Owner believes he is a CEO but he is self appointed and inexperienced with a meek personality and is unable to articulate words into actions.
Revolving Door of Leadership, Incompetent CEO
The Owner believes he is a CEO. He is a good owner and allows the company to spend money on the employees but he is incapable of being a leader let alone a CEO. Meek personality and unable to articulate words into actions.
Every year you will be told the software will be ready in 2 years. It's a company joke! I was told the new software would be ready no later than 2017. I lost total faith in the CEO being able to bring a product to market after years of excuses as to why it wasn't completed.
Long term employees have taken notice and left. Support is the only decent area to work in this company. Customers are leaving in droves and new customers are trickling in.
As a Leader you will join the company and you will fall into the "shiny penny" phase. This is where you will be asked to solve the companies problems and take on issues well outside your role. You will work hard and build a 12 month plan.
In the next 3-6 months you will experience the "falling out of grace period" You'll know your in this phase because you will be asked for your deliverables to materialize even though you showed a 12 month plan. CEO will begin to spend the majority of his time on his cell phone during your presentations and will begin mocking you to other Leadership members.
In months 9-12 you will notice a significant decrease in communication from the CEO. This is the point where you begin polishing up your resume. Don't believe me?
During your interview ask how long each member of leadership has been there. Remember this is a 30+ year company. 2 years is the max, 1 exceptional leader is close to 3...
Let me give you some additional perspective. I started in 2015. In that time I have seen 17 Leadership team positions vacated. This does't include the current incumbents.
