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Turning Bad Leaders into Good Leaders: Diminishing the Theory X Style

In: Leadership - New Insights

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  • Lindall Elaine Adams
  • Ibrahim Al Zaabi
  • Marion Williams

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While not everyone is born with the talent to lead, many businesses have been plagued by accidental leaders. Such leaders have no prior experience managing others. A bad leader can do more harm than good to a company. They are frequently the cause why employees decide to leave a company. Controlling and manipulative leaders have a negative influence on employee morale and have the potential to damage the organization's corporate culture. Furthermore, employees do not depart because they are unsatisfied with their jobs. They leave the company because they are unhappy with their leaders. This chapter explores micromanagement as a Theory X style and identifies indicators such as lack of trust and high-staff turnover as the primary reasons why leaders fail to "lead" the "ship." The chapter concludes that effective leadership necessitates leadership skills and training.

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  • Lindall Elaine Adams & Ibrahim Al Zaabi & Marion Williams, 2022. "Turning Bad Leaders into Good Leaders: Diminishing the Theory X Style," Chapters, in: Mario Franco (ed.), Leadership - New Insights, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:244969
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.100455
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    Keywords

    Theory X; micromanagement; trust; staff turnover; disease;
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    JEL classification:

    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General

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