Diageo reviews

Leadership The standard of leadership is quite poor - don't expect a coaching culture. If you want to be seen as a talented employee, you need to be able to play the political game, build relationships with the right people and agree with whatever they say. A large portion of senior leaders have gotten to where they are because of their ability to play the game, not because they are experts in their field. This is the foundation of why Diageo is so bad at execution of plans. Values Sad to say, the company values are just some words on a website, they are not practiced or enforced. There is a lot of poor behaviour from senior leaders that goes against Diageo's values but goes ignored (bullying, favouritism and neglecting team members). Global Culture The Diageo culture I mention in the 'pro list' above, sadly is for the UK only. The business has not succeeded in embedding the UK culture in all markets. If I had to rate the Diageo USA or Africa cultures, it would be a different story.

- Lack of strategy and constant organization changes in Digital & Technology function - Lot of internal politics leading to slow decision making - Lack of career advancement/progression. Not a single employee promoted/selected for leadership role in last 4-5 years in entire Technology and Data Analytics space. - Seems that decisions are taken on mood/whims and fancies especially by new Data Analytics leadership - low connect with market and business for Data Analytics leadership leading to confusion and conflicts