Chapter 7 - Toxic leadership. Learning objectives of this chapter include: Recognize your followership style and take steps to become a more effective follower; understand the leader’s role in developing effective followers; apply the principles of effective followership, including responsibility, service, challenging authority, participating in change, and knowing when to leave; | Chapter 7 Toxic Leadership leadership After reading this chapter, you should be able to: Define toxic leadership and its component elements Identify the elements in the “toxic triangle”: destructive leaders, susceptible followers, and conducive environments Understand how one can minimize or prevent toxic episodes in organizations Apply these concepts to actual leadership situations Chapter Objectives Toxic leadership involves more than just the destructive leader There is a difference between leadership and goodness Destructive leadership can be viewed from the following viewpoints: Leader traits or behavior Group process Group outcomes There is a range of outcomes (toxic versus non-toxic) in any leadership situation Definition of Toxic Leadership Toxic Triangle Mao, Stalin & Hitler – leaders or rulers Positive leaders are not always good Toxic leaders sometimes do good things Leadership versus Goodness Destructive leadership is: about more than the leader rarely entirely destructive | Chapter 7 Toxic Leadership leadership After reading this chapter, you should be able to: Define toxic leadership and its component elements Identify the elements in the “toxic triangle”: destructive leaders, susceptible followers, and conducive environments Understand how one can minimize or prevent toxic episodes in organizations Apply these concepts to actual leadership situations Chapter Objectives Toxic leadership involves more than just the destructive leader There is a difference between leadership and goodness Destructive leadership can be viewed from the following viewpoints: Leader traits or behavior Group process Group outcomes There is a range of outcomes (toxic versus non-toxic) in any leadership situation Definition of Toxic Leadership Toxic Triangle Mao, Stalin & Hitler – leaders or rulers Positive leaders are not always good Toxic leaders sometimes do good things Leadership versus Goodness Destructive leadership is: about more than the leader rarely entirely destructive involves control and coercion results in bad consequences for the group Four definitional elements of toxic leadership Charisma and narcissism Personalized use of power Negative life themes, and Ideology of hate Toxic leaders & their characteristics Charisma refers to attractive aspects of an individual’s personality, and is in the “eye of the beholder” Charismatic (and destructive) leaders may exhibit extreme self-confidence, dramatic flair, willingness to test limits, and expansive visionary thinking Charismatic destructive leaders typically have a vision (of threat to the group), self-presentational skills (. leveraging media effectively), and personal energy Narcissism, or self-concept gone wild, often overlaps with charisma in destructive leaders Charisma & Narcissism Destructive leaders use power for personal gain and self-promotion, and use control and coercion to impose their goals while censuring others Positive leaders use power to help others be successful Personalized .
