how leaders sabotage performance

How Leaders Sabotage

Performance

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Does A Leader Deal with Dysfunctional Performers?

Signs of dysfunctional behavior are when someone:◦ Undermines others

◦ Doesn’t pull their weight and leaves their work for others

◦ Resists new ideas and change

◦ Is just not equipped to do the job

◦ Unprofessional behavior: blows up, makes inappropriate remarks, etc.


Does the Leader Squash Creativity?The Leader’s Behavior Will Take the Life Out of a Team When They: ◦ Criticize failures & don’t tout successes

◦ Micro-manage and are overly controlling

◦ Don’t empower others

◦ Take credit for other’s idea


Does the Leader Squash Creativity?Leaders that work in a vacuum sabotage performance when they don’t share: ◦ Vision & Future Direction

◦ Priorities

◦ New Products, Services, and Company Direction

◦ Team Contribution & Company Results


Poor Communication Leads to Poor PerformanceLeaders are expected to: ◦ To be a conduit between the top of the organization on down

◦ Provide information from their team to the top

◦ Inform employees so they can see how their work fits in


Does the Leader have Self-Awareness?Leader’s sabotage team performance when they are:◦ Unclear of their own strengths and weaknesses

◦ Fearful of others that have strengths they don’t have

◦ Unaware that they are bringing no diversity to their team

◦ Too busy or short-sighted to develop themselves and others

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Self-Awareness Impact on PerformanceKorn/Ferry Study* on Self Awareness shows:◦ Poorly performing companies’ leaders had 20% more blind spots

than those working at financially strong companies.

◦ Poor-performing companies’ leaders were 79% more likely to have low overall self-awareness than those at firms with robust ROR.

*Korn/Ferry Institute: A Better Return on Self-Awareness, by David Zes and Dana Landis, August 2013


Consistently Achieve Breakthrough Performance

Leadership – Self Check◦ Can I say with 100% confidence that I am not exhibiting any of the

sabotaging behaviors◦ Are there times when I work in a vacuum? ◦ Do I need to be more visible? ◦ Communicate more?

◦ Do I take time to reflect on my abilities? ◦ What can I strengthen that will make a difference in my

performance? ◦ Am I committed to I helping others having breakthrough

performance?


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