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Leading Greats #138
It happens in every workplace. When Sabotage Meets Leadership:
Ronnie Kinsey, MBA
November 11, 2025
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Sabotage rarely announces itself.
It arrives subtly. Polished. Polite.
You feel it before you see it.
A missing update.
A strained exchange.
A project that suddenly drags.
It happens in every workplace.
Someone starts protecting their ego instead of outcomes.
They stop adding value and begin pulling strings.
Early on, I thought the answer was confrontation.
Expose it. Correct it. Move on.
It only deepened distraction.
Leadership isn’t about catching every slight.
It’s about refusing to mirror it.
When sabotage shows up, your job isn’t to win the game.
It’s to stabilize the field.
Sabotage feeds on reaction.
Remove the fuel.
Stay factual. Stay visible. Hold composure.
One client I coached led a global division.
A supervisor (passed over for a promotion to manager) began twisting decisions and filtering communication.
They wanted an immediate dismissal.
Instead, we slowed down.
Not to tolerate. To clarify.
Each meeting started with transparent updates.
Each milestone got documented.
Every win was shared publicly.
Within weeks, the tension lost oxygen.
The supervisor’s influence faded because truth had room again.
The leader didn’t just recover trust.
They elevated it.
That’s the advantage of composure.
It compounds credibility.
Sabotage reveals who manages emotion and who becomes it.
You don’t need revenge to restore order.
You need deliberate presence as a leader.
How to Lead Beyond Sabotage
See it early.
Notice patterns before they shape culture.
Stay anchored.
Facts protect you more than defense will always.
Keep visibility.
Transparency exposes motives without naming them.
Redirect focus.
Protect energy for progress, not politics.
Reinforce standards.
Lead by consistency, not control.
Sabotage isn’t a verdict on your leadership.
It’s a checkpoint.
Handle it with restraint, and you earn credibility no title grants.
Lead past the test, and you show what integrity looks like under pressure.
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