Thought Killers: How Leaders Lower Their Followers IQs And What To Do About It
- Topics:
- Business Ethics
- Tags:
- Leader,
- Leadership,
- LeaderValues,
- Management
- Source:
- LeaderValues
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Overview: A leader’s style can literally train his or her followers not to think. While this isn’t the intention of any rational business leader, it is an unintended consequence for many. A leader’s perspective about how to lead is built from a set of assumptions. These assumptions result in a series of self-fulfilling prophecies. One common assumption held by poor leaders regards their definition of what it means to lead---that the boss must be the driver of the company’s success. Some leaders are so effective at squashing independent thinking it’s as if they are operating from a secret manual. No opportunity to restrict thinking is lost. By words and deeds, their leadership postures train the very traits that are driving them crazy. Like by saying the words : don’t think – do, step back, this is important, I’d better do it myself and so on.
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Format: HTML | Date: Jan 2003 | Pages: 1
