Leading Effectively e-Newsletter - November 2008 Issue

Leadership Lessons: A CCL Development Series
What's in Your Future? Success or Derailment?

What's the difference between a successful manager and one who hits a career dead end? Five factors are usually to blame.

Center for Creative Leadership researchers have compared successful managers with managers who have derailed. (A derailed manager is one who, having reached the general manager level, is fired, demoted or reaches a career plateau.) In almost every case, a derailed manager exhibits high potential for advancement, holds an impressive track record of results and holds a solidly established leadership position - up to a point. Then, one or more derailment factors crowd out prior successes, leaving a career limited, weakened or even destroyed.

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