Pros

Work life balance; mission focus; not-for-profit/objective; smart, dedicated work force

Cons

Weak management; disconnect between senior leadership and workforce; mixed, often contradictory messaging re goals & objectives, and how organizations are managed and employees are rewarded; lack of consistency between professed vision/goals, and much of work taken on; over valuation of consensus at the cost of impact; corporate officers do not function as a team

Advice to Senior Management

More accountability for officers and senior leadership to work as a team; more empowerment of employees with the means and authority to accomplish expected goals; less emphasis on need for consensus -- provide all the opportunity to review and provide input to goals and direction, but then make the hard decisions necessary to achieve the most impact (versus upset the fewest people within MITRE)