Poor Senior Leadership - No strategic vision
Pros
The product is good. Smart talented colleagues were everywhere, trying to do their individual best. Most of the best in marketing and sales have left.
Cons
The CEO surrounds himself with a patriarchal culture and a cadre of yes-men that has led to a systemic toxicity. He dominates every meeting with no room for professional candor, disagreement or innovative thinking. If you speak up and state the obvious problems with a plan to resolve them, you are shunned from meetings and discounted by management. Hyper focus on short term revenue and a broken sales process has led to a massive gap in sales/marketing/HR leadership. No cohesive strategy or vision (because the leaders don't know how to think this way), forcing teams to focus on firefighting, rather than real competitive, strategic planning. The company has fallen behind competition with lack of experienced, quality leadership in marketing, sales, and no senior HR leader for this size company. There is a complete lack of quantitative competitive positioning, messaging and sales plays that support growth. Employees are not given room to grow professionally. The wave of employees leaving and the lack of any new hires reveals they are clearly preparing to be acquired.
