'Know Thyself' as Socrates once said. Read on, make a checklist, be aware, and check yourself – if you commit them – of several of these classic sins or mistakes committed by leaders. In this ‘learning from negative examples’ paper and what are you going to do about it, a...

In this article, the practitioner-academician examines the common sins or errors of leadership and suggests the ways of looking at these sins through the Confucian visor, quoting verses from The Analects. These leadership sins, among other things, include using mere words but not putting into...