Promoted to Incompetence: Why Leaders Fail - Michael Delisser
Why do brilliant, technically-skilled leaders get fired?
Michael Delisser, author of Leadership Accelerators, had a front-row seat to this exact problem when he was just 15. He watched his father coach Fortune 100 executives who, despite managing entire financial divisions, were fired for one simple reason: poor communication skills.
This episode is a deep dive into the core FailCraft theme: how "success" (like a promotion) can unintentionally lead to failure. Michael breaks down the "Peter Principle"—how we are promoted to our highest level of incompetence because we're rewarded for…
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