[LRflex] Lee Fired. Why? What German dealers say

This is perhaps why, a quick and dirty translation of what German dealers have to say
/Diverse anderen Seiten bestätigen diesen Sachverhalt, der äussert absolute Zufriedenheit über diesen Schritt, habe das von Lee vertretene Geschäftsmodell doch die traditionell guten Beziehungen zu Händlern, Zulieferern und Kunden empfindlich gestört. Angeblich entwickelte sich gegen Lee auf allen Ebenen Widerstand, u.a. auch, weil Lee nach den Aussagen des Newsletters sowohl fachlich wie auch menschlich in Fragen der Personalführung nicht anerkannt war.
Lee ist weg, Dr. Kaufmann hat das Sagen - ein Aufatmen scheint durch die Händlerschaft zu gehen./
/Vorrangig ist abzusehen, dass die in letzter Zeit betriebene Vernachlässigung der kleinen Leica-/Panasonic-Modellreihen ein umgehendes Ende findet, dass Leica wieder mit breiterer Palette im Markt präsent sein wird, um Freunden und Anhängern des Traditionshauses ein umfassenderes Sortiment als bisher zur Verfügung zu stellen/
Various other sources support the factual content, the "Leica bei Meister Newsletter" reported their absolute satisfaction with regard to this move as the business model promoted by Lee was extremely disruptive in the traditional relationship to dealers, suppliers and customers. Apparently, opposition to Lee's methods developed at all levels, one reason being that Lee (according to the Newsletter) was not accepted in matters of leadership, neither for his technical skills nor with regard to his attitude to staff.
Lee has gone, Dr Kaufmann is in charge - a sigh of relief is heard from the dealers
Primarily, it is to be expected that the recent neglect of the smaller Leica/Panasonic models will immediately come to an end, that Leica will again show a market presence with a wider range of products and make a much more comprehensive assortment than before available to the friends and devotees of the traditional brand. 

Cheers
Douglas

lambroving@xxxxxxx wrote:
People who are trusted with information and leak it usually are not trusted subsequently and receive no more information. Nothing cagey about it. I'm not going to draw you a diagram. Lee was doing some really disruptive things within the company.
However..., if you consider Lee's background and Kaufmann's, you can read all kinds of things into about Leica Kultur, who has it and who hasn't. In the end, "Best Buy" was not the way forward for Leica. Leica = Kaufmann and Kaufmann is protecting his investment. 



    -------------- Original message from "Sonny Carter"
    <sonc.hegr@xxxxxxxxx>: --------------

    Sorry, William, I don't live in Wetzlar anymore, so I can't really
    ask a Leica employee.  You are acting pretty cagey about this,
    when a simple explanation might suffice.



------
Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at:
  http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/
Archives are at:
   http://www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/

Other related posts: