Ways to nullify Leadership: Indiscretion

While there are many ways to nullify leadership, indiscretion is always near the top of the list. Leaders who don’t practice discretion will find themselves in shallow relationships. This, I believe, is a matter of integrity. By the way, integrity is more than just telling the truth. It is not telling truth shared with you in confidence. This is, for sure, a leadership killer. As the saying goes, “loose lips sink ships”.

A leader with loose lips lives in an environment of loose relationships, with nothing other than positional authority. When leaders find themselves saying “I don’t know why my team won’t share things with me”, chances are they lack confidence in the discretion of the leader.

Leadership influence is forged within an environment of safety and trust. Don’t be that leader who betrays it.