Bad Leadership
Values and Ethics
Overview of Bad Leadership
I. Bad Leadership
[Bad Leadership:What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters. Barbara Kellerman, Harvard Business
School Press, 2004; www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nRZWVTrTWM]
II. Leadership
A. leader
B. follower(s)
C. context
III. Bad Leadership
A. traits not easily differentiated from good leaders – intelligence, energetic, drive for
power, decisiveness
1. ineffective
2. unethical
3. both ineffective and unethical
IV. Types of Bad Leadership
A. seven types of bad leaders
1. incompetent
2. rigid
3. intemperate
4. callous”
5. corrupt
6. insular
7. evil
V. Strategies for Preventing Bad Leadership
A. limit your tenure
B. share power
C. don’t believe the hype about you
D. know and control your appetites