Leaders Gone WILD!! Eddie Long, Jerry Sandusky, Herman Cain

It seems that you can’t open a newspaper without reading about a prominent business leader or politician breaking the rules (or the law). So what drives such smart and powerful people to do such foolish things? Though this topic is not a new one, it is too often repeated. What makes powerful leaders misbehave? The answer is that when given power, many leaders lose their moral bearings.

 — leaders become consumed with “external gratification” and lose touch with reality; often times leaders may like power because it overcompensates for shortcomings in their youth

— if a leader got to his position by abusing and manipulating others, they have fear that they will be abused, manipulated and replaced themselves.