What symptoms within an organization hint at poor leadership?
A sure sign of leadership deficiencies is when there’s no sense or understanding of the values of your organization. Everyone needs to understand the common values in terms of what you’re trying to accomplish, why you’re trying to accomplish something or even how it will be tackled. I think another symptom is when leaders focus too much on the controlling of behaviors, or micromanagement, rather than forging a synergistic orientation where employees at all levels perceive they can and they do contribute to growth — whether it’s from new ideas, new initiatives or continuous improvement. Low morale is a symptom tied to these leadership deficiencies. What builds good morale? If there’s low morale, you can point to a lot of bad behaviors within the organization, but the buck stops at the leadership level. It’s not to say that everyone should be happy all of the time or you have to cater to every need. High morale occurs when your stakeholders understand where they fit in and believe what t
