Why leaders fail

Derailment is -

A major cause of being fired from work

Almost always the result of excessive confidence

The process of someone's career being interrupted or otherwise made less successful

Something that is most likely to happen when someone lacks confidence and self-belief

Identifying one's strengths is -

A necessary but insufficient condition for career success

A positive for one's career so long as that person does not become over reliant on them

A sufficient condition for career success so long as that person continues to develop those strengths

Frequently a route to career failure

Being good with detail -

Is a prerequisite for success in most professions

Usually leads to problematic leadership behaviours such as inability to delegate and becoming a micro-manager

Is likely to be more common within the sales and marketing function than finance

Can be problematic if people do not learn to develop other skills later on in their careers

The 'moving away' category of derailment behaviours -

None of the other answers are true

Can be thought of a tendency to self-isolate from colleagues in the face of difficulties or stress

Describes a tendency to move away from operational details and to get lost in ideas and the big picture

Likely gets its name because it describes an individual's tendency to dominate conversations in an attempt to make others move away from the individual

The 'moving against' category of derailment behaviours -

Is probably the most prevalent amongst accounting and finance professionals

Describes a tendency to dominate social situations by becoming angry and aggressive with others

Typically involves a person trying to dominate a social setting by speaking up and becoming more assertive

Often involves 'moving against' others by focusing more emphatically on facts and quantitative data

The 'moving towards' category of derailment behaviours -

Can sometimes involve a tendency to be dutiful and obedient to more senior individuals

Likely makes people more impulsive and more willing to overestimate their own abilities

Often involves people becoming louder and more aggressive in an attempt to dominate others

Two of the other answers are true

The three categories of leadership derailment behaviours -

Should be considered as of more theoretical interest than practical use

May be of interest to recruiters and hiring managers who may wish to understand the potential weaknesses of candidates that they are considering hiring

Two of these answers are true

May be of interest to individuals who are keen to understand how their personal strengths could potentially turn into weaknesses that cause them problems later in their careers

Which of the following statements is the most likely to be true?

Sales people are less likely to demonstrate 'moving away' behaviours than finance professionals

Finance professionals are less likely to demonstrate higher levels of 'moving toward' behaviour than employees within the marketing function

Sales people are likely to demonstrate higher levels of 'moving away' behaviour than finance professionals

Finance professionals are more likely to demonstrate higher levels of 'moving against' behaviours than sales people

Which of the following statements is true?

None of these statements are true

There is a linear relationship between 'moving away' and 'moving toward' behaviours

There is an inverse relationship between 'moving away' behaviours and 'moving against' behaviours, ie people who are high on one tend to be low on the other

Individuals who are high on all three categories of derailment behaviour are at the most risk of mental health difficulties later in life

The article implies that -

Awareness of one's potential derailment behaviours is sufficient to prevent them from having harmful consequences on one's career

Continuing action is required to prevent potential derailment behaviours from having harmful effects on one's career

The three categories of derailment behaviour inevitably lead to harmful career consequences for individuals

Hiring a coach is essential for protecting against the harmful effects of derailment behaviours on one's career

Derailment is -

Identifying one's strengths is -

Being good with detail -

The 'moving away' category of derailment behaviours -

The 'moving against' category of derailment behaviours -

The 'moving towards' category of derailment behaviours -

The three categories of leadership derailment behaviours -

Which of the following statements is the most likely to be true?

Which of the following statements is true?

The article implies that -

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