Top 10 Reasons Executives Fail

Problems with interpersonal relations.

Difficulty building a team.

Difficulty making strategic changes.

Lack of political skills.

The success trap

(overreliance on skills that made the leader successful)

Obsolete success models.

Management mystification with selection/placement process.

Organizational amnesia

(lack of organizational continuity and history)

Cultural asphyxiation.

They don’t listen.