t?s an interesting conundrum. Say you?re a manager, a senior-level executive, or a human resources employee; your job is to be a leader, yes, but also to pick out leaders, to select who will be promoted, given extra responsibility, head up a project or team. How do you know who will make a great leader in a given circumstance?
There are loads of articles floating around about attributes that make great leaders great, but what makes a poor leader? We can all pick them out after the fact (hindsight is 20/20 after all), but what traits set these people apart even before they assume a leadership role?
I propose that any one or more of the following traits would be a red flag that a person might not be ready for a leadership position:
1. Lack of empathy.
I realise I just wrote a post about the importance of empathy as a leadership skill, but the lack of empathy is a key indicator of a poor leader. If the person cannot seem to put him or herself in another person?s shoes and see things from a different perspective, they will never be a truly great leader.
2. Fear of change.
Hey, change is scary for everyone, especially when it involves loads of money and/or people?s jobs. But leaders who cannot embrace change are destined to be left behind.
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