Leadership Lethargy
Is it possible for leaders at any level of an organization to get overwhelmed by information and thus lethargic in their decision making?
Of course it is.
Is it possible that the fault for such lethargy may lay with the subordinates under that leader and not necessarily with that leader at all?
Yeah maybe.
Is it possible that good leaders can be driven to lethargy by the actions, inactions, or selfishness of their teams and thus otherwise decisive leaders become very indecisive in their resulting actions?
Ouch, that hurts!
Decisive leaders are surrounded by very good staffs that filter and package information specifically to allow decisiveness to occur.
Leadership lethargy occurs when risks are high and the flow and packaging of needed information is inadequate to get to a timely and informed decision. Because of this, I’m never surprised when business leaders (at any level) bring in trusted lieutenants to act as “chiefs of staff” to manage pace and packaging of information.
If you’re a leader, are you lethargic?
Do you have the right staff?
Maybe not.