Six reasons leaders wimp out:

  1. Avoiding conflict.
  2. Striving for certainty.
  3. Avoiding career risk. (Butt kissing)
  4. Lack of self-confidence.
  5. Lack of urgency.
  6. Protecting your turf.

Two results of wimpy leadership:

  1. Leaders that won't make decisions and can't turn people down create operational complexity.
  2. Insecure leaders that decide everything by consensus innovate slowly.

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