s major round telling us he didn’t foresee any future headcount changes and the organization looked really good. And then proceeded to keep doing re-orgs and layoffs. Takes a special kind of stupid to do that and expect us to trust him. He’s all smiles yet has no plans for come up and say that he flat out lied to us.
a little?
at least JD was open about the layoffs rathen than executing small scale layoffs each month across different functions.