You remember the cowardly lion from The Wizard of Oz don’t you? He was supposed to be the king of the jungle but he had no courage.
Sadly I see this missing in much leadership today. Let’s face it. Leading others is hard. There is often loneliness to leadership. Leadership takes great courage.
Here are 7 characteristics of cowardly leadership:
- Says “I’ll think about it” rather than “No”…even no is already the decided answer…
- Avoids conflict…even when it is necessary for the good of relationships and the organization…
- Never willing to make the hard decisions…
- Pretends everything is okay…even when it’s not…
- Bails on the team when things become difficult…
- Refuses to back up team members…
- Caves in to criticism…even if it is unfounded…
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