Failure of Leadership

Abstract

The mystery of what leaders can and ought to do in order to spark the best performance from their people is age-old. In recent years, that mystery has spawned an entire cottage industry: literally thousands of “leadership experts” have made careers of testing and coaching, all in pursuit of creating businesspeople who can turn bold objectives into reality. Still, effective leadership eludes many people and organizations. Strong leaders and strong leadership teams are essential to sustaining today’s high complex and globalized business. On the other side, ineffective leaders represent the way to organizational disasters. What are the elements that could help us to recognise the incipient of a leadership failure? Let’s discover it together.