| As a leader you are tasked with delivering results. The | | | | suggested that work place bullying was costing more |
| best leaders know that consistently delivering great | | | | than £2bn a year in sick pay, staff turnover and |
| results is not something that they can do in isolation. To | | | | productivity. |
| get others to support them in consistently delivering | | | | In the long run, leaders who rely on bullying or heavy |
| results they need to avoid the 5 worst traits of poor | | | | handed tactics will more than likely find themselves in |
| leaders. In my experience these include: | | | | the middle of an ocean in a sinking ship without a life |
| Trait 1: Being arrogant | | | | jacket at some point. How appealing does that sound? |
| Without doubt you want a leader to be self assured | | | | Trait 4: Favouritism |
| and confident. At the same time you want them to be | | | | Tough as it may be, your job as a leader is to try and |
| self aware and understand the impact that they have | | | | aim to treat everyone the same and avoid favouritism. |
| on others. If you are someone who is arrogant you will | | | | It can be tempting to have favourites but can be |
| do a great job at turning people off and disengaging | | | | extremely dangerous in the long run. The reason is that |
| them. | | | | you will create divisions in teams that can lead to 'in |
| Trait 2: Unwilling to listen | | | | fighting' instead of time and energies being focused on |
| You are the leader, you are in charge, you take the | | | | results. |
| decisions and you make things happen. You don't need | | | | Trait 5: Disorganised |
| the views and opinions of others- right? Well yes if | | | | If you have ever worked for someone who |
| you want do completely de-motivate people and | | | | consistently turns up late for meetings, does not have |
| isolate them. On the other hand if you want to work | | | | all of their papers available and fails to keep on track, |
| with your people to deliver great service and | | | | you will know just how troublesome this can be. With |
| performance, make the time to listen to them. | | | | more and more demands on leaders' time, being |
| Trait 3: Bullying | | | | organised is no longer an optional extra. |
| No one likes or respects a bully. A bully is not only bad | | | | Bottom line- If you want to prosper as a leader you |
| news for those that they lead but is costly too. An | | | | need to maximise good traits and minimise the bad |
| article in Personnel Today in December 2007 suggests | | | | traits. So what action do you need to take to achieve |
| that it hits the bottom line. At that time it was | | | | this? |