文档介绍：The IdeaBridge White Paper Series:
The Leadership Series:
Common Leadership Mistakes
The IdeaBridge
White Paper Series
THE LEADERSHIP SERIES: COMMON LEADERSHIP MISTAKES 1
Summary
Leaders aren't infallible and they make mistakes all the time. Mistakes are part of the Leader's role.
However, as a Leader, the big mistakes can kill your career. Here's a must read primer on what mistakes
to avoid, and then, how to deal with the inevitable mistakes that e your way.
Common Mistakes Made by Leaders
• The most precious and difficult thing for a CEO to obtain is a clear view of his world. People may
wish to flatter him, spare him unpleasantness or hide a failure of their own. Their intentions are not
always disingenuous. It’s just that his power as a CEO tends to cause people to distort their
message by bending their words and actions to earn favors. CEOs who don’t recognize this fact are
doomed to failure.
• Those Leaders who rule by fear are usually the most insecure. An interesting discovery was that
these individuals actually believe their employees enjoy working for them, when in fact the fear they
instill fosters hate and disgust.
• Excessive pressure on employees, combined with a single-minded focus to meet goals, will often kill
initiative and creativity. Overbearing behavior of a Leader will inhibit openness and