Reasons Why Leaders Fail On The Workplace

There are various reasons why leaders fail. It always depends upon the situation how the leader is acting and what is the need of the situation. In the context of the film various reasons why leaders fail are as follows:

Today I am going to discuss with you a situation within my professional experience where leadership has failed. While exploring this personal experience we shall also discuss the forces which played a role in contributing to the ultimate failure of leadership as it pertains to this experience. Let me preface this conversation by explaining that I am currently a patrol officer with a small police department in North Carolina. I have had this position for going on eight years. This is not my first job in or around law enforcement in my 17 years since I graduated from Appalachian State University.

I would expect that every person has experienced a time when they were part of a team with a good and bad leader. In business there are many times when the wrong leadership styles are chosen and have a negative effect on the end results. Throughout history many scholars have tried to understand and improve the art of leadership. They have given us theories, practices, suggestions and models to follow so that we too can reach the goal of the perfect leader. Today’s managers are influenced by many of these ideas but also by past experience, both good and bad, and by how the dynamic of the team that they are leading is built upon. These experiences and observations directly impact the leadership style and many times the end result of the tasks being performed. If a leader has the understanding of what his/her group wants, then they are better suited to make the right leadership and communication decisions, so as not to have a negative effect on the team or outcome.

One of the profound challenges that the United States of America faces today is poor leadership. I’m not just speaking about the President of the United States, but all those that are leading our great country. Our leaders today have poor communication skills, self-serving nature, poor character nevertheless they are not looking forward to helping the United States of America.

The topic of leadership evokes curiosity about our leaders and their approaches in decision making, leadership styles and the effectiveness of their leadership. At time leaders are critiqued for their actions or views on different business affairs. In today’s working environment leaders set the tone, vision, and goals of any organization. Leadership has a huge impact on the culture of an organization and how people communicate within the organization (Northouse, 2009). The actions of leaders should inspire and positively impact their followers. The approach of leaders in handling adversities highlights many features of their character.

The topic of leadership is historically one of the most widely researched when it comes to explorations of organizational behavior. The success of any institution or organization is pegged on the quality of its leadership because it is the determining factor on the pattern and speed at which it achieves its growth goals. Leaders are responsible for steering an organization toward its goal by mobilizing resources (both human and material) and maximizing their efficiency. The key deliverables for many leaders include employee well-being, teamwork, adherence to organizational processes and procedures, innovation, crisis

In my reflections as I prepared to write this paper, I came to the realization that leadership is much more complex especially since the paper requires that I focus on a few traits. In an effort to make it simple, I wrote down the traits that came to mind and in process had over 10 important traits but an even bigger challenge was on how to narrow them down to 3 or 4 and this is the place that required a good deal of reflection. Eventually, however, I had to prioritize them since in any case; it is not possible to get a leader that has all the traits. As I thought of the various leaders who have inspired me, I noticed that while they strived to provide the best leadership by focusing on their strong points, they still had their weaknesses. To me this provided a justification for at least identifying key desirable traits and thereafter working to improve them. I did manage to settle on four traits, which for me are indispensible if a leader or a leadership is to become effective.

The purpose of this paper is to reflect and make an analysis of the general strengths and weaknesses of a leader, provide recommendations, thoughts of overall performance to improve on this person’s leadership style in which practices and theories were utilized most effectively. Upon such, draw conclusions and provide an integration of this leadership practice into my own leadership practice. The accomplishment of this will be achieved by identifying several key practices from published documents surrounding and encompassing the leader, and comparing them to known relative concepts for a holistic view of the approach.

There are many examples of poor leadership behavior in today’s workplace. Inadequate leadership can be detrimental not only to a team within an organization, but also to the entire organization itself. I believe it is vital for upper management to ensure that their leaders are properly trained and aware of how to handle certain situations and employees. When a leader’s weaknesses are overlooked, large problems occur.

The first weaknesses this leader has is ignorance. The ignorance that there are problems within its flanks and the ignorance in addressing those problems in a timely and meaningful fashion. We can see this in the following example. When two of the previous organizations decided to merge, there was a promise which was made that the commonalities will be brought forward including in the naming of the new organization. After 3 years of being in limbo of identifying a name, the organization decided to setup a department meeting with all its employees

Bova (2008) states that the following four characteristics are found in good leaders: they believe in open communication, they do not stick with the status quo, they are selective in what they measure, and they have passion for values and culture. Each characteristic is essential to a healthy organizational culture. When an employee feels he or she has open communication with a leader, they are more inclined to share if problems arise whether or not work related. Non-work related issues may eventually take a toll on an employee’s performance at work. However, with open communication, an employee feels comfortable in apprising the leader of a situation so that future problems are avoided.

Effective leaders clarify the path to help their followers achieve their goals and make the journey easier by reducing roadblocks and pitfalls. Research demonstrates that employee performance and satisfaction are positively influenced when the leader compensates for the shortcomings in either the employee or the work setting.

There are different forms of leadership that can successfully operate a workplace. However, if the different types of leadership are applied incorrectly it can cause employees to become dissatisfied or have a poor attitude. Dr. Enter

For every organization to succeed in today business world, good and effective Leadership plays a strategic role in driving an organization into the future.

I can recall a situation at a former employer, where I sent an email to my supervisor asking for the following day off from work. I sent the email early in the morning to give my employer enough time to consider my request. By mid-afternoon, I did not have a response. My supervisor was busier than usual that day, but I sent her another email incase she forgot to reply. I still had no response by the end of the day. I finally approached her and asked if she had a chance to read my email. She then told me she could not approve my request because our office would be short-staffed. I understood the reason but did not understand why she did not respond to my email. I left work that day feeling I was not important enough for her to respond to my email. A simple and quick reply would have