- Wasted investment in culture improvement - identifying root causes of poor culture should be free if you pay attention to employee feedback and trends in turnover. Talking to some ex=peers, company has begun utilizing a 3rd party exit interviewer to collect feedback from employees leaving the company. I have heard of a couple of people leaving this year that were never interviewed....hmmmmm....sounds like 'selective exit interviewing'. Not a good culture statement.
- Wrong people in leadership roles - subject expertise is optional and tends to get in the way of political ambitions. Heard one senior manager claim 'I've made a career out of getting others to do my job for me.' And one should ask....is that leadership, laziness or just ignorance? P.S. favortism does win over performance on many occasions.
- Company acts more like the GE of packaging - touting how they move their money around by refinancing, senior notes, etc. - they provide too little focus and visibility on manufacturing performance.
- Instead of recognizing available capacity due to their publicized 'continuous improvement strategy', they throw capital at new equipment - poor leadership and resource awareness.
