Decisions made by VPs are not aligned across divisions or their own teams. Priorities are mixed across teams.
VPs kick off major changes with ambiguous details and don't follow through to complete them to enable success.
Senior leadership fails to set priorities or make critical decisions in a timely manner.
Senior leadership is arrogant, not accountable, and is allowed to continue to make the same mistakes.
Senior leadership creates serious issues by not understanding the impact of their decisions. Working level teams must show them the issues created and support they need to correct them. In many cases they will not get the resources or tools needed for resolution.
You must push for career development because your manager won't have time to think about it.