🔼: [[⭐️ Internal Family Systems]] # Problematic Leadership --- In [[⭐️ Internal Family Systems]], it is a state in which a system's leaders who have taken on [[💡 Protector Parts|protective]] roles, from [[💡 Proactive Protectors]] or [[💡 Reactive Protectors]] to parents and public figures, abdicate responsibility, lead with bias, [[💡 Polarization|Polarize]] with each other, or engage in discrediting behavior.[^1] [^1]: [[📖 Internal Family Systems Therapy, Second Edition]]