Why Leaders Fail

John Maxwell famously said, “everything rises and falls on leadership.”
Although research offers a more nuanced picture.

For an organization to succeed, it takes a variety of contributions from talented individuals at all levels. But when leaders fail, the whole organization can indeed fall.

In this episode, we’ll review several reasons why leaders fail. Failure is feedback. Failure is a great teacher. And for current and aspiring leaders, the failures of leaders past can be a great teacher at discounted tuition. It’s popular and easy to study successful leaders, but you learn a lot more a lot faster when you study why leaders fail.

0:00 Introduction
1:10 Stop Learning
3:05 Ignore Empathy
5:13 Lack Integrity
6:56 Play Favorites
9:04 Don’t Prioritize
10:47 Conclusion

While these reasons are the most common ones for leadership failure, they’re also the least complex. They’re relatively simple to avoid. Leaders that continue learning, that prioritize, or that enforce a fair standard are leaders who act simply but have a powerful effect on their team. They become leaders who create an environment where everyone works together better and feels they can do their best work ever.

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One of the world’s leading business thinkers, David Burkus’ forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are helping leaders and teams do their best work ever.

He is the best-selling author of four books about business and leadership. His books have won multiple awards and have been translated into dozens of languages. His insights on leadership and teamwork have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, USAToday, Fast Company, the Financial Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, CNN, the BBC, NPR, and CBS This Morning. Since 2017, Burkus has been ranked as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by Thinkers50. As a sought-after international speaker, his TED Talk has been viewed over 2 million times. He’s worked with leaders from organizations across all industries including Google, Stryker, Fidelity, Viacom, and even the US Naval Academy.

A former business school professor, Burkus holds a master’s degree in organizational psychology from the University of Oklahoma, and a doctorate in strategic leadership from Regent University.

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