Fake Leaders vs. Real Leaders: How to Tell If Your Boss is a Fraud (Or If You Are One)
Fake leaders talk about leadership; real leaders prove it through trust, accountability, and action.
THE SHITTY LEADERSHIP SERIES - FREE SHIT FOR YOU TO READ
The Leadership Detox: Welcome to Rehab for Bad Bosses
Let’s be real—leadership should be about action, accountability, and making work suck less for everyone.
Instead, it’s become a circus of empty buzzwords, ego-driven nonsense, and LinkedIn posts that sound like they were generated by a corporate AI trapped in a motivational poster factory. If you’re tired of so-called "authentic leaders" who talk a big game but are about as inspirational as a soggy Post-it note, welcome to The Leadership Detox. This is where we rip off the mask, call out the BS, and get real about what leadership actually means.
Buckle up. Some of you won’t make it out alive (metaphorically, of course).
Oh, and before you go—these tabs? They’re free shit. Reading material for you to browse, reflect on, and find the areas you want to fix or unshittify. Feel free to share on your social media. Enjoy.
Why "Servant Leadership" Sounds Nice But is Often Just a PR Move
Calling yourself a servant leader doesn’t mean squat if your employees feel overworked, undervalued, and unheard.
Toxic Positivity at Work: Why "Just Be Grateful" is a Manipulation Tactic
Forcing fake smiles and “just be grateful” mantras doesn’t fix real problems—it just gaslights your employees into silence.
Meetings That Should Have Been an Email (And How to Kill Them Forever)
If a simple yes/no question turns into a 60-minute call, your company has a productivity crisis disguised as collaboration.
The ‘Culture Fit’ Scam: When Companies Actually Mean "Do As We Say or Else"
You say you want innovation, but what you really want is people who think, act, and execute exactly like you.
The Loyalty Tax: When Good Employees Pay the Price for Sticking Around
The employees who have built your company from the ground up shouldn’t be punished with stagnation while new hires get higher salaries and less work.
Help Leaders Suck Less
Let’s be real—if you’re here, you’re either a shitty leader or you work for one. Tough break. So, what’s your ego whispering right now? “Not me”? Cute. But here’s the real question: What are you gonna do when you realize it is you?
When Shitty Leaders Choose Revenge Over Growth: A Guide to Not Giving a Damn
If you’re dealing with a shitty leader who would rather plot revenge than grow, don’t waste your energy—while they’re busy flailing in their own ego-driven shit pool, the rest of us have moved on to better things.
Emotional Damage and Dollar Store Bribes: How Two Generations Learned to Avoid Their Feelings (and What It Means for Leadership Today)
How two generations learned that sharing your emotions and how you feel may not be the best course of action, and it's time to chat that nonsense.
Swipe Left on Your Leadership Style: What Dating Apps, Ghosting, and Grandiose Egos Have in Common
Shitty leadership and online dating have one glorious thing in common: a chaotic cocktail of inflated egos, emotional projection, and self-awareness so low it should come with a warning label.
Process Schmocess: The Art of Retroactive Accountability
Retroactive accountability is the art of being blamed for failing to meet expectations no one ever communicated—where leadership silence is repackaged as your failure, and clairvoyance is apparently part of the job description. If only I had know this in advance, eh?
Shitty Leadership Profiles: Diagnosis
Warning: Reading this may cause sudden flashbacks to your boss, your team, your own questionable behaviour—or all of the above (don’t worry, your ex and that passive-aggressive barista will get their own article later).