Book 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!
