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Antipattern #15 · ownership · p. 129
Upholding Poor Leadership
Empathy, humility, and curiosity transform leadership from a role to a behavior.
The Tin Man Behavior
Elevating, supporting, and leaving in place leaders who undermine team potential and sow disengagement, often through power and dictate.
The Results
- ·Distrust, fear, disengagement, turnover
- ·Self-preservation replaces ownership and problem-solving.
- ·Lost productivity, ethical lapses
How Octopus Organizations Behave Instead
- ↳They treat leadership as a behavior, not just a role.
- ↳They develop leaders who create conditions where people willingly claim ownership.
- ↳They promote leaders who model empathy, humility, and curiosity.