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# Leaders Behaving Badly

By [**Barry Roche**](https://rsg.consulting/blog/author/barry-roche) on 26 Feb 2026

We’ve all seen it. Blank stares, perpetual disinterest, employees passively looking for other jobs while working for someone else. These are benign symptoms of disengagement that results from failed leadership.

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