The corporate strategy, budgetary expenditure and organisational structure are misaligned with outcomes, outcomes-based management and reporting are lacking, along with an all-or-nothing mindset. Gaslighting is widespread, with critical information being withheld from individuals deemed unnecessary to know, regardless of whether it harms the business, people, projects, and outcomes. Retention of senior staff from previous acquisitions has caused cultural misalignment and identity confusion. The business as a whole seems to misunderstand its own end-to-end objectives and fails to establish structures to address them. This results in the unnecessary waste of vast sums of money due to structural, strategic, and geographical mismatch, as well as face-saving behavior that is linked to the failure to achieve outcomes in a timely manner. Individuals are afraid to take responsibility for outcomes or drive results due to the justified fear of being scapegoated for previously unrealistically set expectations and terminated. Only those who identify problems but take no responsibility for them are retained, creating a snowball effect that deprioritizes outcomes in favor of fear-based actions and adding to the inordinate waste.
