General Electric

One of the world's largest companies, but losing ground.

The Power side of the business is dying and no one wants to believe it, but they will continue to sink money into NPI on secondary technology.

Very top-heavy, so as a manager, you will make one or two decisions a year, making your job pointless and very easy.

Training programs are amazing.

Executive management has lost touch with reality. Strategy or vision is one provided by a training class. The job Czar is worried about doing the right thing and chopping necessary dead weight in COEs, research centers, and Greenville. India technology and engineering centers are a joke, and domestic resources are significantly more productive, but the global image looks better for the company.

Very few born leaders. The GE-created executives sound good, pushing company lines, but can't think or lead on their own.

Please own up to the mistakes and take the one-time shot to clean your organization up. You will go red on your matrix but will save your company and make it a better place for the future.