What do you do with toxic leaders in an organization? Coach those who lack the skill. Remove those who lack the will.
Some leaders harm their team through skills-gap negligence. Others exhibit blatant, active toxicity. Regardless, they are creating fear in your organization.
At an individual level, fear paralyzes performance, craters morale, and destroys confidence. At an organizational level, it kills innovation, breaks trust, and breeds silence. You can't afford to have pervasive fear become the cultural norm.
So, how do you know which kind of leader you're dealing with? 🔑 Here are some key identifying behaviors.
Actively toxic leaders will exhibit behaviors like: â–¶ Denial â–¶ Blame â–¶ Excuse â–¶ Volatility â–¶ Abuse â–¶ Force â–¶ Deception â–¶ Bullying â–¶ Inducing Fear â–¶ Hoarding Power â–¶ Manipulation â–¶ Coercion
Can you see the difference? Some toxic behaviors are obvious and overt, other behaviors are microscopic and practically undetectable.
Actively toxic leaders should be managing resources, not leading people. Better yet, they should be let go entirely.
On the other hand, passively complicit leaders who exhibit skills-gap negligence on their teams can be coached into success. They have a skill problem, not a will problem.
Teams and organizations don’t outperform their leaders, they reflect them. If you wait too long to intervene, major cultural damage will permeate your organization.
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What do you do with toxic leaders in an organization? Coach those who lack the skill. Remove those who lack the will.
Some leaders harm their team through skills-gap negligence. Others exhibit blatant, active toxicity. Regardless, they are creating fear in your organization.
At an individual level, fear paralyzes performance, craters morale, and destroys confidence. At an organizational level, it kills innovation, breaks trust, and breeds silence. You can't afford to have pervasive fear become the cultural norm.
So, how do you know which kind of leader you're dealing with? 🔑 Here are some key identifying behaviors.
Actively toxic leaders will exhibit behaviors like:
â–¶ Denial
â–¶ Blame
â–¶ Excuse
â–¶ Volatility
â–¶ Abuse
â–¶ Force
â–¶ Deception
â–¶ Bullying
â–¶ Inducing Fear
â–¶ Hoarding Power
â–¶ Manipulation
â–¶ Coercion
Passively complicit leaders are often:
â–¶ Aloof
â–¶ Passive
â–¶ Absent
â–¶ Unaware
â–¶ Permissive
â–¶ Indirect
â–¶ Uncertain
â–¶ Scared
â–¶ Deflective
â–¶ Allergic to Accountability
â–¶ Siloed
â–¶ Idle
Can you see the difference? Some toxic behaviors are obvious and overt, other behaviors are microscopic and practically undetectable.
Actively toxic leaders should be managing resources, not leading people. Better yet, they should be let go entirely.
On the other hand, passively complicit leaders who exhibit skills-gap negligence on their teams can be coached into success. They have a skill problem, not a will problem.
Teams and organizations don’t outperform their leaders, they reflect them. If you wait too long to intervene, major cultural damage will permeate your organization.
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