- Failing to stay current in a professional field
- Refusing to listen to company employees
- Violating company leadership standards, but asking others to meet them
- Making decisions without seeking input
- Skipping training required of other company-wide leaders
- Asking employees to do work you are not willing to do
Why Does C-Suite Behavior Matter So Much?
C-Suite behavior matters because people do what they see the senior leaders do. If employees see dysfunctional behaviors among senior leaders, they assume that there is complete acceptance of those dysfunctional behaviors throughout the organization and see it as a “green light” for them to use those same behaviors whenever they like.
Why Aren’t C-Suite Problems Dealt With Quickly?
It is definitely uncomfortable to talk with a senior leader about behaviors that are bad for the organization. That discomfort can lead to delaying the conversation until the situation has gotten out of hand.
The “green light” that employees “see” that may lead them to use negative behaviors when a senior leader does can cause those problems to spread like a virus until you have moved from one C-Suite leader using dysfunctional behaviors to an entire organization using dysfunctional behaviors.
Don’t wait.
Want to Learn More?
Lessons From Team Fumbles: How senior leadership teams can make-or break-an organization by Susan Lucia Annunzio, chiefexecutive.net
In the article Why Do Businesses and Leaders Fail? Dan McCarthy references Jim Collin’s book “Why the Mighty Fall” and discusses more destructive leadership behaviors that can lead to business failure.
For more, see Linda’s book 7 Lenses and the 21 Question Assessment: How Current is My Message About Ethics?
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