Bangalore: There are many reasons that can lead to a downfall of a company. But a bad IT leader can easily cause a breakdown. So recognizing potential trouble the earliest can always benefit a firm. Almost every single company has their own story about a bad leader. From the former FEMA director Michael Brown to Enron ex-CEO Jeffrey Skilling, the list gets bigger day by day. “There are a lot of people who get into leadership positions who probably shouldn’t,” says Ronald Riggio, the Henry R. Kravis professor of leadership and organizational psychology at Claremont McKenna College in California.

So according to Riggio, here is a list featuring top 5 signs in finding a bad leader.

1. An unquenchable thirst for power:

First and foremost sign of a bad leader is power. The more you want power the more you are asking for trouble. It doesn’t matter if you are the lead of software maintenance or of a global IT firm- more power, more the corruption. "Power becomes intoxicating, because all of a sudden people are doing what you want them to do, and that's very addicting," says Riggio. "The real problem, though, is that leaders who abuse their power aren't developing their people to collaborate with them, but to fear and obey them."

Riggio also warns that when leaders are offered with more power it’s clear that they will start to feel that no rules can stop them and slowly this will result in the fall of an organization.