>>12682502Maxie and Archie aren't really competent since they fucking stole the wrong orbs to control Groudon and Kyogre.
Cyrus was pretty competent since he tricked his team into thinking he was helping the world when he was just a megalomaniac, but he was just really crazy.
BW1 Ghetsis and Giovanni are probably the most competent, with Ghetsis molding N since childhood into his pawn since N's ability to talk to Pokemon would help convince people to listen to Plasma,
and with Giovanni being efficient and clever enough to takeover multiple areas while still running the Viridian City gym, probably as a coverup.
Either way, no matter how competent these leaders are, their plans always get foiled by a kid.