Comments on: Biased Justification for Poor Leadership

By: Aaargh « Reflections on getting the job done

Aaargh « Reflections on getting the job done — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:38:41 +0000

[...] read this article (thanks Twitter) by George Cloutier and am quite grumpy. Then I read this response by Mike Henry. Now am slightly less grumpy. This entry was posted on Monday, November 15th, 2010 [...]

By: Both the HR and Leadership Development Carnivals are up! « TalentedApps

Both the HR and Leadership Development Carnivals are up! « TalentedApps — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:50:41 +0000

[...] but don’t be a jerk. Read this post as it also links to some other excellent posts (including Mike Henry‘s) referring to the same topic [...]

By: Mike Henry

Mike Henry — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:51:07 +0000

Well said. I think the number of these types of leaders is on the decline, but the old way of doing things just seems to generate more press. We have an old-technology magazine running an old-style leadership article. Until all of the styles with an expired shelf-life are removed, we’re still going to be exposed to these types of ideas in the marketplace. Thanks for the great comment. Mike…

By: Graham Shevlin

Graham Shevlin — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 06:28:43 +0000

This guy is merely justifying the perpetuation of the “leader as asshole” pathology already deconstructed by people like Robert Sutton.
One old saying that corporations who sign on to the “leader as asshole” approach would do well to remember is “revenge is a dish best eaten cold”. Right now, from my own (admittedly anecdotal experience) there are a lot of employees in the USA working for the sort of dysfunctional leaders that this author appears to venerate. Once the economy recovers, I expect that a lot of those employees will execute on their plan to eat a cold dish and will fire their employer (and by extension, the employer’s asshole leaders).
I have seen the “leader as asshole” tendency become very deeply ingrained in US business culture over the last 4-5 years. Like all fixed leadership styles, it has a finite shelf-life that is about to be passed.

By: working girl

working girl — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:57:17 +0000

Just to be devil’s advocate, I wouldn’t mind working for a benevolent dictator if they could actually be relied on to know more than me, make better decisions than me and cover my back. Unfortunately that leaves a vanishingly small list of people I’d be happy to take dictation from.

By: Leadership Carnival – Fail Style — Fail Spectacularly! (SM)

Leadership Carnival – Fail Style — Fail Spectacularly! (SM) — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:21:32 +0000

[...] Henry Sr. presents Biased Justification for Poor Leadership posted at Lead Change Group Blog, saying, “Response to some advice given in Entrepreneur [...]

By: Mike Henry

Mike Henry — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:44:25 +0000

Thanks for the great feedback and information. I will check it out.

Mike…

By: becky

becky — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:38:52 +0000

Mike – A friend just shared your article with me, and I love it! I could not agree with you more. What Mr. Cloutier said completely contradicts research my firm just published in conjunction with Cornell University. I can send you details directly if you are interested, but for now, you should check out this link: http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/story.jsp?storyId=475354765 It does pay to treat people well – literally!

By: You Can Do Both and Should Do Both! « Lee Cockerell – Lessons in Leadership

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:02:05 +0000

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By: Duncan Whitcombe

Duncan Whitcombe — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:01:13 +0000

I guess he was the ultimate: “the buck stops here”.