Leadership foibles

So, we have been watching a leadership catastrophe.  It's been like watching a slow-motion car crash. First, we were inside the car. We've now gotten out of the car and are standing on the road side as the crash continues.  One thing worse than  crashing is...crashing and not learning from it.

What I learned at the crash:

• As crisis mounts, leadership transparency and communication must INCREASE.  They cannot remain steady, or decrease.
• Any fool can lead when things are going well. 
• Innovation which lasts (i.e., seeps into the fabric of the organization) requires good relationships.  These must be multidirectional relationships within the org.
• When the rate of change OUTSIDE the organization exceeds the rate of change INSIDE...the end is in sight. 
• Self preservation (getting out of the car before it crashes) is not selfishness.

On another note...please pray for my coworker Greg.  His wife is not doing well with some medical issues.  There's a very real possibility that her condition may not really be treatable in any useful way.  
That's true of my friend, Jim, too.  He's a great guy.  Totally.  And as far as I can tell, he never farts.  He has one of the more hiliariously odd senses of humour that I've known.  

BUBBLE RULE #1: British spellings are allowed.  More rules to follow as I dream them up.