Part 4 of 5 - The Five Seductions of Leadership

Taken from an article on Leadership by Dave Anderson in Oct edition of Dealer Magazine
Seduction is defined as: enticing someone from the right behavior; to lure or entice away from duties, principles or proper conduct.

Seduction #4: Leaders are seduced by stupidity. 
Ignorance means you don't know better. To be stupid means you know better but do the wrong thing anyway. Moronic means that stupidity becomes a lifestyle; thus it's best to stop at stupid! The problem is that stupidity is often masked and leaders are seduced by it when they are successful in spite of themselves.
It's essential to face reality and understand that if you do stupid things and are successful, your success isn't because you do stupid things, but in spite of the fact you do stupid things. You can rest assured that eventually stupid will catch up with you.

Remedy: Look at areas where you know personal and team behaviors fall short of excellent, but where you feel no urgency to correct them because poor results haven't reached crisis levels yet. Then shake off the seduction of stupidity by deciding to do what you know is beneficial in the long-term. The shelf-life for getting away with stupidity in the short-term may be nearing its expiration date.