Lacklustre leadership lets down org with great staff and mission
Pros
- Mission-driven - Opportunities to lead research and engagements from junior-levels - Pay is good, but progresses slowly unless you are director-level (significant pay disparity between managers and directors) - Kind, caring and smart global employees
Cons
- Leadership is uninspiring, particularly the executive director who has a problematic approach to communication and management. - Clear gap between senior management and staff in direction of organisation's mission, particularly on friendly with corporates. - Limited transparency on decision-making, progression, funding and salary changes. - Director-level roles are seemingly created to reward years at InfluenceMap, rather than being based on specific expertise or merit. - Projects often significantly delayed due to everything requiring executive-level sign-off (irrespective of project size). - Struggled with progressing from small organisation (~25) to a medium sized organisation (~75), noticeable in delays for new HR and development documentation. - Rely on hiring graduates, even to replace experienced staff members. - DEI seems to be a non-issue, reflective of senior management priorities
