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how not to be a shit leader

Melissa Boyd shares the workplace experience that inspired How Not To Be A Shit Leader in a published Mamamia article

A practical guide to the behaviours that quietly make or break your team

If you’ve ever wondered why your team isn’t performing, communicating, or trusting you the way you want, this book tells you exactly why

 

Most leadership problems aren’t big

 

They’re small behaviours repeated daily

A sigh in a meeting

A rushed answer

A moment of micromanaging

A lack of clarity when people need direction

 

These moments shape culture whether you realise it or not

 

This book shows you how to lead differently

what's inside the book?

 

This isn’t corporate theory

 

It’s real‑world stuff your team talks about after meetings

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

  • Build trust faster

  • Stop micromanaging

  • Communicate clearly under pressure

  • Lead with accountability instead of ego

  • Create psychological safety

  • Repair trust when you’ve messed up

  • Become the leader people actually want to work for

 

Short chapters

Real examples

Zero fluff

Based on lived experience

Just the behaviours that really matter

why this book matters?

 

If you’ve worked for a shit leader, you know the impact

 

Confusion

Stress

Second‑guessing

A culture that slowly erodes

This book helps you avoid becoming "that" leader

 

Or being that leader that's slipped into those habits

Because your team deserves better

 

And so do you

Your leadership shapes someone’s day, week, confidence, and career

 

Make sure it’s shaping them in the right direction

Read it. Your team deserves better.

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testimonial from Mary, praising the insights from how not to be a shit leader around it being grounded and relatable

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