Problems Preventing Sustained Competitive Advantage

We address several pre-existing organizational problems that have prevented the development of a sustained competitive advantage due to the lack of one or more of the 9-strategic core competencies.

Costly organizational problems due to amoral leadership resulting in the loss of life, property, and environmental devastation. These deviations typically result from the lack of a consistent and measurable process by which organizations can develop a moral compass . More Details 

Ignoring, marginalizing, and/or dismissing the merit and value of new ideas or views when making a decision or taking an action due to the lack of a meaningful and effective process for collaborative consultation as a result of organizational inertia, ego, selfishness, fear, and/or the lack of concern for all stakeholders. More Details

Loss of trust and confidence in leadership/management, in the culture of the organization, or in the operations of the business by consumers, by its members, and/or by its stakeholders due to a lack of a consistent and measurable process for operationalizing trust. More Details

The lack of growth, development, and continuous improvements of the members of the organization and the resistance to change by dismissing, ignoring, or marginalizing new ideas for a variety of reasons. These reasons include rigid adherence to pre-existing corporate norms and practices, shared mental models of how things work, or a psychological defensive posture to perceived threats, fears, and/or anxieties over change. More Details

Struggling with a revolving door situation in organizations caused by low morale, an unhealthy work environment, and the lack of a consistent and measurable process for individual growth and development resulting in higher staffing and training costs, and high attrition or turnover rate amongst the workforce. More Details?

An unhealthy work environment resulting in low morale, low efficiency, low performance, low creativity, low discretionary effort, and low productivity leading to high attrition and training costs. This problem is typically caused by the lack of a consistent and measurable process for individual growth and development. More Details

Lack of individual creativity and organizational innovation due to a variety of reasons such as the gaps in leadership/management, in organizational culture, in strategic planning, in the lack of collaboration, in the lack of growth and development, in the lack of continuous improvements, and in the lack of available resources. More Details

Low employee performance due to a variety of reasons such as the lack of engagement, commitment, discretionary effort, growth and development, and respect and trust in leadership. This problem is typically caused by the lack of a consistent and measurable process for individual growth and development. More Details

Making irresponsible, amoral, and costly decisions resulting in the loss of life, property, and environmental devastation (negative footprint).  This is typically due to the lack of a consistent and measurable process for developing a culture of responsibility. More Details

Excessive internal conflict and infighting between individuals and groups within the organization. This problem is primarily due the excessive focus on internal competition instead of individual excellence and reciprocity. More Details