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LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 by Dick Butz
RECENT STUDIES ON LEADERSHIP INCOMPETENCIES
Some recent studies reported the following reasons for leadership failure:
- Most often mentioned was insensitivity [abrasive, intimatating, bully]
- Not able to solve specific or complex business problems
- Failure to consider human needs
- Cold, aloof, arrogant
- Betrayed trust; lacked honor and integrity
- Failure to influence or develop subordinates
- Over managing - failed to delegate
- Inability to deal effectively with conflict
- Overly ambitious
- Can't build teams; poor hiring decisions
- Unable to think strategically
- Unable to adapt to a boss with a different style
Women executives/managers paralleled findings with men
Leadership Assessment & Executive Business Coaching
If you would like to learn how to
- assess a leader/manager who is underperforming or fits any of these characteristics
- identify these tendencies before you hire or promote your next executive/manager
- provide Executive Business Coaching to improve a leader/manager's performance
Contact Dick Butz at Career Consultants Group for a complimentary leadership assessment. 317-264-4164 or email rbutz@cciindy.com