Re:"Keep Moving": Marissa Mayer's First Memo to Yahoos
by amirmc on Friday July 20, 2012 @06:32AM
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> "Please come by my office in building D on the third floor and say hello."
I'd add another (possibly minor) item to your list, which is 'What actually happens if an employee goes to her office in building D on the third floor to say hello?'
Might sound trite but if someone makes this offer and those who take it up get rebuffed then I'd say it's not a good signal. Sure, she's crazy busy but she didn't have to make the offer and anyone who turns up obviously cares to some extent.
1. When she starts actually changing things, what changes will she make? The importance of this is obvious?
2. Who is going to follow her from Google? Sure, she's not allowed to solicit, but people are allowed to solicit her. Good execs usually have a core follow them to a new position, and this core is essential to any possibility of success. (For an extreme and unlikely example, if Jeff Dean were to follow her, I'd buy Yahoo stock immediately, even if I had to borrow money to do it.)
3. What will motherhood take out of her? Like a lot of high-powered women, she appears to think of motherhood as being something she can limit and compartmentalize. Judging from the experience of other new parents that I have known, and my memories of my own children, she's in for a shock. What will the impact be? (She may or may not succeed in hiding it.)