Article: The ?leader's Fallacy' May Prove Howard Dean's Undoing.
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The ?leader's Fallacy' May Prove Howard Dean's Undoing.
Howard Dean's tenure as chairman of the Democratic National Committee will be fleeting unless he avoids a common leadership trap I call it, the "Leader's Fallacy".
Leaders adhere to the Leader's Fallacy when they believe their enthusiasm for a particular leadership challenge is automatically reciprocated by the people they lead.
However, in leadership, automatic reciprocity is an illusion. Just because you as a leader are motivated, doesn't mean that the people are motivated too. Howard Dean is a case in point. Uttering the "Dean Screech" during the Democratic primary, he certainly was motivated. But that display of motivation turned off a lot of people and caused his candidacy to fizzle.
The Leader's Fallacy looms large as Dean leads t...
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