advertisement advertisement advertisement In the quaint days of yore, inspirational leaders possessed some unique combination of intelligence, bravery, charisma, moral superiority, and cunning resolve. Ernest Shackleton drifted on sheets of ice for months to rescue his stranded crew from the Antarctic sea. Harriet Tubman courageously led some 300 slaves to freedom over a decade. Marco Polo traveled across the mountains of Asia and inspired generations of children to venture blindly across swimming pools. advertisement advertisement But the days of the mythic and infallible leader are behind us. In the wake of a decades-long series of shocking events such as the Enron scandal in 2001, the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, and the storming of the US Capitol in 2021 at the urging of the sitting president, our collective trust in leaders has been severely dented, if not totaled. This degradation of trust in leadership has firmly implanted itself in the minds of employees: A 2019 Harvard Business Review survey found that 58 percent of employees trust a complete stranger more than their own boss. What’s more, 45% of employees cited their lack of trust in leadership as the single biggest issue impacting their performance at work. And you (leaders) seem… Read full this story
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