BQF Innovation Blog » ineffective http://www.bqf.org.uk/innovation The BQF is the community for every business seeking excellent insights, tools and experiences to improve itself. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:11:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The 10 Most Common Failures of Bad Leaders http://www.bqf.org.uk/innovation/2009/06/05/the-10-most-common-failures-of-bad-leaders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-10-most-common-failures-of-bad-leaders http://www.bqf.org.uk/innovation/2009/06/05/the-10-most-common-failures-of-bad-leaders/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:48:17 +0000 Paul Sloane http://www.bqf.org.uk/innovation/?p=422 There is an interesting article by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman in the Harvard Business Review on the most prominent shortcomings of poor leaders.  They examined 360 degree feedback on over 11000 leaders.  Their list is as follows:

The worst leaders:

Lack energy and enthusiasm Accept their own mediocre performance Lack clear vision and direction [...]]]> There is an interesting article by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman in the Harvard Business Review on the most prominent shortcomings of poor leaders.  They examined 360 degree feedback on over 11000 leaders.  Their list is as follows:

The worst leaders:

  1. Lack energy and enthusiasm
  2. Accept their own mediocre performance
  3. Lack clear vision and direction
  4. Have poor judgement
  5. Don’t collaborate
  6. Don’t follow the standards they set for others
  7. Resist new ideas
  8. Don’t learn from mistakes
  9. Lack interpersonal skills
  10. Fail to develop others

The authors conclude, ‘These sound like obvious flaws that any leader would try to fix. But the ineffective leaders we studied were often unaware that they exhibited these behaviors.  In fact, those who were rated most negatively rated themselves substantially more positively.  Leaders should take a very hard look at themselves and ask for candid feedback on performance in these specific areas.  Their jobs may depend on it.’

Paul Sloane

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