Why Leaders Fail and What It Teaches Us About Leadership av Willem Fourie

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<P>In <I>Why Leaders Fail and What it Teaches Us About Leadership </I>Willem Fourie helps us make sense of leaders¿ failures and why our expectation of leadership infallibility is misguided </P><P>Whereas some leadership failures can be rectified, others lead to the failure of teams, organisations or institutions. Using cutting-edge research and reflective practices, Fourie explores leaders¿ failure at these personal, interpersonal, group, organisational levels and beyond. He explores five factors that cause leaders to fail: </P><UL><P><LI>Ignorance of personal weaknesses </LI><P></P><P><LI>Overconfidence in their influence over others </LI><P></P><P><LI>Destructive bias </LI><P></P><P><LI>Bad fit in their organisation</LI><LI>Misjudged risk</LI><P></P></UL><P>The author shows that our heroic bias ¿ the expectation that leaders should be exceptional, charismatic individuals with a higher level of agency than other people ¿ in many contexts increases the chances of leaders failing. The