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Fuzzy
Vision:
corporate
vision
and
mission don't
inspire
people; lack of
strategic alignment; people don't know where
the organization is going and what it is trying to achieve
in the future.
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Lack of
Leadership Skills:
fear of
change;
leaders
lack
entrepreneurial spirit;
leadership style on the part of management is either too
directive or too hands-off;
managers do not
lead and
don't
manage change,
they just administrate and micromanage; weak
leadership development
program.
12 Major Causes of Failure in Leadership
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Discouraging
Culture:
corporate culture does not
inspire people;
no
shared values;
employees are not
energized;lack of
trust;
blame culture; focus on problems, not opportunities;
people don't have fun at work;
diversity
is not celebrated;
failures
are not tolerated;
people lose confidence in their leaders and systems.
Inspiring Culture: 5 Pillars
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High Bureaucracy:
bureaucratic
organizational structures with too many layers;
high boundaries between management layers; slow
decision making;
too close monitoring of things and
subordinates; too many tools and documents discouraging
creative thinking; bureaucracy is tolerated.
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Lack of
Initiative:
employees are not
empowered;
poor
motivation
and encouragement;
people do not feel
their contributions make a difference; management
fails to
engage the organization effectively; people work defensively
and not creatively, they do their job, and nothing more.
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Poor
Vertical Communication:
people have no clue of the big picture and do not feel that
their contributions are important; too much uncertainty; people
don't know what top-managers are thinking and planning.
Managerial Communication
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Poor Cross-functional Collaboration:
functional mindset; lack
of cross-functional goals and cross-functional collaboration spirit;
functional, no
enterprise-wide business process management; no
cross-functional management
committees; lack of or powerless
cross-functional teams.
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Poor
Teamwork:
no organizational commitment to
team culture; lack of shared and
worthwhile goals; weak team leaders; team members who don't want to play
as part of a
team are tolerated; teams are too large; lack of shared
rewards.
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Poor
Idea and Knowledge Management:
cross-pollination of ideas is not facilitated;
no
creativity,
idea
and
knowledge
management strategies and systems;
"know-it-all" attitude;
"not invented here" syndrome.
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