Comments on: New leadership trend #2: be scary http://www.successfactors.com/blogs/business-execution/new-leadership-trend-2-be-scary/ Execution is the Difference. Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:35:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Double Dubs http://www.successfactors.com/blogs/business-execution/new-leadership-trend-2-be-scary/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Double Dubs Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:33:39 +0000 http://10.50.0.97/wordpress/workforce-performance/index.php/new-leadership-trend-2-be-scary/#comment-89 Max: Glad to see you posing (and rebutting) this. I must say it's possibly some of the worst leadership advice I've ever heard. My FT subscription expired months ago, but I'm hoping this was in Jest. This guy might be able to practice psychology, but he should never become a leadership coach!!! Personally, I don't agree with any of it: --Never invade someone's PERSONAL space to intimidate people. --Never pretend to be angry when you are not. --Never be silent for the sole reason of changing your mind later --And don't make up facts to get people to go your way. Your last paragraph is key: lead because you are a person they trust, and a person with a sense of vision and conviction. Leaders who lead through fear are not leading - they are managing and doing it poorly. -Dubs Max: Glad to see you posing (and rebutting) this. I must say it’s possibly some of the worst leadership advice I’ve ever heard. My FT subscription expired months ago, but I’m hoping this was in Jest. This guy might be able to practice psychology, but he should never become a leadership coach!!!

Personally, I don’t agree with any of it:
–Never invade someone’s PERSONAL space to intimidate people.
–Never pretend to be angry when you are not.
–Never be silent for the sole reason of changing your mind later
–And don’t make up facts to get people to go your way.

Your last paragraph is key: lead because you are a person they trust, and a person with a sense of vision and conviction. Leaders who lead through fear are not leading – they are managing and doing it poorly.

-Dubs

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