No program exposure: small shared office on the ground floor, in the back of an apartment building on West 125th Street. Staff have often reported to the Executive Director about ceiling leaks from the upstairs tenants bathroom. Additionally, cockroaches are rampant, constantly purchased bug spray and requested exterminator often; however, they just kept coming.
Executive Director Has Control Issues: Looks for flaws consistently in staff, There is a high rate of attrition is a leading indicator of troubled leadership. The CEO, is often invisible and only shows up to give demands . Another negative trait, staff face constant Micro-Management, without room to breath, grow or develop themselves. First Impression, when you walk into the Administrative Office is that no one smiles, or appears to look happy, and that is attibuted to them constantly walking on egg shells, when the Executive Director is around.
Executive Director believes she runs a tight operation; however she is misfocused on perfection which often creates unrealistic expectations and dismissed teachable moments for productivity. There isn't a safe place to provide positive feedback, one of the things that is missing is a true sense of compassion.
Executive Director apparently has not received the memo that great leadership is about influence and not authority or control.
Please Note: If you want others to voluntarily follow your leadership, prove to them that you are passionate about them and their interests. Great Leaders, lead through example, treats others with respect and integrity — because they matter.
Serving on a leadership team should be viewed as a privilege. And along with that privilege comes a responsibility to behave in ways you would be proud to have the rest of the organization emulate.
