Comments on: Mike Z. Rallies the Troops

By: exnt2

exnt2 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:52:38 +0000

The Tories will certainly come up with attack ads if he becomes the leader however remote the probability

By: exnt2

exnt2 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:52:38 +0000

The Tories will certainly come up with attack ads if he becomes the leader however remote the probability

By: Clint

Clint — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:38:38 +0000

Very well Said.
Manley has done nothing in political life and has been one of the key contributors to the demise of the company when he walked in with his suit on with the perception he was a wise choice.
An unmitigated disaster.
Typical liberal more interested in helping out the rest of the world rather than his own fellow Canadians.

By: Another Nortel Watcher

Another Nortel Watcher — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:28:05 +0000

I see that John Manley is one of the potential contenders to replace Dion as the Liberal Party leader in Canada. It is the duty of every Nortel shareholder in Canada that has been betrayed by Nortel to help people understand that John Manley has presided over the destruction of Nortel. As a board member he participated in the selection of Mike Z as CEO and along with his fellow board members has done NOTHING to correct the resulting downward spiral of the value of the company. Is that the guy you want contending for leadership of Canada? Please help to get the word out. Tell your friends and neighbors and post it on as many blogs as you can. Good luck.

By: WirelessNTguy

WirelessNTguy — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:11:54 +0000

Mark are you on the Nortel payroll for making comments like “At a time when Nortel employees are wondering about the company’s future and their job security, Zafirovski did what a good CEO needs to do, by showing some leadership and stepping up to the plate”

The only thing worse than believing this was the useless speech that Mike Z made. For the few that are left at Nortel please don't insult our intelligence. I can accept if it was meant as a joke but you should make that clear.

By: oneofthefewleft

oneofthefewleft — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:03:11 +0000

Mike Z should get full marks for being a great motivational speaker. After his 15 minute pathetic babble the motivation and morale in the company reached a new low. He has truly transformed the business by savagely driving it to the ground. He has to cut some more people so that he can make his bonuses. You would think that the executives know by now that everybody in the company considers them to be incompetent cheats out fill their pockets. Of course they are on some sort of a high believing their own lies and deception to fill their pockets.

By: Still_at_NT

Still_at_NT — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:57:15 +0000

Mark, most of the people in the company think Mike Z is a joke. The only ones bigger are the members of the board. Of course they are smart to pocket their millions at the expense of cutting employees. By the way he is such a great leader that he has decided not to do Employee Satisfaction Survey this year. Now that's what I can a great strategic decision not to get rotten eggs on your face.

By: Fins

Fins — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:50:53 +0000

Clint…you obviously never led a turn around. 35k off the street when they have 15k Cisco sales reps up and down customers? (with salaries 3x what you suggest). It takes 2 years to get a rep fully productive in this space. That said you are missing the core point. Nortel has NOTHING exclusive to them to bank on from a innovation perspective. Everyone has a router, switch, handsets, SOA, optical, UC etc, to sell. Having a better speed or feed or function makes no difference these days. No matter who you bring in or who you keep there is nothing for them to go frontal on. Good sales people go bad when they loose a frontal edge. Another fundamental issue is that at Nortel, channels are led by marketing not sales. Big issue. Channels should be led by sales. In addiion there is no real “sales operations” that act as a commerce vehicle to close transactions, not impede. Acquire a new technology that Cisco or Avaya doesn't have, go frontal on channels, give channels fully to sales, don't build one more marketing program, get rid of the sales prevention teams, govern out the bottom 20% on sales. It's been done before and Nortel can do this.

By: many

many — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:22:19 +0000

Oh yea, I forgot:

“I have no plans to go anywhere.”

Damn….

By: less

less — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:49:23 +0000

Nortel's manager:underling ratio remains way off-hitler (oops, “kilter”, I meant “kilter”), but Six Sigma needs 'em, so….