Don't underestimate the power of the dark side: Why leaders fail
Posted by Geoff Trickey in Leadership on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 17:30
- Research based on 18,000 assessments shows that 85% of UK’s leaders demonstrate ‘dark side’ characteristics.
- Only 15% of the sample show no ‘dark side’ characteristics at all.
- The greatest risk factor is that they are so dutiful, compliant and appeasing that they are likely to have difficulty ‘speaking truth to power’ or in making independent decisions.
The results of a new 10-year study into leadership reveal the full extent of the UK's exposure to the risk of the 'dark side'. So where are the leaders going wrong - and how are generational differences shaping leadership characteristics?
New research based on 18,000 assessments shows that 85% of UK’s leaders demonstrate ‘dark side’ characteristics. These deeply rooted, self-destructive aspects of a personality contribute to the alarming derailment rate amongst leaders and top management.
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