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The Terrible Leader

by Dan White
The Terrible Leader - Thryft
The Terrible Leader - Thryft

Inverse leadership lessons through cautionary tales.

If you're tired of the usual leadership books prescribing similar strategies, "The Terrible Leader" might be an unexpected breath of fresh air for you. Dan White plays devil's advocate, showing you what not to do. It's enlightening, a bit cheeky, and could be the perfect way to highlight pitfalls in leadership by illuminating worst practices. It might just give you a clearer perspective on how to be a truly effective leader by knowing exactly what to avoid.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Terrible Leader

by Dan White
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ISBN: 9789814328104
Authors: Dan White
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Corp
Date of Publication: 2012-01-16
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Business, Personal Development
Related Topics: Leadership, Leadership
Goodreads rating: 3.64
(rated by 14 readers)

Description

This book is unlike any other management book on the market. In a crowded market place full of well-intentioned books with advice and guidance on how to be a better leader, The Terrible Leader goes completely against the grain. In this irreverent, funny, challenging and at times caustic look at leadership, Dan White creates the anti-leader the worst possible manager you could imagine and encounter in the workplace! This is the manager whose style is autocratic, who makes employees miserable every day, who abuses his power, who enjoys tribunals, and who thrives in a blame culture. Creating this worst-case scenario of leadership is in fact not so difficult (and is often clearer than the right thing). But it is by looking at the dark side which then allows us to examine the opposite of Terrible with greater clarity, to gain insight into the Sensible. If you want to be a great leader, first study the terrible leader and learn what to avoid!
 

Inverse leadership lessons through cautionary tales.

If you're tired of the usual leadership books prescribing similar strategies, "The Terrible Leader" might be an unexpected breath of fresh air for you. Dan White plays devil's advocate, showing you what not to do. It's enlightening, a bit cheeky, and could be the perfect way to highlight pitfalls in leadership by illuminating worst practices. It might just give you a clearer perspective on how to be a truly effective leader by knowing exactly what to avoid.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.