The Pompous Leader: How to Treat Your Employees Like Dirt and Still Call It Culture - Couverture souple

Cross, Orion

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ISBN 13 : 9798198077959

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

What if the worst leader you ever had wrote a leadership book?

In The Pompous Leader, Orion Cross delivers a painfully funny satire of modern workplace leadership, where unnecessary meetings become sacred rituals, burnout is called dedication, fake listening passes for emotional intelligence, and toxic culture is rebranded as “alignment.”

Written as a completely terrible leadership manual, this book teaches readers how to ignore employees until they quit, schedule meetings that could have been emails, send anxiety-producing late-night messages, promote loyalty over competence, and treat people like dirt while still calling it culture.

Of course, none of this advice should be followed.

That is the point.

Beneath the sarcasm is a sharp and recognizable look at the habits that damage morale, destroy trust, and make employees quietly update their resumes during lunch. With chapters on micromanagement, fake appreciation, workplace fear, leadership ego, AI-generated nonsense, and accountability that only flows downward, this book is both hilarious and uncomfortably familiar.

Perfect for managers, supervisors, school leaders, church leaders, HR professionals, workplace teams, new leaders, and anyone who has ever survived a “quick meeting” that lasted two hours.

The Pompous Leader is a satire, a mirror, and a warning label for every workplace that says “we’re a family here” right before making things worse.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798198077959
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 340
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