Signs of a Weak Executive

• Routine use of weasel words and/or word parsing;
• Speeches given an equal status with actions, as if speaking about something is the same as accomplishing it;
• Frequent references to how hard he or she works;
• Failure to hold erring associates accountable;
• Failure to accept personal responsibility in any meaningful way;
• Lurching from one crisis to another;
• Failure to focus;
• Failure to prioritize;
• Inflated power attributed to events or the times;
• Drift;
• Indecisiveness;
• Failure to grasp big picture;
• Demonization of opponents;
• Shallow reasoning;
• Departures of strong associates;
• Credulous and highly dependent followers;
• Straw man arguments;
• Constant excuse-making;
• Frequent reorganizations;
• Circumvention of rules;
• Ethical game-playing or outright violations;
• Lying;
• Arrogance;
• High self-regard;
• Strong tendency to blame external forces ("them").