A friend has asked me to speak on any topic of my choosing: the topic I thought would be interesting is my perspective on “Reasons Why Leaders Fail.”

After 20+ years of working, I have seen many situations where leaders have ended up leaving the organization.  One important reason is they don’t know how to instill loyalty.

Jack Welch had a great saying: that to instill loyalty, you needed to take care of  “heart, mind, and wallet.”  Heart was people believing in you, mind was people agreeing with you, and wallet is pretty self explanatory.

Too often I see leaders who assume loyalty without taking care of these three things, only to be disappointed.

I’ll post the other reasons once I hold my session. Have a great weekend!