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Monday Feb 12, 2007

Top Five Derailers

Based on Research into leadership success by Byham of DDI, Hogan and Hogan, and Others..

The top five derailers are:

  1. Approval Dependance or the need to have praise or reassurance from others, especially those higher than you in the organization.
  2. Argumentative - A skeptical, tense, and perhaps suspicious nature. Often focusing on one's own interests.
  3. Arrogant - Overly self-assured or confident.  Results in poor listening and dismissal of feedback
  4. Attention Seeking - A gregarious and persuasive person who becomes melodramatic and excessively self-promoting.
  5. Avoidant - Pleasant and cooperative, but tends to be preoccupied with their own agenda. May address issues in an indirect manner and can be percieved as manipulative.
Well.. that is enough for one post. Look the five derailers in the eye and ask yourself.. Do any of these describe me. if you quickly think not.. read #3 again closely... Truth be told, if you are really honest.. most of us have struggled with at least one of these.. some of us even more. Ask yourself this question: Which of these derailers would I be most likely to do... It works for me.. .

Posted at 07:55PM Feb 12, 2007 by mowen in General  | 

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