Loss of leadership credibility

From 1966 to 1976, the proportion of people in the USA answering yes to whether they had a great deal of confidence in people in charge of running major institutions dropped from 73% to 42% for medicine; for major companies from 55% to 16%; for law firms from 24% (1973) to 12%; and for advertising agencies from 21% to 7%.

1. Personal unpopularity
2. Insecurity of leadership
3. Inadequate leadership
4. Credibility gap

1. Negative personal relationships between leaders of countries
2. Loss of confidence in government leaders

1. Undermined citizen confidence
2. Popular uprisings
3. Loss of institutional credibility
4. Assassination of world leaders

1. Usurping social leadership
2. Unethical practices of government leaders
3. Political deception
4. Passive leadership
5. Misconduct in elected public office
6. Loss of international leadership
7. Leadership impaired by illness
8. Ineffective global leadership
9. Extreme detachment from represented constituency
10. Abusive national leadership

1. Empowering popular leader
2. Building confidence

1. Self-confidence
2. Overconfidence
3. Loss
4. Leadership
5. Credibility
6. Confidence