Insecure Leadership Part 1

I love quotes about Leadership from leaders. Here are some good ones:

"Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results." George S. Patton

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." Dwight Eisenhower

"The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it."
Theodore Roosevelt


But below is some great advice for insecure leaders. If you know one let them read this.

When a leader is insecure in his/her knowledge, capabilities, experience, relationship with stockholders and Board of Directors, or with other peers, disaster is headed their way. They are going to do whatever it takes to “prove” they are the boss and that they are in control — anything to bolster their self-esteem. Unknowingly, this spells death for the leader and, quite possibly, the organization.

3 Things Insecure Leaders “Kill“
1. They kill Community
2. They kill Culture
3. They kill the Company

(HT:Weirdguy blog)