Leadership Danger Signs

1. Style trumps substance.
2. Activity poses as action.
3. Good intentions replace results.
4. Excuses are piled on top of excuses.
5. Deadlines are illusory.
6. Hope is a strategy.
7. There's a lot of talk about how hard people are working.
8. Words are parsed to evade commitments.
9. No one seems to be in charge.
10. Top management keeps claiming that it has been surprised by problems.