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Of leadership selection handicaps: the treacherous, the exploitable and the boring. (Part 1 of 2)


Leadership is the exercise of stewardship on behalf of shareholders and stakeholders. I have observed that incumbents of leadership roles can sometimes be proactive or reactive to the detriment of either or both of these principles.


1. Dishonesty


The dishonest actively negate stewardship. They are treacherous servants. Betrayal is their hallmark. They cannot be trusted and lack integrity. They will shamelessly lie, cheat and steal from all manner and form of principal without feeling any guilt. They can be expected to be artful on graft, fraud and even extortion. They are selfish, self- serving office bearers that never eat last. They are competitive and not supportive of others. They endure selfcentred fear of risk. This particular form of fear is founded on a dread for accountability. They will as such undertake risk assessments for the most mundane tasks.



2. Naivety


The naive are passive and exploitable. They generally walk about aimlessly engaging in purposeless activities; in essence, they do not lead but collect the paycheque and perks. These often are incompetent leaders that seldom get material things right. They are regularly afflicted with unwarranted crippling bouts of indecision. They often are cowards that cannot give candid feedback to others and hardly ever defend their subordinates. They mostly are never there when the going gets tough.



3. Tedium


In the second category of the passive, those cursed with tedium noxiously and unpleasantly ooze mediocre leadership. The tedious are monotonous, predictable, non-responsive, faceless, and forgettable. Their behaviour patterns are mind and activity numbing and cause follower disengagement, inattention, mistakes and worse still depression. They generally are either politely tolerated, ignored or outright avoided.


Recruitment and selection decision-makers, do shareholders and stakeholders a big service; avoid appointing leaders prone to dishonesty, naivety and tedium. The dangers related to such appointments are dire, real and avoidable.



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