The Top-10 Characteristics of Lousy Leaders [Podcast S03E05]

Welcome to Season 3, Episode 5 of the This Is Your Life podcast. In this fifth episode, Michele Cushatt and I discuss the top-10 characteristics of lousy leaders.

Follow the major news stories on crises in business, politics, diplomacy, whatever, and it’s impossible to miss that most are crises of leadership. Unsurprisingly, we see the same failures and mistakes over and over. Here are the ten I most often notice.

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

The kinds of questions lousy leaders never ask about their business.

Why too little or too much confidence can devastate your leadership.

How bad leadership breeds cynicism and undermines an organization.

How a lack of organization undermines our ability to persuade and sell others.

The one trait to avoid if you want to lead well.

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In this episode we mentioned the following resources:

Blog post: The Top-10 Characteristics of Lousy Leaders

Website: John Maxwell

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