Leadership Errors – Behaving Inconsistently
Leaders are Human But… While we like to think human beings act consistently, you’d be surprised at how inconsistent people are, primarily because our behavior is heavily influenced by the context and situation. That’s normal and people around us actually…
Why is the ivory tower syndrome so dangerous to leadership effectiveness?
Most people know the term “ivory tower“. It’s come to mean being out of touch with the “real” world or the rest of the world. It’s a major problem with respect to leaders. With respect to leadership, it means the…
Leaders Going Bad – The Invisible Leader
It’s common for new leaders to spend a lot of their time being visible and in touch with their employees. In fact, it’s an important aspect of assuming the mantle of leadership. But here’s an odd, but understandable phenomenon. As…
How Does Ego Cause Leaders To Self-Destruct?
If you look at leaders in real life, you’ll discover that some people in leadership roles maintain their effectiveness over time, but that others go from being effective to becoming ineffective, sometimes becoming destructive forces in their organizations. How can…
Over Focus On Immediate Results Can Degrade Leadership Effectiveness – Process vs Task
Leaders in formal positions of power, authority and accountable can sometimes become overly concerned with short term results and outcomes. Obviously there is tremendous pressure to attend to results, and they are important. However, leadership isn’t just about obtaining results….
Common Leader Mistake – Trying To Treat Everyone The Same
Common Leader Mistake – Trying To Treat Everyone The Same Probably because we live in a democratic society (at least most of us), there’s a mistaken notion that leaders and managers should treat all employees the same, in the name…
Leadership Mistakes -Failure To Focus On The Future
Understandable but Deadly Many of the common errors leaders make are a result of the pressures of the leadership position and forces exerted upon them by the organization. So as with many of the errors mentioned in our list of…
Fatal Leader Error – Failure To Listen
Failure to listen. A common leader flaw In a survey by the Blanchard Companies, over 81% of executives surveyed indicated they had come across leaders who failed to listen. This is a rather startling statistic and suggests that leaders simply…
Leadership Mistakes – Refusal To Change, Lack of Adaptability, Rigidness
Flexibility essential to long term leader success. In anything but the most simple leadership situations, one can observe a startling phenomenon. It’s hard for any leader to continue to be successful over time, and across situations, jobs, or companies. For…
Leadership Mistake – Confusing Commanding With Leading
Society pushes us to confuse commanding with leading When we think of famous leaders, we often think of military or political figures who appear (at least in their folklore) to be excellent commanders, exerting their positive effects through the ability…
Leaders are Born, Leaders are Made – Two Leadership Myths
False Dichotomy Makes For A Confusing Myth About Leaders If you’ve look at any literature on leadership, you’ll certainly have come across the statement — Leaders are made. You have almost certainly come across the term “born leader” as used…
