Habits of the Mind: Trickle-Down Behavioral, Homicidal, and Suicidal Leadership

Based on over thirty years of unobtrusive case studies, the authors found that leaders in higher education, government/politics, community-based organizations, and businesses who displayed an array of negative behaviors generally resulted in low levels of efficiency and productivity. This book is organized around three broad themes/sections as described below.

(1) Negative trickle-down behavioral leadership (NTBL). NTBL does not follow the traditional leading-by-example approach, but rather,...