Here are a few snippets of thoughts from the leadership and team environment, such as real-life experiences of how leadership can fail:
- Trust destroyed: The charismatic boss represses the fact that his team no longer fully trusts him and therefore does not accept his leadership impulse.
- Conviction: The rational boss justifies his decisions in detail, but is not understood rationally or fears and anger determine the actions of his team.
- Rank: The hierarchical boss uses his rank to get his team to do what he wants. The team smirks behind his back and ignores him.
- Extrinsic incentives: The generous boss distributes inflationary incentives and thus loses more and more respect. Incentives are no longer effective, envy and anger arise in the team.
- Coercion: The autocratic boss forces his team to act as desired – they sabotage consciously or unconsciously. In all these examples, quality, focus and energy in the team suffer, trust and cohesion dwindle.
Already experienced it? There are methods that managers can use to resolve these dysfunctional leadership situations. How would you deal with the above situations?
The core of good leadership development is to teach such methods and to develop the tools of leadership.