The development of our dark side has been a lifetime in the making. The building blocks they mention are pride, selfishness, selfdeception and wrong motives. This cq dossier focuses on the dark or destructive side of leadership and utilizes a trait approach in understanding destructive leaders. Piccolob, tomek kosalkac a university of florida, united states b rollins college, united states c university of. The dark side of leadership nonprofit risk management center. In our tale of the dark side of leadership, we need a foil to fight for the good side. Dark sides of organizational behavior and leadership intechopen. This study uses no formal definition of leadership, although there are many to choose from. The causes of the dark side of leadership are multifaceted and are exposed through a combination of situational and behavioural factors which impact on organisational outcomes. Theorizing and researching the dark side of organization.
The dark side of emotional intelligence the atlantic. The dark side of leadership is the destructive and dark side of leadership in that a leader uses leadership for personal ends. Dark sides of organizational behavior and leadership. A case study of failed leadership by major tony kern. Many leaders go to great lengths to ensure mistakes dont happen, even to the point of micromanaging.
When leaders dont trust their people, its not about the people, its about the leader and their inner critic who judges everything and accepts nothing. Conger n recent years, business leaders have gained turbulent times came a new breed of business great popularity. The consequence is lower team strategic consensus i. Baker books, 1997 created by bob munson recommended betsy corcoran on choosing the right technology for your school. Robert hogan explains that dark side behaviors help managers emerge, but degrade their credibility with. Leadership, in effect, is too important to be left to leaders. Overcoming the dark side of leadership addresses this alarming problem and offers christian leaders valuable guidance in dealing with the inherent risks of their work. Identifying and overcoming unethical practice in organizations pp. Continued research to determine and describe dark side leadership traits is needed.
However, this leader will not be flashy or charismatic or transcendent. Lee iaccoca and steven jobs, for example, have stepped into the limelight as agents of change and entrepreneur ship. Dec 17, 2014 this is just the surface as to what makes for leadership that is shortsighted, stressful and full of bloat rather than value. This is not an oversight, but rather by design, to allow each reader the. The dark side of leadership and management the contemporary. Jan 01, 2014 the dark side of transformational leadership. A paradox of sorts existed in the lives of most of the leaders who had experienced. Development and learning in organizations, volume 28, issue 1. The dark side of leadership in early childhood education. Keywords critical management studies, dark side, organizational behaviour, ethics, research methods. A conceptual framework of the dark side of educational leadership. More individually oriented research has focused on dark side perspectives on leadership liu.
Part two, discovering our dark side, addresses the dark sides of the compulsive leader, the narcissistic leader, the paranoid leader, the codependent leader, and the passive aggressive leader. Transformational leadership transformational leadership, developed by bass and avolio 1995 through a multifactor leadership model mlq, has four components. Oct 03, 2017 researching the dark side of leadership has only begun, although, dark side personality traits are well described and studied at the clinical level. The folly and the dangers of leadership education in business schools part two. In the section below, literature on tl and the dark side of leadership will be discussed. Evaluating the reliability and validity of the dark side. The dark side has a powerful influence on the current success.
It can be seen from the initial correlations that transformational leadership total scores were negatively related with cautious and reserved hds scores, and positively related with colorful scores. This is an important insight for research on visionary leadership and on strategy implementation, because it provides an important qualification of the notion that visionary leadership builds strategic commitment. An example would be a leader who regularly humiliates her subordinates and thereby demonstrates antisubordinate behavior, and who also engages in manipulation or deceit. Ppt the dark side of personality and leadership seth. Overcoming the negative aspects of the dark side requires constant vigilance.
Conger n irecent years, business leaders have gained great popularity. The dark side of personality and ineffective leadership. Conformity and authoritarian leadership on the left. We consider both the positive and negative effects of speci. Exploring the dark side of leadership the globe and mail. The definition of dark side of leadership in current literature is unclear. New evidence shows that when people hone their emotional skills, they become better at manipulating others. People outside academic psychology might not realize how radical the dark side concept actually is 25 years ago, researchers thought personality was irrelevant, and 15 years ago, mainstream opinion regarded leadership as fiction. Rima every leader suffers from some degree of personal dysfunction. Rima, is a book written to address the failures of leadership that arise from the inner urges, compulsions, and dysfunctions of the personality that often go unexamined or remain unknown until an. John white, president and ceo of a wellknown company in the office equipment industry, was wondering if he should acquire a small electronics component business. Managing the dark side of personality for effective leadership performance, researchers led by dr nadine page, research fellow at the u.
