![]() Even worse, if you lie consistently, staff may begin to reflexively distrust everything you say (the boy who cried wolf phenomenon). If you lie about the small things, staff may distrust you with the big things. ![]() Unfortunately, this high-profile leadership example invariably serves as a role model that normalizes this behavior for leaders throughout both the public and private sectors. Presidential lies and distortions don’t just have enormous consequences in and of themselves. Charles Blow’s New York Times piece “For Trump, Lying is a Superpower” powerfully details this dangerous cocktail of lying and leadership. Lies or distortions ranging from seemingly innocuous topics like the size of his inauguration crowd size to critically important ones like the severity of the Coronavirus threat lead one to question if there’s anything too small or too large to lie about. The Washington Post article “President Trump Has made more than 20,000 false or misleading claims” is just one of many reports recounting the consistent stream of less than truthful statements coming from the nation’s top leader. One of the saddest realities of our current political climate is the prevalence of lies and misleading statements from many of our leaders.
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