Team members, especially executive team members, lose respect with this kind of leader and eventually lose heart. Over the years, I’ve had many conversations with team members who’ve expressed these sentiments about their leader. “I wish he would just stop wanting people to like him, and just take charge. It seems like a few other people around here have somehow usurped his authority, or at least his influence. They have more power than he does . . . even though he has the leadership position. We need him to step up and lead.”
