Edmunds AutoObserver Michelle Krebs, commenting on the termination and replacement of Cadillac’s leadership, concluded, “If GM is going to change and is going to succeed, it must change people.” Paraphrasing Eistein, she added that “Doing the same thing over and over again with the same people in the same positions and expecting a different result is…insane.” Michelle Krebs is far… More →
Category: Management
Management
GM disbands High Performance Vehicle Operations–why this is a mistake
General Motors recently announced that it had disbanded its High Performance Vehicle Operations (HPVO) team. This is more of the same thinking that has essentially bankrupted them. The thinking: the government wants GM to focus on fuel efficiency, not performance, rendering HPVO a political liability. Disbanding HPVO is flawed on two levels. First off, gas is back under $2/gallon, and… More →
Stop blaming middle management and the workers
It’s popular to blame Detroit’s decline on lazy, obstructive middle managers and lazy, greedy factory workers. In her latest entry at AutoObserver.com, Michelle Krebs tells GM what to do about the former, one of which she recently encountered lazing away the day at a high school sporting event: Get rid of them! Problem is, these groups aren’t the problem.