PROFILE OF A LEADER IN TROUBLE
by Dr. Maurice Graham, D. Min., LMFT

"Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry."
- Winston Churchill

• Poor listeners, (flooded with emotions or no emotions)
• Lack of social and political awareness, (using only one connecting style)
• Unconventional and refuses to play by the rules, (not connected to self)
• Trust issues - (skeptic of other motives and keeps a safe distance)
• Independent loners - focused on own needs and reluctant to ask for help, (thinks that there is only one way to solve an issue)
  

Poor Leadership Processes

• Poor team members and team leaders, (joining and learning)
• Preoccupied with their own concerns, (low self-worth)
• Poor developers of people, (low self-esteem)
• Not inspirational - too pessimistic, (reactive, closed to ideas, loner tendencies, poor social skills)
• Lack vision and ability to motivate, (fear of risk taking)
• Circled the wagon - holding on and defending
  

Difficulties in making decisions

• Slow in adapting to change, (fear of losing control)
• See obstacles rather than opportunities, (fear of failure)
• Stubborn and unyielding, (fear of learning)
• Skeptical of others' ideas, (fear of being competent)
• Risk averse-slow to make decisions and focus on "worst case scenarios", (fear of failure)
• Arrogant - "know it all"
• Has over developed one skill, not well rounded