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When Leadership Goes Wrong

Birgit Schyns Β· 2010
65/100
πŸ‘Ž Skip It

This one flips the usual leadership-book script by digging into how leaders go wrong - narcissism, ethical failures, plain mistakes - instead of only celebrating what goes right. It's a genuinely useful angle most leadership shelves skip, pulled together from scholars across several countries. It reads like the academic collection it is, though, so go in ready for a denser, more clinical style than a typical business bestseller.

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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety88
Substance / usefulness75
Craft & writing60
Originality72
Evidence & accuracy72
Hype vs delivers45
Age-fit65
Human-eye read58
Penny’s verdict65
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