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Why do leaders fail? Bill Caskey at The Leadership Institute recently posted an excerpt from a Hogan Assessment Systems report (note: pdf file) that listed 10 reasons that leaders fail. The top reason?

The “most frequent cause for derailment was insensitivity to others. Under stress, the derailed managers became abrasive and intimidating.” Indeed, every derailed manager in this sample had relationship problems.

What about you? Do you treat those around you with respect and sensitivity or will you be the next leader who fails?