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David C Morris's avatar

I have seen this happen almost exactly as you described here. Leader even referred to themselves as “Mama/Papa” (just one - protecting the innocent. Setting personality aside, people like this based on my experience have high interpersonal skills and almost no process/technical skills whatsoever. Their personal productivity habits tend to be chaotic too. A lot of buzzing, but little real forward progress. Thanks for sharing!

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Admired Leadership's avatar

Yes

In the endeavor to be an admired leader in all areas, people need to become two-handed. They need to be both results oriented and relationship oriented. Most high performers need work on that relationship side of things. The people you’re describing David are more rare and come with unique shortcomings.

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