I will start recommending it as a good book to start a debate about good and not so good company practices. It has value for been able to create debate, as it has some really interesting insights. "One of us studied manager who claimed to do leadership. They said that having coffee with their subordinates, listening to them or engaging them in small talk had a significant impact on them. They saw this as an exercise of leadership. If another person - say their secretary - had done the small talking, no one would have called it leadership, but the managers followed the scripts of leadership and saw trivial acts as full of impressive influencing activity." is one of the many interesting reflections. But with a style that mixes touches of academic book with that of a cynical blog post it loses appeal. The last part of the book, dedicated to how to improve this situation, falls almost as comical as it lists well intended receipts to be followed by that same leaders that the book was mocking some pages before. Is this humorous ending on purpose or just a failed shot to return to a more academical style? It is hard to tell.