#leadership

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So many people are already leaving voluntarily, yet they keep talking about cuts. It’s like they don’t see the bigger picture and are just determined to make things worse. The morale has been terrible for a while, and it doesn't help that the company is punishing the people who stayed instead of fixing the issues.

Dave Calhoun will put Ford up on blocks for ever. Just like he did at Boeing.

Ford has issued another recall.

The Michigan carmaker recalled 1.9 million vehicles because rear-view cameras could display inverted, distorted, or blank images, according to a September 4 filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The recall covers various models from 2015 through 2019, including the Lincoln MKC, Lincoln Navigator, Mustang, F-450, F-550, Expedition, and Edge.

The recall includes about 1.45 million vehicles in the United States, 122,000 in Canada, and around 300,000 in other markets, Reuters reported. In April, Ford recalled 160,000 vehicles from 2015 for rear-view camera failures.

Here is the full list of affected models:

F-450 SD - 2015-2019

Transit Connect - 2015-2018

Lincoln MKC - 2015-2019

F-550 SD - 2016-2019

Transit - 2016-2019

F-350 SD - 2015-2019

Econoline -2017-2019

Lincoln Navigator - 2015-2017

Expedition - 2015-2017

F-250 SD - 2015-2019

Mustang - 2015-2019

Edge - 2015-2018

Ranger - 2019

The measure comes after a recent wave of recalls . In August, Ford recalled nearly 500,000 vehicles for possible brake fluid leaks, more than 355,000 trucks for an instrument panel display issue, more than 213,000 vehicles for faulty tail lights, and 100,900 vehicles for risk of an airbag tear. In July, Ford recalled more than 850,000 cars in the U.S. because of a potential fuel pump failure, AP reported.

In November, Ford received a $165 million penalty after an NHTSA investigation found the company failed to recall vehicles with defective rearview cameras in a timely manner, Reuters reported.

‘We will do better.’ Microsoft CEO Nadella admits company has to rebuild trust with employees

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/11/microsoft-ceo-nadella-says-company-must-rebuild-trust-with-employees.html

If only the revolving door of CEO's and senior executives of Dixie had little forethought and understanding of where the industry was going!

Look at the Oracle results and Ellison's strategy - they built DC's anticipating the AI demand. Here we sold all the DC's and ripped them off from our asset list.

They never had strategy other than paying themselves off, by selling what was left!

Why are they so bad? They don’t know what they are doing, schedule too many useless calls, and don’t know how to actual lead or manage a team.

I want to be positive and optimistic (not a good trait on this website) about the changes and the move to the sport offence, but come on! Did you see that org chart? (Just go to the support documents in Workday) Over a hundred VPs in the first level (which should make the total about 300+ since most have VPs reporting to them), and every single sport is a whole org now. EH mention he has flattened the org because he has ~15 reports now, but what about the rest? I’m gonna just blame on my own stupidity for not understanding how this is progress.

Five year return for TFC is just over 18%. Compare that to JPM at over 202%. I realize we are not exactly comparing apples and apples but at this sort of return for Truist why hasn’t the Board of Directors got rid of Billy Boy. ?

Yawn 🥱

Can someone tell me how the he-l we keep going through re-org after re-org, yet somehow the absolute worst fu--ing leaders are the ones who survive every single time? It’s like the less you give a damn about the brand, the company, or your team, and the more you’re a selfish, toxic a--hole, the higher your chances of keeping your job. Actual competence? Doesn’t matter one bit.

We’ve got senior directors and VPs who should’ve been booted years ago, and everyone who works under them knows it. So what’s the deal? What’s the bullsh-t mechanism for deciding who stays and who goes at that level? And seriously, why the fu-k can’t we ever manage to promote the people who actually deserve it?

I left a place where everything ran like clockwork and the perks were real for a 10 percent bump in pay. Now I have to deal with pure chaos and leadership that seems to have no clue what’s happening. Some days I feel like I’m just part of a sideshow and we’re all waiting for someone to figure out the plan. It’s exhausting and frustrating, and I miss having structure.

Nineteen months later, tensions between Rosenbury and the Barnard community have reached a boiling point. Despite hailing efforts from her administration—like the completed renovation of the Francine A. LeFrak Foundation Center for Well-Being and the implementation of a long-overdue maternity leave policy—Rosenbury has also seen a tenure marred by suspensions and expulsions of student protesters, layoffs of 77 full-time staff members, and the faculty vote of no confidence she received in April 2024, the first in Barnard’s history.

https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/09/10/rosenbury-confronts-layoffs-student-discipline-and-barnards-financial-situation-in-interview-with-spectator/

With rising competition from companies like Roche and others, is continuing to downsize R&D investment truly the right strategy? We need an entrepreneurial CEO—one who is bold and visionary—to clearly articulate our genuine growth plan to investors. Instead of focusing solely on margin calculations through cuts, we should invest more now to develop groundbreaking products and outpace our rivals. I believe Wall Street would prefer a company with strong growth potential over one with lackluster expansion but improved margins from relentless cost reductions. The current share price speaks volumes: investors are not buying into Illumina’s new strategy.