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The Relentless Leadership Style of Mickey Drexler: Impatience for Instant Action

Mickey Drexler embodies a unique leadership approach defined by impatience combined with intuition and rapid experimentation. Known for his energy and accessibility, he engages everyone in decision-making, fostering an inclusive environment where even junior team members feel valued. His preference for collaboration with women highlights the intuitive insights he believes they bring. Always aware of the numbers and customer feedback, Drexler's management style emphasizes open communication, aggressive pricing, and a proactive attitude towards finding innovative ideas.

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The Relentless Leadership Style of Mickey Drexler: Impatience for Instant Action

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  1. Mickey Drexler**Bias for instant action/Towering impatience with in-action**Impatient but not brutal **Relentless/Speed-of-light experimentation; more ASAP if works, drop if not**Vibrates with energy (literally)**Always on the prowl—anywhere, everywhere—for ideas**Lots of team-standing-around-making-instant-assessments-decisions—all contributing**Likes working with women more than men because F more intuitive than M**Dresses like the brand—at 66**Offense, not defense**Communicates all the time [removes fear from hearing “famous” CEO]. Everyone, including most junior, made part of the decision-making team**Listens attentively regardless of age/seniority**Obvious in his transparent respect for young employees**Trusts intuition plus fanatic about the numbers **Expects everyone to know their numbers cold from memory**Always aware of “the business case”—as well fashion-master**Aggressive pricing**MBWA/Managing By Wandering Around**Open with everyone, from youth to folks at Earnings Call**Constant customer contact/Dialogues with customer/Reacts instantly to customer feedback**Willing to act (experiment) based on one datapoint**Engages with most junior people**At 66, comfortably uses “hot” words like “Cool” “Wow”Source: The New Yorker/0920.10

  2. Mickey Drexler/J. Crew“The Merchant: It’s All About the Eye—And the Numbers.”New Yorker profile/20 September 2010

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