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Confuses Activity With Progress
A busy organization can appear productive. Meetings fill the calendar, updates circulate constantly, and people work long hours. Some leaders interpret this activity as evidence that progress is being made,…
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Creates Emotional Instability Through Unpredictable Behavior
The leader’s emotional state shifts unexpectedly and sets the tone for the entire team. Some days they are calm and…
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Delays Approvals and Stalls Progress
Approvals that should take hours instead take days or weeks. Work sits idle because the person responsible for moving it…
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Gives Vague Direction and Expects Precise Results
This leader communicates in broad, abstract language and assumes the team will translate it into specific action. They offer statements…
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Constantly Changes Priorities and Disrupts Focus
What It Looks Like This leader changes priorities so frequently that no one can tell what the organization is truly…
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Turns Every Issue Into an Emergency
This leader allows emergencies, last minute scrambles, and heroic recoveries to become the normal operating rhythm of the organization. Problems…
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Prioritizes Executives Over the Team
This leader invests their energy in impressing executives while neglecting the people who depend on them. They respond instantly to…
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Lets the Loudest Person Determine Direction
This leader consistently defers to whoever speaks with the most force rather than whoever brings the strongest reasoning. Meetings turn…
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Cannot Make Decisions or Commit to Them
This leader commits to a direction one day and quietly reverses it the next. Their decisions shift based on the…