27 Tips to Conquer the Seven Deadly Sins of Leadership

Get 27 concise and easy to understand tips to help you conquer the seven deadly sins of leadership.  Use the handy self-assessment questions to help you identify where you need to improve and put in place the change needed to be a more effective leader.

Summary:
Pride.  Envy.  Gluttony.  Lust.  Anger.  Greed.  Sloth.  You either recognize these as  the seven deadly sins or as themes for prime-time television.   Nonetheless, you were probably taught as a child that these are bad and  you shouldn’t do them.  For purposes of this seminar, do as you  were taught and think bad when you commit these similar sins in the workplace. 

As leaders, we are continually being introduced to new techniques and theories.  Hammer & Champy’s Business Process  Re-engineering Model, McKinsey’s 7-S Framework, and Kenichi Ohmae’s 3C’s Strategic Triangle are all examples of strategic models designed to help leaders think about their business in different and innovative  ways.  What sits on top of all of the models and frameworks, though, are a series of foundational attributes that every leader should possess if he or she is going to have  demonstrated, sustained success as a leader.  

In my career as a leader, I’ve been fortunate enough to  experience a broad array of leadership situations
where sometimes I  enjoyed fantastic success, and at other times experienced dismal  failure.  In looking back at my failures, many of them had nothing to do with a theory, framework, or technology that was utilized.  The  failures had to do with cracks in my own foundational attributes which  left me vulnerable as a leader.  I’ve boiled these down to seven key  sins which this seminar will focus on to help you become a more effective leader.     

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