Comments on Great Leadership: New Research on Causes of Executive Failure

Cherrypie, Waugust, Mike, Simon, - Thanks for your...

2008-11-13T05:37:05.117-05:00

Cherrypie, Waugust, Mike, Simon, -
Thanks for your reactions and the additional color!

This research is so true. It's amazing how many se...

2008-11-13T04:09:00.000-05:00

This research is so true. It's amazing how many senior leaders focus on the day-to-day issues. It's almost as though they can't let go and trust their staff to deliver the right results.

Leaders succeed and fail based upon a number of di...

2008-11-12T21:54:00.000-05:00

Leaders succeed and fail based upon a number of different issues, many of which are situational and/or contextual...I authored a post on a related topic that might be of interest which can be read here: http://www.n2growth.com/blog/ceo-successits-not-random

For me the bottom line is: "Spends less time usin...

2008-11-12T14:27:00.000-05:00

For me the bottom line is:

"Spends less time using his/her functional skills and more time encouraging team members to use theirs."

You might have been a great salesperson but once promoted to sales manager the criteria by which you will be judged changes. No longer is your job to sell; now you must manage others whose job is to sell.

There's a big difference between to the two missed my many.

So working harder does not always translate into e...

2008-11-12T11:14:00.000-05:00

So working harder does not always translate into executive success

I think I few of the big IT companies could do with taking that into account.

Rich - Right, thanks, that's one of my other favor...

2008-11-12T10:44:31.659-05:00

Rich -
Right, thanks, that's one of my other favorites! And "The First 90 Days", by Watkins.

...So working harder does not always translate int...

2008-11-12T07:50:00.000-05:00

...So working harder does not always translate into executive success; in fact, it could end up contributing to failure...

This is the typical executive overkill I've been trying to get clients to address for years. Executive burnout is the result.

Becky - Good luck on your leadership journey!

2008-11-12T06:49:22.292-05:00

Becky -
Good luck on your leadership journey!

You bring out a lot of great points. I have reall...

2008-11-12T00:44:00.000-05:00

You bring out a lot of great points. I have really been wanting to become a better Leader and have been reading a lot of material to help me in my quest! I just finished my first book today, "Noble Enterprise," by Darwin Gillett. It was a very interesting and eye opening book. I would like to thank you for your blog because It has gotten me thinking to start looking at how "Leader's" also fail! A great perspective to look at.