Deliverables missed. Targets unachieved. Teams in disarray. Trouble sprouting. All these are signs of leadership failures. All these are signals of problems in management. All these are warnings of mishandling by people in charge. Such issues may warrant leadership changes. Sometimes they do but many times they do not. More often than not you see company after company sustaining leaders who have not performed.

This is substantiated by the leadership reports that are emerging around the world. Trust in Leadership abilities is in a free-fall. According to DDI Leadership forecast study of 2025, leadership is almost now an endangered species. From 2022 to 2024, trust in immediate managers took a dramatic nosedive from 46 percent to 29 percent. This 17 percent decline exposes an increasing skepticism toward managers, who are the frontline connection to the workforce and vital to team cohesion and morale.

Trust in senior leaders remained low for the second consecutive period, with only 32 percent of leaders expressing confidence in them. That is a whopping 68 percent employees voting against the caliber of Leadership they are working with or for.

The strange thing is that despite all the above, many of these so-called leaders not only survive but rise and thrive. They leave organizations only to occupy even more senior positions in other organizations. They become members of important committees. They are involved in many strategic projects.

They are featured in many industry councils. They head regional forums. They lead many national task forces. That is why many of these task forces remain paper tigers. That is why many of these forums become........

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