7 disastrous things that always happen when wrong people occupy sensitive positions
You will put more effort into cutting a tree with a blunt axe, than you will when using a sharp axe.
A person with poor leadership qualities and character in a sensitive role, is like a blunt axe to the team.
In my other article, I spoke about the things you should consider before assigning sensitive roles to team members. When the wrong person is in a sensitive position, the effect on the organisation might not be immediately felt.
A cruise ship with a small hole that lets in water while it sails, will without a doubt, end its journey beneath the ocean. Remember ‘The Titanic’.
I advocate that leaders should always give room for the failure of their team members, considering challenges in the learning curve, but sensitive roles are for tested and trusted leaders.
In manufacturing, any mistake in the production line will certainly affect the quality of the final product.
Wrong people in sensitive positions are like they say, square pegs in round holes. From experience, the negative effects are:
1. Abuse of power. These set of people see their position as an opportunity to carry out acts that serve their personal purpose, and this might be detrimental to the organisation.
2. They manipulate, instead of motivating the team. Manipulation is making people work together for personal benefits, while motivation is making people work together for mutual benefits.
3. They use and destroy the people on the team instead of building and developing them.
4. They sometimes do not have regard for the process and structure that elevated them.
5. Their attitude sends the wrong signals to subordinates who might start replicating those traits.
6. Nepotism becomes the order of the day because only those who are loyal to their agenda get rewarded for their compliance. Every sense of justice, equity and fairness is dropped.
7. There is always a tendency for them to divert the organisation’s finances.
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