Lack of Leadership

That company lacks leadership where there are democratic departments.

Sounds strange, isn’t that? Yes, when departments work independently in silos with least interaction and teamwork, then the company gets hijacked and every department gets disconnected from others. What could happen when there’s no connectivity between the department heads? Probably, every department turns out like a superstore.

If there’s no competent leader, at the helm, to maneuver a company and its operations, then everyone will realize the mess, but no one dares to disclose the truth. No one wants to lose their liberties. And every department head tends to work without any external control or pressure. That’s how the culture drifts away without good leadership.

Actually, you will find departmental teams in weekly meetings for discussions on key themes and follow ups. But when they split, they’ll show their own obstinacy and slackness. A couple of days’ task stretches to weeks. And a week task goes on pending to months. No one wants to be a whistleblower. Perhaps, silence is better and no one wants to be stupid by making a propaganda. Who bothers, correct?

In a company, there was a new department setup. Planning was done. Procurement process made its own way. Expensive equipment and gadgets were imported. But, no one realized what was required and what was unneeded. Except few, rest of the items turned out to be of no use. When investigated why the items were procured when there wasn’t any need of those items, then the responsible team gave a futile reply. Well, they said, ‘If we didn’t follow up with the purchase requisition, surely we would have been under pressure.’ Silly feedback, isn’t that?

In another case, when an honest clerk reported regular discrepancies in travel itineraries of a top-ranking manager, then the section head silenced him. He said that why should we bother ourselves with this vain scrutiny and conclusions when the management is sleeping. Why to wake them up?

That’s how, in some companies, it happens and no one cares to catch malpractices.

Well, unless and until someone comes to the top and take the rudder to run the company, then nothing good happens. You should think of credible and influential leadership that can harness vision, set goals and invoke loyalty in the workforce.

Nothing else, but lack of leadership creates chaos, lowers employee confidence and spoils the workplace culture. In absence of fairness, employees feel demotivated and disconnected. 

No leadership means complicated issues, unspoken problems, demanding employees, unwilling to changes, declining optimism, no sense of responsibility, no team spirit and frequent unruliness.

If a company has a profitable product portfolio, it runs on its own. Nothing to worry. But, successful operations transpire from strong leadership. That means an able leader got to take full accountability, without any fear of firing or delaying to hire competent personnel. Effective execution matters. 

As a strong leader, when you have a vivid vision, then nothing should hinder behind. Move on to make the company culture coherent and enthusiastic. Good wishes ahead!

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