Bad leadership: what it is, how it happens, why it matters

Webs of significance

Claiming the bad side

Reasons for being bad

Making meaning of being bad

Incompetent : Juan Antonio Samaranch, Abdurrahman Wahid, Jill Barad

Rigid : Mary Meeker, Robert Haas, Sumner Redstone, Vladimir Putin

Intemperate : Marion Barry, Jr., Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson, James Bakker and Henry Lyons, William Bennett

Callous : Al Dunlap, Rudolph Giuliani, Leona Helmsley, Howell Raines

Corrupt : William Aramony, Vincent (Buddy) Cianci, Jr., Mario Villanueva, Andrew Fastow

Insular : Bill Clinton, Lee Raymond, James W. Johnston

Evil : Radovan Karadzic, Saddam Hussein, Pol Pot, Jim Jones and David Koresh

Costs and benefits

Comments and corrections.