Reasons why leadership fails

​Reasons why leadership fails

A.Why Businesses and organizations fails
B.Why nations fails
C.Why religions fails
D.Why societies and communities fails
E.Why families fails
F.Why individuals fails

Behind almost all the failures, lies the failure of leadership.

The leadership fails primarily because the leadership positions are occupied by people, who are either there by default or just because of winning power struggle and are not leaders in real sense.

In organizations leadership fails because of the business owners or the person at the top positions have businessperson/manager mindset instead of entrepreneur/leadership qualities.

Leadership slide begins, when they adopt the manager-mindset

1. Their Focus Shifts through loss of clarity in what is most important 2. Their Personal gains becomes more important than integrity 3. They don't nurture and take Care of Themselves 4. Their Work is No Longer Fulfilling 5. They start interfering, dis-empowering and start to Micromanage instead of delegating and growing other 6. They become scared and avoid taking risks 7. They are not receptive enough to newer ways of doing things 8. They become skeptic of emerging trends and changes 9. They are not into mentoring, coaching, training their team members into leaders 10. They develop suspicions about their own abilities and as a result there of this, they project these on their team and lieutenants 11. They stop dreaming big and stop being Courageous in Their Thinking 12. They hoard information and stop being transparent 13. When they fear that their junior would topple them 14. They start using their positional power to get what they want 15. They get into red tape of excessive process that undermines the end results 16. Plays politics, plays favoritism 17. Blames others for failures but takes credit for success

Leaders who wreck the organizations are those, who

1.Have all the answers, they don't bother to ask, clarify seek
2.They view employees as a means to achieving their agendas
3.Sit on the major issues
4.Don't take tough decisions
5.Feel that they don't need to lean anything anymore, only others have to get trained
6.Become complacent with past achievements
7.Rely on their intuition only for critical decisions, whether for recruiting, promoting and any other factors
8.Pushing more initiatives into the team than it can digest creates diffused focus)
9.Only expect people to follow orders and not challenge so they themselves Talk more than listen

Psychological reasons behind Terrible Leaders, you may find them in organizations as well, these are caused by Deep Insecurities and incompetence which are masked by them through

1.Despotic & Tyrannical Qualities

2.Arrogance

3.Domination

4.Aggression

5.Rigid and inflexible

6.Power Hungriness

7.Need to be liked and popular

8.I am right syndrome

9.Volatility

10.Egoist

11.Micromanagement

12.Insufficient moral development leading to poor or no values

13.Lack of Integrity

14.Narcissism & Extreme selfishness

15.Evil, dismal, Malignant and menacing disposition

16.Destructive fancies

17.Burnout caused

18.Physical ailments causing few of the above

19.Any other psychological, emotional or mental disorders making the leader fall apart

Why leaders fail or why leadership fails

1.Failing to Lead by Example
2.Failing to inspire, Motivate and lead
3.Failing to Take Risks
4.Failing to Learn
5.Failing to challenge the status quo
6.Not challenging their own assumptions
7.Not questioning why this can't be done
8.Failing to recognize and respond to changes in time
9.Fail to cultivate broad leadership skills and knowledge of the drivers of the business.
10.Not polishing and practicing to lead in VUCA environment with a great deal of ambiguity, unknowns and uncertainties
11.Not able to make critical Decisions with less information
12.Not hiring people who are superior to them and compliment the essential skills and traits needed
13.Hiding mistakes or problems.
14.Hanging on to the past
15.Hanging on too long before making change
16.Mismatch between Strategic Planning and Mental Toughness for implementation
17.Are willing to hear unpleasant messages
18.Poor business planning
19.Poor financial planning
20.Poor marketing
21.Poor market, customer and trend research
22.Failure to control costs effectively
23.Failure to adapt services/product to meet customer needs
24.Failure to gain new markets
25.Failing to anticipate and Cash flow problems
26.Diversifying into new, unknown areas without much clue
27.The leader was ill-equipped for the job.
28.Did not build a healthy relationship and establish open lines of communication in the organizations
29.Does not have no-tolerance sacrosanct discipline, quality, safety and growth
30.Lacks the inner convictions to have the energy to contagiously charge the entire organization
31.No meritocracy, exceptional performers are not treated different
32.Does not take ownership for his/her actions and outcomes
33.Forgets the real bosses employees and the customers
34.The Inability to Attract and Retain Talent
35.Not paying attention to competitors
36.Initiatives are not rewarded
37.The organization has silos but not effective Cross-functional Collaboration
38.Is not a learning organization
39.Not engaging the customers effectively
40.Me too product and services, No real differentiation in the market & lack of unique value propositions
41.Failure to communicate value propositions in clear, concise and compelling fashion.
42.Failure to build accountability in the organization's culture
43.Not paying enough attention to execution of planning
44.They become more focused on how rather than the why's of reason and action
45.Leaders go into the game without a game plan and strategy
46.They discourage making mistakes
47.Fail to learn from the past failures
48.Not able to deal with Macroeconomic factors like business cycles, recessions, wars, natural disasters, government debt, inflation effectively
49.No succession planning
50.Partnering with wrong vendors suppliers etc
51.Start business for the wrong reasons
52.Unprofitable Business Model
53.Rapid Growth and Over-expansion
54.Opening a business in an industry that isn't profitable
55. Over-dependence on a single customer
56.Not Seeking Professional Advice
57.Lack of Good Customer Care
58.Copying Others without creating your own stamp and niche
59. Quitting too soon
60.No creating Buy-in From Employees
61.Lack of Intellectually Challenging Goals
62.No Clarity On Definition of Success and Excellence Parameter KPIs
63.Taking customers and employees for granted
64.Wrong Price Strategies
65.Ignore the competition
66.They treat employees one way, and then expect employees to treat the customer differently
67.They are more interested in profit than taking a customer-focused approach and building customer relationships