High D (Dominance) style<\/a>. This style is typically aggressive, blunt, forceful – the type that often looks for a fight. <\/p>\nThe High D style is a dangerous one in a leadership position. They often act on impulse, set an arbitrary course and discount people in favor of tasks. You can see where this general style can get in real trouble in today’s world. <\/p>\n
We’ve seen some tremendous flame-outs from High D leaders amongst our clients. The energy of their leadership is initially infectious to owners and boards, but their style, over time, grates on others unless it is kept in check.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Much of the emotional writing around Bob Nardelli (former CEO of Home Depot) involves his pay package and the implication that he was incompetent. But what is the actual transgression he committed? You’ll notice that many of the articles attack his severance package without listing the reason why he was ousted by the board. Home Depot’s profits doubled in his 6 years as CEO. The new housing market was quite strong during this period, but he still deserves credit as being the leader during this time. Today I found a Pioneer Planet article titled Home Depot looks to move past missteps under ex-CEO that finally discusses Nardelli’s “missteps.” The new chief… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-team-management"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-fl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":835,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/04\/executive-salary-caps-continued\/","url_meta":{"origin":951,"position":0},"title":"Executive Salary Caps Continued","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"April 18, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I am attempting to stoke this fire some more with Red Bird. 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