Here at ACACIA Solutions I get to listen to lots of real life stories of leaders who unintentionally create gigantic SNAFUs for their teams. Often the leaders do it for good reasons, completely unaware of what their actions have done to their team and the organization. Sometimes the simplest action can cause ripples through out a team that impacts the culture of the organization and the credibility of a leader for years to come.
Usually by the time I hear the story, team members are so distraught and negative about their leader, that to rectify the situation seems insurmountable. Yet through examination of what went wrong, we can often gain our greatest learnings from these Leadership SNAFUs. We don’t usually get “do overs”, but when we learn from our past, we can prevent future SNAFUs.
Come join me as we hear from a team member who describes what happens when leaders in their organization didn’t demonstrate the “right stuff”. We’ll examine what occurred, what leadership rules were broken, how it could have been done differently and what could be done to recover now that the mess has been made. Continue reading Leadership SNAFUs
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Here at ACACIA Solutions I get to listen to lots of real life stories of leaders who unintentionally create gigantic SNAFUs for their teams. Often the leaders do it for good reasons, completely unaware of what their actions have done to their team and the organization. Sometimes the simplest action can cause ripples through out a team that impacts the culture of the organization and the credibility of a leader for years to come.