Quiet Failure: The Leadership Risk No One Sees

The biggest leadership risk in your organization right now isn't your bad leaders. After all, you know who the bad leaders are, and so does everyone else. They generate complaints, miss numbers and eventually get "managed out."

The real risk is the leaders nobody has on their radar, the competent, well-meaning leaders who hit their targets and don't make waves. Executive leaders might describe these leaders as "solid," "reliable" or "doing fine."

And yet, they are far from meeting today's workforce's needs. They produce what could be called "quiet failure" in the workforce. Rather than inspiring their teams or driving momentum, these leaders produce teams that are just going through the motions. As our recent research with The Harris Poll concludes, these kinds of leaders are the biggest risk to organizational success. Plus, companies aren’t tracking this shortcoming, at their own peril.

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