Jun 22, 2012 the lonely lot of leadership also means keeping secrets. What are the causes, results, potential prevention of the many failures of leaders. Once you have identified your dark side, you will be better able to manage its impact on your leadership performance. We live in a culture obsessed with both having and. Coaching the dark side of personality combines the power of hogan personality research with more than two decades of coaching expertise to help leaders uncover and overcome the derailers responsible for inhibiting their performance and limiting their careers. The dark side of leadership and silence in the workplace. Sometimes the dark side of leadership eclipses the bright side to the detrimentof both the leader and the organization. Abstract some of the defining characteristics of narcissists include a grandiose sense of selfimportance, preoccupation with success and power, a sense of infallibility, and a supreme confidence in their ability and intelligence. The impact of a bad boss can go viral though the office alice g. Emily wilson is an nrmc intern who will complete her final year of studies at george mason university this may, when she will earn a b. This manuscript addresses derailment, narcissism, and machiavellianism individually, discusses the assessment of dark leadership, and describes various strategies intended to address dark leadership in organizational settings.
Isbn 9781789847505, eisbn 9781789847512, pdf isbn 9781838816377, published 20190103. Other results presented in this research topic will be fruitful to explain what drives leaders towards dark side behaviors, the consequences of dark side leader behaviors e. Current personality and leadership literature suggests that, due to. Watch out for the dark side of charismatic leaders ethical charismatic leaders will seek divergent views and foster twoway communication. The hogan development survey hds is the only personality assessment that identifies the dark side. To do so, we will make use of archival data from a cohort of military cadets undergoing training in leadership over three years. Because compulsive leadership results from the leaders own compulsive personality, the leader sees the organization as another area of his or her life. The dark side of personality derails careers and companies, but it doesnt have to. Irresponsible leadership and unethical practices in schools. Now were pleased to introduce hds subscales, a deeper level of interpretation that gives you the strategic selfawareness you need to keep from going off the. Dark side of leadership profile as noted in the introduction, the dslp includes five scales. The dark personality disorders described in the dsmiv axisii, machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy, may exhibit similar traits associated with dark leadership styles spain, harm.
Most dont want to admit that their biggest fear is criticism of a job failed in some capacity. Leader development and the dark side of personality. Overcoming the dark side of leadership presentation summarizing parts of the book by gary l. Overcoming the dark side of leadership, revised edition. It summarizes the main personality traits that categorize destructive leaders, including narcissism, psychopathy, hubris and machiavellianism. The lonely lot of leadership also means keeping secrets. John maxwell, founder, injoy the christian world has been rocked by the number of prominent leaders, in both church and parachurch organizations, who have been compromised by moral, ethical, and theological failures. The role that peoples dark sides play in leadership is the subject of the most recent issue of the trade magazine talent quarterly, out tuesday, which gathered input from leading researchers on.
How leaders can make their dark side brighter hrzone. They will be willing to hear feedback and accept criticism. Derailed leadership this style of leadership is a dangerously passive form of destructive leadership which can negatively affect both subordinates and the organization. This presentation will help you to learn more about the dark side of personality, in particular the dark triad of narcissism, machiavellianism, and. Reducing the potential for leadership failures begins by challenging the current paradigm of measuring success in terms of having as opposed to being mat 23. Emotional intelligence is important, but the unbridled enthusiasm has obscured a dark side. I recommend overcoming the dark side of leadership. Mar 07, 20 the developers dark side craig groeschel leadership podcast duration. Sometimes the dark side of leadership eclipses the bright side to the detriment of both the leader and the organization. What personal issues may plague people in their exercise of leadership. Pdf the dark side of leadership jay conger academia. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
Grounded in leadership theory and the latest research, the fully updated, highly practical fourth edition includes a new chapter on how leaders can embrace diversity and inclusion, as well as new material on the dark side of leadership and a new ethical leadership style questionnaire. Jan 14, 2015 in our tale of the dark side of leadership, we need a foil to fight for the good side. Dark side of visionary leadership 639 strategy from the manager and the ceo. Overcoming the dark side of leadership dark side definition in the church example compulsive compulsive, in a leadership context, describes the need to maintain absolute order. But when the lessons of the dark side are never learned, it drives even successful leaders to make unwise, impulsive, unethical, or immoral choices that may lead to failure. Written in a lively and engaging style, the book uses a number of case studies to. Measuring the intent of dark side leaders is complex and determining if destructive outcomes are desired or an unfortunate result of extreme risk taking, unchecked abuse of power, or uncontrolled narcissistic behaviors is difficult spain,harms,lebreton,20. Melanie herman is executive director of the nonprofit risk management center. Overcoming the dark side of leadership lead with grace.
Using biblical and current examples, the authors describe the characteristics of five types of leaders and the problems they are most likely to have if their particular. The concept of the dark side seems to have acquired a life of its own, but its real importance concerns the fact that it provides a vital link between personality, leadership, and team performance. Jul 20, 2016 overcoming the dark side of leadership gary l. It starts within each of us, the dark side of leadership is not an external issue. Keeping yourself physically and mentally healthy is one way of keeping your dark side in check, as it is more likely to. The dark side of transformational leadership confronts this orthodoxy by illustrating how such approaches can encourage narcissism, megalomania and poor decisionmaking on the part of leaders, at great expense to those organizations they are there to serve.