10. Tolerating 'Good Enough'

The symptoms: Failure to anticipate and embrace change, maintaining status quo or only making incremental changes, defending why things are fine as they are, refusing to investigate solutions that are outside of your comfort zone, rejecting new ideas, reacting instead of being proactive.

Why it's damaging: Others are discouraged and resigned when the leader does not demand excellence in all areas. No one wants to be second best; people want to be on the winning team. Leaders lose support and enthusiasm as people resign to "nothing will ever change here."

What to do: Examine what is holding you back: What are you tolerating and where are you resigned that this is as good as it gets? Raise your level of leadership awareness and effectiveness and lead by example. This will inspire others to do the same.