Why Leaders Fail and What It Teaches Us About Leadership

<p>In <i>Why Leaders Fail and What it Teaches Us About Leadership </i>Willem Fourie helps us make sense of leaders’ failures and why our expectation of leadership infallibility is misguided </p><p>Whereas some leadership failures can be rectified others lead to the failure of teams organisations or institutions. Using cutting-edge research and reflective practices Fourie explores leaders’ failure at these personal interpersonal group organisational levels and beyond. He explores five factors that cause leaders to fail: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Ignorance of personal weaknesses </li> <p> </p> <li>Overconfidence in their influence over others </li> <p> </p> <li>Destructive bias </li> <p> </p> <li>Bad fit in their organisation</li> <li>Misjudged risk</li> </ul><p>The author shows that our heroic bias – the expectation that leaders should be exceptional charismatic individuals with a higher level of agency than other people – in many contexts increases the chances of leaders failing. The book offers readers with the tools to understand and respond to leader failure distilled into seven lessons for post-heroic leaders.</p><p>This is an ideal book for students and researchers in leadership leadership development and management as well as professionals seeking to enhance their leadership skills. </p>