Limits or problems of a leader that relies on just a title or position

[Reporter]

Leaders don't like to use the word "problem"; they substitute it for "opportunity" instead.

But Maxwell teaches that such substitute applies only in facing an issue, not the position of leadership one holds.

So, he states that a positional leader is one who has these problems:

1. security is based on title, not on talent.
2. this level of leading authority is gained by appointment,  not by ability.
3. people will not follow this type of leader outside his or her appointed or stated authority.
3.5. leaders in this level lead by intimidation, e.g. people fear his or her title or position and they listen
4. this type of leaders has difficulty working with volunteers, white-color workers, younger people and even with many of their colleagues.
--John C. Maxwell, Leadership Educator.