Wolf in Cio's Clothing

Fearful leaders—that is, those who respond out of fear—are the worst leaders, period.

there are many ways to redesign governance that would reduce the dependence of employee well-being on the vagaries of people’s doing a better job of selecting and training all-powerful leaders. Such solutions mostly entail building work systems that are less leader-dependent, and instead devolve more power to a wider set of organizational constitue

in complex systems, it is rarely appropriate to go it alone. Forming partnerships within the faction one is working in, creating allies across the boundaries between factions, and finding confidants who are outside the field of action altogether is critical to the art of adaptive leadership.

You can turn enemies into allies, or at least people who are indifferent to you and not in your way, through strategic outplacement—getting them a better job somewhere else where they will not be underfoot.