Leadership to enable collaboration and take down hierarchy
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Indicators of bad leadership:
* Not Vulnerable * Refusing to be accountable for their bad decisions * Changing meetings for no reason * Not Listening * No signs of willingness to develop/mentor staff (or themselves) * Not giving feedabck * Never showing up on time * Lying * Lack of consistency * Lying * The ‘leader’ does not do work * Leader is a member of the “cult” of right answers * Expecting Special Treament * Micromanage * Lacking forward thinking * Lying * Lack of Consistency * Not prepared for meetings * Unreasonable demands * Lack of self-awareness * Lack of Financial Planning * Taking credit for other people’s ideas/work * Fake deadlines that even they don’t meet * Shortcutting chain of command (Unstrategically) * Fond of magical thinking/silver bullets * Not supporting people’s decisions * Nepotism/Favoritism * Sexism * Poor/Ambiguous Communication * Failure to Thank/People/Unappreciative * Gossip * Tapping out * Continuous indefinite “strategic” “planning” Indicators of good leadership. * Entire team knows the clear, concise and consistent goal * Manager should take ownership of their title and consistently does the work * Encouraging Experimentation * Allowing room for failure * Hands-off * Decision-Making clarity * Making tough decisions * Productive dialogue * Fosters employee development * Valuing sustainability * Consistent with strategic vision * Excellent, Open financial mgmt * Transparency, especially about difficult things * Useful feedback at the right time * Managing the ‘power' * Good communications and transparency * Empathy/compassion * “Good communication" * Cooperative decision making * Clear paths to success for every employee * Matching strengths to roles * Availability * Valuing peoples time * Purposeful meetings * Trust * Appreciates others/ Expresses appreciation * Fair * Empowers others * Vulnerability * Transparency.