When Leadership Fails

Lonnie R. Morris, Jr., PhD is an assistant professor of organizational leadership at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology where he received awards in 2019 and 2020 for innovative teaching and instruction. He has 20+ years of leadership in higher education across multiple administrative, consulting and faculty roles. He has led and supported change management, leadership development and technology implementation consultations. He formerly chaired the International Leadership Association's ethics forum learning community.Wendy M. Edmonds, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral Science and Human Services at Bowie State University. As a sought-after leading expert in 'Toxic Followership', she is Chair of the Followership Learning Community at the International Leadership Association, published author, and researcher. She is the first researcher to conduct focus group studies with survivors of the 1978 Jonestown Massacre that occurred in Guyana. It was that life changing event, which fueled her concentration on 'toxic followership' and the various perspectives of leader-follower relationships.

• Chapter 1. Monsters, Inc.: Toxic Leadership and Engagement; Ngozi Igbokwe, Sarah Smith, Colton Hart, Elizabeth Hergert, Ellen Reter, Marguerite Wildermuth, Ryan Bouda, Tiffany Phillips, and Cristina WildermutChapter 2. Investing the Time to Lead Well; Maria Malayter Chapter 3. Front Porch Organizations, Back Door Employees: How Mentoring Mishaps Potentially Derail Next Generation Leaders; Shanita Baraka Akindtone Chapter 4. Toxic Followership: Leader Deception and Breach of Trust; Wendy M. Edmonds Chapter 5. Death by Authoritative Leadership and Micro-Management; Jennifer Capler Chapter 6. Campus in Crisis: Leadership Lessons Learned; Cheryl Patton Chapter 7. Ethics, Leadership and the Dreaded Performance Appraisal; Lonnie R. Morris, Jr.  Chapter 8. Autocratic Leadership among Managers and Its Impact on Salespersons Behavior in India’s Pharmaceutical Industry; Arun G. and Manoj Krishnan C.G.Chapter 9. Leadership Failure in a Hostile Environment: The Importance of Leading Oneself; Randal Joy Thompson Chapter10. Toxic Leadership: A Quick Erosion of Psychological Safety; Carly Speranza Chapter11. A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: How a Narcissistic Leader Decimated a Faith-Based Nonprofit; Ruth Beck and Leanne Dzubinski Chapter 12. When Founder’s Syndrome is Used for Personal Gain; Terry Fernsler Chapter 13. How to Destroy a Research & Development Group without Really Trying; Jay L. Brand Chapter 14. When Leading the Team Goes Wrong; Dayne Hutchinson and Sholondo K. Campbell Chapter 15. No Rest in the Restroom: Servant Leadership and Conflict in Products & Marketing; Tim HougChapter 16. The Demise of a Company: An Insider’s Personal and Scholarly Reflection; Dorianne Cotter-LockardChapter 17. Incompetent Authoritarian Replaces a Servant Leader; Terry Fernsler