Destructive Leadership April 4, 2023

What is destructive leadership?

Kellerman developed a typology of bad leadership on a continuum for

• bad to worse

• ineffective to unethical

• ineffective to unethical

• community-based to private

In Kellerman's typology, both the leader and some of the followers are ____ for bad leadership behavior

• unaccountable

• acquainted with

• concerned

• accountable

_________ is defined as an individual who by way of their destructive behavior and dysfunctional personal qualities generates a poisonous effect on the individuals, families, organizations, communities, and even entire societies they lead.

• toxic leadership

• ecstatic leadership

• autocratic leadership

• ethical leadership

Adolf Hitler

Joseph Stalin

Mao Zedong

King Leopold II

Are all examples of _______

• people in your neighborhood

• characters from sitcoms

• toxic leaders in the workplace

• toxic leaders from history

The toxic _______ has ____ components

• square/4

• triangle/3

• circle/continuous

• rectangle/4

This phenomenon of destructive leadership has the following components:

• negative outcomes

  ethical events

  dysfunctional personal qualities

• leadership

  followers

  atmosphere

• nondestructive leadership

  most followers

  nonconsecutive environment

• destructive leadership

  susceptible followers

  conducive environment

What are not characteristics of destructive leaders

• charismatic & narcissistic

• Personalized use of power

• remorseful and regretful

• negative life themes and ideology of hate

Susceptible followers fall into 2 groups which are

• conformers and conformists

• colluders and activist

• centrist and benevolent

• conformers and colluders

A destructive leader flourishes in a conducive environment has all except the following.

• feedback and monitoring

• absences of checks & balances

• instabuiluity and or turbulance

• complexity and perceived threats