Poor leadership surrounds us, it’s a
fact of life and they seemingly find a way to keep their jobs. They are more
focused on their personal needs and not of the professional needs of those
below them. They have a hard time developing their employees because they lack
the proper management techniques to do so. A leader is someone who you would
follow to a place you would not go alone. Leadership is about action not
status.
However, the question is, how do we
know when we are dealing with these flaw ridden individuals. A lot of the time,
a poor manager can make the perception that he/she is busy and organized. I
have developed a small guideline that can help pinpoint these leaders.
Incompetent Leaders will:
1. Delegate work rather than balance
work loads. This allows all attention to be diverted from them in case of
failure. It may seem to them that are managing their people but in actuality
they are creating work imbalances within the group. It can create unnecessary
overtime for some and under utilization of others. A good manager is aware of
the skill sets of all the people below them and should allocate work
accordingly while trying to enhance the skills of everyone to be even more
productive.




















