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Leadership from Bad to Worse

What Happens When Bad Festers

by Barbara Kellerman
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Leadership from Bad to Worse is about how leadership that is bad, invariably, inexorably, gets worse—unless it is somehow, by someone or something, stopped or slowed. The process of going from bad to worse tends to be steady, as opposed to hasty. But once bad burrows in, it digs in. It digs in deeper and then deeper, making it difficult finally to extract or excise without getting rid of whoever and whatever is involved. This work draws on four cases of bad leadership—two in political leadership, two in business leadership—to show how it goes from bad to worse. Kellerman finds that bad leadership and bad followership go through four phases of development: 1) Onward and Upward; 2) Followers Join In; 3) Leaders Start In; and 4) Bad to Worse. These findings correctly suggest that the book, in addition to being of theoretical interest, is of practical import. It is intended, deliberately, to serve as an early warning system. By breaking bad leadership and followership into phases—each more ominous and ultimately dangerous than the one preceding—their progression will be easier to predict and detect. And easier, therefore, to slow or, preferably, to stop before they turn toxic. Bad leadership is a social disease. But unlike diseases that are physical or psychological, it remains at the margins of our collective concerns. Leadership from Bad to Worse is, then, a corrective. Knowing that bad leadership can be checked before it corrupts is knowing that bad and then worse can be, if not completely precluded, then sometimes short-circuited.

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    February 2, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9780197759295

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    • English

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    • Library Journal

      Starred review from February 1, 2024

      Prolific leadership writer Kellerman (The Enablers) offers a fresh perspective on bad leadership and bad followership in business and politics, how bad leadership invariably gets worse and worse, and how these phenomena now inextricably link democracy with a capitalistic economy. Kellerman explains four phases of this sad development, each worse than before, and offers an early-warning system for preventing further encroachment on the principles of free democracy and legitimate capitalism. Her book covers both the public and private sectors and includes case studies of four people--the former CEOs of Volkswagen and Theranos and the presidents of Turkey and China--who exemplify her idea of bad leadership. Kellerman offers 12 pragmatic suggestions to lessen the leadership problem, but she wisely explains that bad leadership can be corrected only by active intervention to prevent the further complicity of followers who enable bad leaders. VERDICT This work nicely addresses the chaos that afflicts government and business and emphasizes the troubling increased support of today's demagogues. It's a reminder that the time to turn from this dangerous path is quickly running out. Essential for libraries supporting political science and business curricula.--Dale Farris

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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