For example, I spent $35 looking for an inexpensive food chopper. After those two choppers still didn't work well, I finally bought the GOOD chopper that I originally thought was too expensive because it was $30. If I was smart, I would have bought the $30 chopper first, instead of spending $65. Going with the QUALITY product would have been more efficient. (And, in this case, the products represent the leaders AND the employees.) All of the choppers I bought were food choppers. But only one had the QUALITY to really be cost and time efficient.
As the buyer, it was a matter of poor management of information, time, and money. I DID NOT exercise my leadership skills. And now my leadership qualities could potentially be in question.