{"id":369,"date":"2010-02-16T13:22:04","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T18:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prssa.org\/blog\/?p=369"},"modified":"2018-08-15T22:12:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T02:12:10","slug":"the-seven-deadly-sins-of-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/2010\/02\/16\/the-seven-deadly-sins-of-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seven Deadly Sins of Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is a guest post from, Kimberly Ciesla, Rowan University Chapter President. <\/em><\/p>\n

In PRSSA, students are exposed to a number of opportunities to lead. But often times, teams don\u2019t work together as cohesively as they could because leaders make common mistakes that can break down the morale of the team. During PRSA\u2019s recent webinar, Getting to Great Leadership and Influence: How to Fast Track Your Leadership Impact, David Grossman of The Grossman Group discussed the seven deadly sins leaders make and how to solve them.<\/p>\n

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  1. Myopia.<\/strong> Leaders often don\u2019t understand that everything communicates\u2014body language, facial expressions, etc. Often, team members will read into these actions based on their perceptions and current feelings, sometimes skewing the anticipated message. It is the leader\u2019s job to reflect the message in all aspects of communication. Grossman suggested three solutions: (1) Get a mirror on your desk to remind you that you\u2019re always communicating (2) Become familiar with your leadership style (Now Discover Your Strengths<\/em> by Marcus Buckingham is a good tool) and (3) Get feedback from your team on how you\u2019re doing.<\/li>\n
  2. Hypocrisy.<\/strong> Another common mistake leaders make is not practicing what they preach. The key to building trust is consistency. Match your words and your actions. Also, choose someone on your team to be your truth teller.<\/li>\n
  3. Sloth<\/strong>. Sometimes leaders become so comfortable with communicating that they don\u2019t take the time to plan basic communication, like meetings. Messages need to be properly thought out and communicated in the best way to reach a mutual understanding. Know your message for each meeting and make sure the team is on the same page.<\/li>\n
  4. Detachment<\/strong>. Leaders often detach themselves from the \u201chuman element\u201d when leading and often fail to show they care about team members. How well do you know your team? When was the last time you socialized with them? Wrote them a thank you note or recognized their hard work? These simple things will boost team members\u2019 morale.<\/li>\n
  5. Materialism.<\/strong> Instead of thinking about end results and outcome, leaders tend to put emphasis on individual tasks. Take a step back and instead of micromanaging, inspire the team to do a good job by coming up with a shared outcome and how you plan to measure success. Use sentences like \u201cThe outcome we seek on this project is\u2026\u201d or \u201cWhat\u2019s the problem we\u2019re trying to solve?\u201d to keep your team on track.<\/li>\n
  6. Presumption.<\/strong> Another mistake leaders often make is communicating from a leadership perspective rather than the perspective of the audience. Grossman said, \u201cReal communication happens in the mind of the listener.\u201d<\/li>\n
  7. Irrelevance.<\/strong> The last deadly sin occurs when leaders don\u2019t provide context or relevance. Make sure team members understand what\u2019s going on. Always keep an audience mindset about how you can move people to action.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For more information or to view the webinar tools, visit this site.<\/a> This webinar is also available for free on-demand through PRSA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    As leaders in PRSSA, how can we use this information to improve our own leadership style?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The following is a guest post from, Kimberly Ciesla, Rowan University Chapter President. In PRSSA, students are exposed to a number of opportunities to lead. But often times, teams don\u2019t work together as cohesively as they could because leaders make common mistakes that can break down the morale of the team. During PRSA\u2019s recent webinar, Getting to Great Leadership and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1555],"tags":[213,211,210,24,2225,15,40,212,32],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions\/371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}