Crying Wolf Leadership Style and Ways

Abstract

The well-known tale involves a shepherd boy who often misleads or deceives nearby villagers into thinking a wolf is attacking his flock. In this paper, as the title suggests, through literature review and discussion, the academician-practitioner examines the features, the workings and the various ways of crying wolf leadership. It is basically about leaders who keep on crying, “Wolf! Wolf!”, urging and exhorting their people of crisis ahead or that the sky might fall sooner than expected. The associated advantages and disadvantages of such a leadership style are also examined.

Keywords: Crying Wolf leadership, Plain leadership, fear, Theory X, Theory Y, the concept of the Burning Apartment, Chicken Little leadership/management style