A young pastor asked me a great question once. He appeared to be doing a great job leading, but he wanted to do better. His question was this: “What are the worst leadership traits that you’ve seen limit a leader’s potential to lead well?”
That’s a hard question, because depending on the circumstances I think there could be many different answers. I wrote the “most dangerous” traits previously, but this question seemed different to me. It wasn’t addressing the dangerous traits, as much as the ones that were just bad. You can have these and perhaps still see some success as a leader, but they are still bad leadership traits – the worst. And they keep one from leading well. Eventually, they may derail a leader if not addressed.
There are many I’ve observed. I’ve seen laziness, for example, cripple a leader.
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