Trust and leadership go hand and hand in an organization. You cannot have effective leadership if people do not trust one another. The following attachment is developed by a consultant I have worked with Rob Fleischer. Using the work of Jim Collins (How the Mighty Fall?), Fleischer has taken what Collins highlights as activities that occur when a company is on the way down to what can happen to any organization or department that has ineffective leadership.

This list of signs provides can help clearly identify when someone is an effective or in-effective leader. I would like hear your reactions to this list? Have you worked for an effective or in-effective leader in the past? Present?