The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful People

Assessing Leadership Talent

Leadership failure is less about having the “right stuff” and more about having the “wrong stuff” – the dysfunctional characteristics that is associated with failure. How do you identify these dysfunctional traits before you hire the person?

Sydney Finkelstein of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth in 2003 wrote about these seven habits. They are:

  • Overestimate their strength and underestimate the strength of the competition.
  • Put personal interests ahead of company interests.
  • Arrogant and make reckless decisions.
  • Eliminate anyone who might challenge their decision.
  • Ignore operations while trying to manage their company’s image.
  • Minimize difficult obstacles and don’t plan accordingly.
  • Rely on outdated strategies and tactics.

Time and time again, we learn about these traits AFTER we hire or promote a person. If you would like to learn how to:

  • Identify these tendencies before you hire or promote your next executive/manager
  •  Assess a leader/manager who is underperforming or fits any of these characteristics
  • Receive a complimentary leadership assessment that demonstrates how to evaluate managers who are underperforming or leading inappropriately.


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