Common Leadership Mistakes

Everything happened in the stuffy meeting room with no windows at the neighborhood Holiday Inn. When my wife Donna and I met with the corporation's CEO search committee, we were approaching the end of a day filled with demanding testing and were hot, exhausted, and dejected. This committee wants to make sure they don't leave out any material on me because I am the first candidate for the new chairmanship. A six-month inquiry of my background led to this one-day grilling. Without a doubt, the feelings I felt were comparable to those of people who exposed themselves to the harsh criticism at senate hearings. I was surprised when one of the men sitting to my left asked me, "e;Hans, explain us why you want to be our new leader?"e;To help you better comprehend the background of this issue, let me first say that WorldVenture is a multinational corporation. We have a workforce of more than 600 employees and are present in more than 60 countries. We also have a US headquarters, four regional offices spread across North America, and more than fifty people. A budget of around $25 million will be within the CEO's control each year.