Katrien Miere Tributes

err...

let me think about it and i'll get back to you.

"On behalf of Southeastern Trains..."

She could lie through her back teeth




And her front ones too

Katrien Meire took the CEO job with good intentions and wanted to be a popular and respected CEO despite her lack of experience.

She earned the respect of many members of staff and fans because of her hard work and willingness to speak to fans directly.

But her inexperience and reliance on equally inexperienced senior staff, bar a few exceptions, lead to a number of errors on the admin side.

The need to justify and defend the mad and inconsistent "strategy" of the owner however brought her into conflict with staff members and fans

As the public face of the regime she drew more and more criticism, some deserved and some certainly not, leaving her feeling insecure in her own abilities as is typical with new, young managers. She withdrew, rejected all external comments no matter how conscuctive and listened only to few close colleagues.

Regrettably these colleagues had their own agendas and roles to protect so the spiral of mistakes, criticism, ignore critics, make more mistakes continued to repeat.

At the same time the willingness to attend external events and speak in disparaging ways about fans let to more criticism.

As protests grew the siege mentality and refusal to accept responsibility or take corrective actions left a vacuum at the top of her organisation.

The absentee owner who at the same time dictated staff numbers and imposed a succession of inadequate coaches made her role untenable and in her own best interests she resigned her role in January 2016 to return to legal practice.

Henry Irving said:

Katrien Meire took the CEO job with good intentions and wanted to be a popular and respected CEO despite her lack of experience.

She earned the respect of many members of staff and fans because of her hard work and willingness to speak to fans directly.

But her inexperience and reliance on equally inexperienced senior staff, bar a few exceptions, lead to a number of errors on the admin side.

The need to justify and defend the mad and inconsistent "strategy" of the owner however brought her into conflict with staff members and fans

As the public face of the regime she drew more and more criticism, some deserved and some certainly not, leaving her feeling insecure in her own abilities as is typical with new, young managers. She withdrew, rejected all external comments no matter how conscuctive and listened only to few close colleagues.

Regrettably these colleagues had their own agendas and roles to protect so the spiral of mistakes, criticism, ignore critics, make more mistakes continued to repeat.

At the same time the willingness to attend external events and speak in disparaging ways about fans let to more criticism.

As protests grew the siege mentality and refusal to accept responsibility or take corrective actions left a vacuum at the top of her organisation.

The absentee owner who at the same time dictated staff numbers and imposed a succession of inadequate coaches made her role untenable and in her own best interests she resigned her role in January 2016 to return to legal practice.

I think that pretty much sums it up. As many on CL will testify, if you meet KM she is friendly, personable, enthusiastic, and coming up with new ideas. All the things that make you consider appointing someone at an interview. Unfortunately, she is also inexperienced, naive, and unknowledgeable about how to run a football club and should never have been put in the position she is. The last few months have demonstrated that she could not handle things as they got difficult and she has made mistake after mistake, ignoring all advice in doing so. She has not got the experience and understanding to deal the politics and personal agendas being fought out.

henrythecat said:

Henry Irving said:

Katrien Meire took the CEO job with good intentions and wanted to be a popular and respected CEO despite her lack of experience.

She earned the respect of many members of staff and fans because of her hard work and willingness to speak to fans directly.

But her inexperience and reliance on equally inexperienced senior staff, bar a few exceptions, lead to a number of errors on the admin side.

The need to justify and defend the mad and inconsistent "strategy" of the owner however brought her into conflict with staff members and fans

As the public face of the regime she drew more and more criticism, some deserved and some certainly not, leaving her feeling insecure in her own abilities as is typical with new, young managers. She withdrew, rejected all external comments no matter how conscuctive and listened only to few close colleagues.

Regrettably these colleagues had their own agendas and roles to protect so the spiral of mistakes, criticism, ignore critics, make more mistakes continued to repeat.

At the same time the willingness to attend external events and speak in disparaging ways about fans let to more criticism.

As protests grew the siege mentality and refusal to accept responsibility or take corrective actions left a vacuum at the top of her organisation.

The absentee owner who at the same time dictated staff numbers and imposed a succession of inadequate coaches made her role untenable and in her own best interests she resigned her role in January 2016 to return to legal practice.

I think that pretty much sums it up. As many on CL will testify, if you meet KM she is friendly, personable, enthusiastic, and coming up with new ideas. All the things that make you consider appointing someone at an interview. Unfortunately, she is also inexperienced, naive, and unknowledgeable about how to run a football club and should never have been put in the position she is. The last few months have demonstrated that she could not handle things as they got difficult and she has made mistake after mistake, ignoring all advice in doing so. She has not got the experience and understanding to deal the politics and personal agendas being fought out.

Pretty much sums it up in both of the Henry's pastiche and response.

At best, she was a junior Business Development Director. The CEO title was given, and admitted at the time of her appointment, as a way of trying to give her some gravitas in a male, experienced senior director world.

The intention was to make sure that she was taken seriously. Worked on Jeff Mostyn of Bournemouth when she gave him half the stadium and giggled. Other than that she, unfortunately, kept opening her mouth.

She'll be missed...not sure who by, but there's probably a job waiting for her on the South Coast!

I think Roland left her out to dry.

He is the worse type of manager as he dictates on minor issues, is dogmatic, and all from a distance but doesn't take any responsibility or shield junior staff from criticism. He undermines his CEO by appointing coaches on a whim and without considering local need.

She hasn't helped herself by listening to yes men like Keohone and Joyes nor by venting her frustrations with fans in public (Dublin and the Fleming interview).

She has appointed people even younger and less experienced than her herself to key roles while leaving key positions such as head of comms vacant.

She

Winning 5 - 0 at home must help with that matchday experience

sigh ... if only

Henry Irving said:

Katrien Meire took the CEO job with good intentions and wanted to be a popular and respected CEO despite her lack of experience.

She earned the respect of many members of staff and fans because of her hard work and willingness to speak to fans directly.

But her inexperience and reliance on equally inexperienced senior staff, bar a few exceptions, lead to a number of errors on the admin side.

The need to justify and defend the mad and inconsistent "strategy" of the owner however brought her into conflict with staff members and fans

As the public face of the regime she drew more and more criticism, some deserved and some certainly not, leaving her feeling insecure in her own abilities as is typical with new, young managers. She withdrew, rejected all external comments no matter how conscuctive and listened only to few close colleagues.

Regrettably these colleagues had their own agendas and roles to protect so the spiral of mistakes, criticism, ignore critics, make more mistakes continued to repeat.

At the same time the willingness to attend external events and speak in disparaging ways about fans let to more criticism.

As protests grew the siege mentality and refusal to accept responsibility or take corrective actions left a vacuum at the top of her organisation.

The absentee owner who at the same time dictated staff numbers and imposed a succession of inadequate coaches made her role untenable and in her own best interests she resigned her role in January 2016 to return to legal practice.

TL;DR

C**t, end of

She will go before the first game of next season - at the very latest.