Mariam’s Ousting Part 2. The Advisers from Hell
In yesterday’s post we discussed the role Mariam’s narcissistic rage had played in the demoralization of TBI staff. With this nasty and self-regarding woman persecuting her detractors and critics and scapegoating her underlings, anyone who worked under Mariam came to fear her moods and tantrums. A lot of capable people left, shaking their heads at…
How Mariam Crippled TBI (Part 1 of 3)
Most expats who work or have worked for TBI will have only a very superficial knowledge of who Mariam even was. As we said long ago, the business management literature says that one of the surest signs you have a bad CEO or Director is that key personnel go long periods without even seeing her.…
Mariam’s ‘Promotion’ from TBI Director to the Director of a Broom Closet
Michelle has oh-so-predictably rocked up this morning and boasted that we are losers because we don’t know the inner politics of TBI anymore. This has become something of a ritual for Luke Preece as his former dominion rapidly collapses. When his horribly unpopular stooge Scotty got demoted from the School Manager rule at Riau we…
The End of an Evil Reign: Mariam Kartikatresni 2006-2012
It is now time for this blog and its contributors to chalk up another victory for justice. We can now confirm that it has now been over three months since control of TBI passed from Mariam’s grasp. According to her ego-stroking Linked-In account, her time as TBI Director has ended and she is now Director…
Hery Up and Meet Luke’s Indonesian Replacement: Hery Sofiyandi
On Nov 30, 2012, at 8:32 AM, Hery Sofiyandy wrote:Hi *******,I am Hery from franchise dept. please let me know your phone number to discuss about your concernsKind Regards,Hery Sofiyandi
Behind the Preece Demotion Part 2. Who Pushed Luke-Michelle Preece?
Having established in Part 1. that there is no way the power-hungry, prestige-obsessed Preece would have given up control of 11 out of 16 TBI schools voluntarily, we demonstrated that at the end of 2012 Luke Preece was clearly forced to give up his Franchise School dominion. In short, Luke Preece was pushed out of…
Preece Is the New Needham
It was 2009 when TBI first started to unravel in a noticeable way. It was then that Chris Needham presided over all three Jakarta Group Schools, appointed by the clueless Platts. School numbers were at rock bottom in two out of three schools but Needham thought that having a hundred students enrolled Fatmawati was such…
Behind the Preece Demotion (Part 1 of 2)
The facts of the case are clear: at the end of 2012 Luke Preece was replaced as Head of Franchise by an Indonesian by the name of Pak Hery. The delicious irony of the situation had not been lost on the authors of this blog. The man who back stabbed so many other expat managers,…
9 Months to Deliver a Promise Jodi-Jamila?
The rot spreads far and wide at TBI, doesn’t it? One of the areas in which it is most substandard is the timely delivery of promises. We heard yesterday how Jodi Sheik turned up for the annual whitewash- oh sorry, we mean audit- in April 2012 and somehow found things to be ok at TBI…
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