What can
cause the downfall of a leader?
- · Stubbornness and unwillingness to change
- · Control freak, trust issues
- · Inconsistency
- · Being overly idealistic
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Management and Leadership
There are many ways to be a great leader. The following list is what can cause the downfall of a potentially great leader (taken straight from class notes from my management class). This is from an organizational standpoint. I think as an everyday person you can get by even if you are all of these things. But if you're trying to accomplish something with a group of people, and it's just not working, it might be them...but chances are it might also be you.
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A bunny leaves you a note:
ReplyDelete"Being stubborn isn't always bad. If you're stubborn about good things, then won't good result?"
Mr. bunny, you're absolutely right, which is why it's a potential cause, especially in combination with the three characteristics following it. But perseverance and consistency are two I guess good types of stubbornness =)
DeleteI actually see management and leadership as two separate but complementary skill sets -- there's an old HBR article by John Kotter that sums it up really well: http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/DIII/What%20Leaders%20Really%20Do.pdf
ReplyDeleteBasically, management is about dealing with complexity (how to reach a goal most efficiently), whereas leadership is about dealing with change (how to align people towards a common goal). These days, people tend to be too much of the former and not enough of the latter, but good leadership without good management is also a recipe for disaster.
Yes! Thank you for the comment Mr. Shih =)
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