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The Leadership Lemming Effect

Leadership sets the tone but not always in the way we hope.

At Fabros Agency, we call this The Leadership Lemming Effect:
A pattern where leadership behavior - conscious or not, ethical or otherwise - quietly cascades through an organization.

It shapes culture. It rewrites norms. And it teaches people how to survive.

We’ve all seen it:

• Pressure at the top becomes policy in the middle

• Toxicity gets rebranded as “urgency”

• And slowly, silently, people begin to trade values for validation

This blog explores what happens when leadership drifts and the human cost that follows.
Not through theory, but through real-world insights, observations, and stories from the frontlines of change, communication, and culture.

Because leadership isn’t just a title.
It’s a signal. A multiplier. A mirror.

And when leaders lose sight of their impact, the whole system moves - sometimes in the wrong direction.

Here, we question that drift.
We name the patterns.
We explore how to lead without the cliff.

Welcome to the conversation.