Research 2026-03-27 Executive Leadership Neuchâtel

Destructive leadership: more harmful than we think

Destructive leadership: more harmful than we think — SHR, Neuchâtel
Destructive leadership: more harmful than we think — SHR, Neuchâtel

Destructive leadership: more harmful than we think — what studies show, and what they don't.

The research

Birgit Schyns and Jan Schilling (2013, The Leadership Quarterly) link destructive leadership strongly to negative attitudes toward the leader and stress, more weakly to performance.

The limit

Definitions vary across studies. (our executive and employee training programmes)

Destructive leadership: more harmful than we think — SHR, Neuchâtel — Neuchâtel
Destructive leadership: more harmful than we think — SHR, Neuchâtel — Neuchâtel

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Executive Leadership training in Neuchâtel — in practice
Executive Leadership training in Neuchâtel — in practice
Executive Leadership training in Neuchâtel — hands-on workshop
Executive Leadership training in Neuchâtel — hands-on workshop
Executive Leadership training in Neuchâtel — on the ground
Executive Leadership training in Neuchâtel — on the ground