Weak Points for Leaders

Kirk Hanson, executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University believes leaders are most vulnerable when they:

• Believe they know it all.
• Believe they are in charge.
• Believe the rules don't apply to them.
• Believe they will never fail.
• Believe they did it all by themselves.
• Believe they are better than the "little people."
• Believe they are the organization.
• Beileve they can focus everything on the job.

[Source: A Leader's Legacy by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner ]