Category: FAQ-Leadership Myths & Mistakes
You Need To Be Popular, or Well-Liked To Be An Effective Leader (Leadership Myths)
Link Between Likeability And Leadership Effectiveness? It’s not surprising we tend to couple popularity with leadership effectiveness, since most of then tend to attribute various positive qualities to those we like. It’s called the halo effect. However, while there may…
Effective Leadership Requires [fill in the blank] – The Over-Riding Myth
The Primary Myth About Effective Leadership If you read about leadership, or attend seminars given by even the great leaders, you’ll often be told that “effective leadership requires [fill in the blank]” where the blank is filled in by some…
Leadership Requires Formal Power and Authority – Myth or Truth?
Leadership Requires Formal Power and Authority OR Leadership Not Restricted To Formal Position? When we think about leaders, we almost always think about people who have or had formal positions of power — politicians, corporate executives, sports coaches, etc, probably because…
Leaders Need To Be Outgoing and Extroverted? (Leadership Myths)
No Introverts Need Apply For Leadership? When leaders are profiled in the media, they tend to appear as outgoing and extroverted, so we tend to associate effective leadership with outgoing personality types. This is misleading since the behavior of leaders…
A leadership mistake – failing to hold people accountable
Sometimes people in leadership roles fall into a trap of wanting to be liked, and don’t hold people below them accountable for their actions and the results they achieve (or fail to achieve). Or, a busy leader may feel that…
