Great entrepreneurs do not necessarily make great leaders of corporations.  Most entrepreneurs start companies expecting their baby to grow and be a significant force.  I certainly did when we lanched Nimbus 12 years ago.

But as Nimbus has grown can the leadership team make the necessary transitions from start-up to an established business?  I believe so, partially because several of us in the leadership have come from working in large corporations and understnad what it is like, but most importantly we understand and expect it a transition.

That said there are leaders in large companies who are just BAD.  Here are some of the traits. After scrutinizing 360-degree feedback data on over 11,000 leaders and evaluating the 10% considered the least effective, Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman found the 10 most common leadership shortcomings.