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…
