Marshall Goldsmith: #1 Sign Someone Isn’t a Great Leader

I love this LinkedIn post from Marshall Goldsmith, one of the real gurus in leadership development in this country.  I’ve seen the same phenomenon in our work in leadership development, and, more recently, in our work in CEO evaluations.  Where we haven’t seen this is among the best organizations.

Marshall also makes an important point about leadership by example.  If senior leadership develops itself, so will other leaders below them on the org chart.  If senior leaders look down the organization and say “develop those people down there”, other leaders follow that example, and no one improves.