Top 10 Leadership - Unfortunate Workplace Mistakes
Top 10 Leadership - Unfortunate Workplace Mistakes
Unfortunately, the untouchable leader is far from being a myth. This leader believes that he is so far above the law of the workplace, that he actually convinces himself that it is in the best interest of the team that he is treated like royalty or the secret service. This leader is struggling to hold on to the primitive leadership belief system that respect is gained through having a big desk, a high title, a bigger salary and their own office. Though he has been promoted to a leadership role, he ends up getting cheated by his own ego, lack of appreciation and personal ignorance. The leader should consider reading as many self-help and leadership books that he can find. In these books He will learn that his greatest assets are outside of his office door, not at his desk.
2. Leaders that create an environment laced with fear.
This leader puts Napolean Bonaparte to shame. He is usually struggling with his own incompetence or lack of confidence in himself. He believes that strength and respect are accrued through ignorance and the degrading of others. He questions his own ability, therefore he threatens the ability of anyone that appears to be stronger in the performance of any given task that he would appear to be weak in his own performance. If he does not believe that a task is possible, he usually does not believe that you are capable. This leader should consider finding a new job, because he has only reached this point in his career because of his experiences of what he considers to be success in his career through instilling fear in others. It would take a major personality overhaul or life changing event to get this leader back on track. In all true reality this leader is the weakest of all leaders. His consideration or interpretation of power is so far off of the spectrum of human appreciation that he should be ashamed of himself. There are many careers that this leader could have chosen that would have an appreciation of his aggressive approach to dealing with others. He could have been a wrestler, boxer or maybe even a bull fighter. Leadership is not the best place for this type of an attitude.
3. Leaders that believe that they are the smartest bears in the forest.
I actually enjoy watching this leader. He offers a very entertaining performance. Most of the time he only sees success in the familiar. His familiar is defined within his own measure of success. He often puts his foot in his mouth or stumps his toe when speaking his mind. This leader's team is cursed with what I would like to call "Stumpy Growth". Stumpy Growth is when the team does not grow in its ability or experience because the leader will not encourage growth beyond his own personal ability to grow. He typically believes that he is being smart by attempting to hire people that he believes is not smarter than him. Life usually offers this leader its own entertainment, by placing the most challenging and needy people amongst the members of this leader's team. As you can see, Karma has a way of catching up with all of us.
4. Leaders that don't practice what they preach.
This leader does not understand one of the most basic principles of leadership. The do as I say, not as I do principle, does not work in the workplaces of today. Today employees are smarter and more observant than ever before. They watch the actions of their leaders very closely. These employees are looking for actions performed by their leaders that influence them to initiate signs of buy-in. Most employees want and expect to be lead. But they don't expect to be lead off of a bridge by a liar. I believe that there is still hope for this leader. His best opportunity of changing himself or developing his team, exists in his ability to be honest with himself. Once he acknowledges that his performance is not only hindering his team, but also himself. He will usually make a positive change toward success. This change takes place because this leader is so filled with ego that the idea of his own actions restricting himself from growth is unacceptable. In this case his ego could actually have become his blessing. It may be true that a tiger does not change his stripes, but a liar can change his actions, if his awareness is anchored with new purpose.
5. Leaders that think that leadership is an arrival point, not a committing point.
Promotions are great motivators that encourage many of us to work hard, while staying focused on its attainable possibilities. Many leaders set a goal to become the one in charge, rather than one who leads others and themselves to greatness. The "Arriving Leader" focuses more on his present achievement, rather his legacy as a great leader. He tends to lead by reaction, rather than direction and creation. This leader has created his own glass ceiling. He is more of a threat to himself than he is to his peers. Competition is not even in the vocabulary of this leader's career. He is just taking up space and occupying time. You'll always find this leader at his favorite office spot, the water cooler. He wants to be seen by those that have not arrived. What he does not realize is that it does not matter most in where you arrive, it matters most in what you do, when you arrive.
6. Leaders that fail to grow within the cultural changes and needs of the workplace.
Society often leaves this leader behind when it comes to technology and creative approaches to problem resolution. This leader is stuck in the successes of his past. He does not realize that the success bus will leave without him. He thinks that his old tires, with little tread will still make it through the cold winter storms of the modern day workplace. This leader's career is frozen and skating on thin ice. His team's needs will outgrow his potential to lead them. Retraining should become this leader's favorite word in the vocabulary of his leadership.
7. Leaders that demand respect instead of earning respect.
This leader needs to receive a quick lesson on how respect is a given that is earned, not a given that is taken. He spends too much time thinking about how respect should be placed at his feet because of his title. When in reality he should be focused on the respectful gain accomplished through leading by example. Until this leader realizes that his cry for respect is landing him in the midst of his team's silent ears, his crying will only get louder. But the louder he gets, the less his team will listen. In order for this leader's team to grow and prosper in the workplace, it is extremely important for this leader to change his focus from receiving respect to achieving performance. In achieving performance he will achieve respect.
8. Leaders that reward bad behavior because of its good results.
This leader is a walking and talking joke. He feeds off of animosity and controversy. He finds a friendly link between himself and the bad attitude of those team members that act badly in the workplace. He is so intrigued by the bad behavior of people, that he eventually becomes blind to seeing the good performances others. This leader is suffering from an extreme case of confused self esteem. He tends to identify with those bad traits that remind him of himself or those traits that he hopes to someday absorb. This is a leadership train wreck waiting to happen.
9. Leaders that fail to acknowledge extraordinary growth in their team in a public forum.
It is a great misfortune when this leader does not acknowledge the extraordinary growth in the members of his team. His team is obviously growing and developing under the performance of his leadership. Great performance is a result of great commitment. Teams don't usually commit in their performance if they believe that their leader is unappreciative of their efforts. This leader should be proud of his team and their performance. Very similar to the "Speaker of the House" in the House of Representatives, this leader should become the loudest voice in his workplace when it comes to praising his team. Though less performing teams may sometimes not have an appreciation of his praise. His team will definitely appreciate his demonstration of pride in their performance. The team's performance is already a demonstration of his ability to lead a successful team. Public praise will only enhance their performance.
10. Leaders that forget about their own journey, and in this forgetting they are influenced by lies.
The leader that chooses to forget about what it took to get to where he is in his career, is doomed to repeat the failures of his past. This may appear to be a bit cliche, but it is truth in its purest form. He is not only cheating himself of the values resident in the lessons of his past, but also cheating his team of those lessons. In most cases, this leader is attempting to hide from the bad history or least expected results of his past performances. What the leader does not realize is that in the hiding, he is diminishing the power that exists in the history of his past. History does not run from the mind of its participant, it only blinds the participant's mind from seeing the truth, when the participant attempts to run from it. Therefore this leader has only convinced himself that anything that he does that is different from what he has done in the past, is an improvement in his present performance. In this convincing, history is not fooled, it knows it own truth. There is no truth or honor in cheating yourself of the history of your life. Whether this leader wants to accept it or not, he has experienced achievement in his career because of the lessons learned in the history of his past.
Russell Mosley
Positive Share LLC
http://www.positiveshare.com
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