Nickname: coffee

Review: I would have liked to see some information on what her reports included, not the intricate details, but the types of figures, stats, and images she used to convince old-guard management

Date reviewed: Apr 29, 2009 4:32 AM

Nickname: chart

Review: Interesting to note that she was gone less than 6 months after this article...and now a year later they have a new marketing head...same problems though!

Date reviewed: Aug 2, 2007 8:57 PM

Nickname: student

Review: hiiii! like omg i think she is sooo awsome! i love her so much that i'm doing a report about her! yay!! p.s i love coke! <3

Date reviewed: Oct 19, 2006 12:30 AM

Nickname: ethicswatch

Review: Why didn't athe rticle indicate how Minnick is responding to consumer complaints about Coca-Cola's unethical corporate behavior? An article that was posted on 2/27/06 on the www.newstarget.com site, for instance, observed: "In terms of human rights and ecology, the Coca-Cola Company seemingly keeps digging itself into a PR hole. The company just can't seem to anger activists enough. It has been accused of privatizing and monopolizing Africa's natural water supply, sucking up India's vital groundwater sources (thereby harming the country's agricultural industry and food supply and polluting its remaining water and soil) and even indirectly condoning Salvadoran child labor that violates local and international laws. "In June 2004, Human Rights Watch published a 143-page report entitled Turning a Blind Eye: Hazardous Child Labor in El Salvador's Sugarcane Cultivation, revealing Coca-Cola's use of sugarcane harvested by children as young as eight years old..."

Date reviewed: Sep 23, 2006 1:50 AM

Nickname: Wolverine

Review: One thing never covered in this report or any other about the beverage business is "transshipping." This is where the company forbids bottlers to sell to anyone outside of there territory. There is no law against it. The beverage companies threaten the bottlers with cancelling their franchise if they do it. It looks like monopoly and restraint of trade. It's something the state attorney generals should look into.

Date reviewed: Sep 3, 2006 5:25 PM

Nickname: Camper

Review: to succeed and move forward we need to face the brutal facts, as noted in the Stockdale Paradox. She is facing those. I think Minnicks leadership will be and have been proven out in results.

Date reviewed: Sep 1, 2006 6:25 PM

Nickname: Griff

Review: There's an error in the article's slide show of vintage Coke ads. The ad pictured with the text: "The Red and the White: This 1970 ad was part of the 'It's the Real Thing' campaign, which ran for many years." is definitely NOT a 1970 Coke ad. It's a much more recent ad -- the phrase "Coca-Cola Classic" didn't appear in a Coke ad until after the "New Coke" debuted and flopped. ["Red, White and You" is similarly a Coke tagline from recent times.]

Date reviewed: Aug 24, 2006 8:21 PM

Nickname: ZEE

Review: The current Bush administration could certainly use her expertise. Cant you envision the changes she and a C. Rice could bring to this country's operations?

Date reviewed: Aug 21, 2006 2:29 PM

Nickname: Shazam

Review: Mary sounds like a real monster. She seems almost proud of the way she treats employees and disappointed that she couldn't use "anger" in her management style in Asia. Surely, she can get the job done and still be a person?

Date reviewed: Aug 11, 2006 11:50 PM

Nickname: Kelly

Review: Mary's brusque and tough approach may bristle some, but if it improves Coke's bottom line--that is what matters. I think accountability and striving for more is all well and good for all executives--as long as Minnick and other execs are able to point the finger and hold themselves accountable rather than dump the "blame" on subordinates--which many execs who say they "value authority" seem to have a habit of doing.

Date reviewed: Aug 10, 2006 4:39 AM