November 14, 2022 |
Category: Blog, Intelligent Leadership
Some leaders care so much for their employees that they can’t bring themselves to criticize them or hold them accountable. However, excessive caring can rob employees of the benefits of solid leadership coaching and motivation.
Leaders can go overboard in how they exercise their attributes. Perfectionism is one such pitfall. To do their best work, perfectionists go overboard and adopt counterproductive behaviors like micromanagement. They take on too much work and disempower team members, contributing to disengagement and turnover. They can also burn out and derail in the process.
Perfectionism hamstrings good leaders.
Perfectionism is a constant source of stress. Perfectionists must move goalposts all the time because no one can achieve perfection. The resulting self-judgment gives birth to toxic and contagious attitudes.
As a leadership coaching professional, I recognize perfectionism as a widespread problem that robs leaders of their potential and