Dinosaurs Make Bad Leaders: Why Outdated Leadership Belongs in a Museum

Dinosaurs Make Bad Leaders

Let’s be honest, too many leaders are stuck in the Jurassic era. They roar the loudest, stomp through meetings like tyrants, and cling to prehistoric policies like they are sacred texts. And then they wonder why their team is disengaged, innovation is dead, and turnover is through the roof.

Here is the truth: dinosaurs make bad leaders. Here are a few reasons why, and a bit of insight into the first book of my coloring book series!

Volume Isn’t Vision

“Roaring louder doesn’t make you right.” If your entire leadership approach is based on authority and volume, not value and vision, your days are numbered. Your title doesn’t make you wise, and shouting doesn’t make you effective. Good leaders ask questions. They listen. They adapt. Just like a paleontologist digs deep before drawing conclusions, modern leaders must investigate before they act.

Shields Up, Not Fangs Out

Real leaders protect their team. Like the Stegosaurus’ back spikes, you should be shielding your people from unnecessary pressure, not adding to it. If your team is constantly in survival mode, you are not building resilience...you are building dysfunction.

Information Hoarders Are Extinct

You are not guarding gold; you are blocking growth. Leaders who withhold information create environments of fear, not innovation. Transparency builds trust. If your people are still in the dark about company direction, performance expectations, or policies, it is time to evolve or step aside.

Adapt or Go Extinct

Ignoring new tech? Dismissing feedback? Holding on to your “back in my day” management style like a fossilized relic? You are not leading, you are delaying the inevitable. Change is not a threat; it is a mandate. The leaders who survive are the ones who evolve ahead of the crisis, not after the asteroid hits.

Feed Your Herd and Nurture the Eggs

Training, mentorship, and feedback are the nutrients your team needs to grow. And stop expecting eggs to hatch themselves. New talent needs nurturing, not just onboarding. If your leadership plan is “sink or swim,” you are losing future stars before they even get started.

Ditch the Jurassic Thinking

You can’t manage 2025 teams with 1995 thinking. You cannot lead hybrid workforces with one-size-fits-all rules. And you definitely can’t build inclusive cultures by tolerating the same old voices in every room. Ancient data does not drive future success. Agile, informed, diverse leadership does.

Be Humble, Not Huge

Confidence matters. But when it turns into a T. rex-sized ego, you alienate your team. Good leaders know when to take the lead and when to step back. When you stop excavating feedback, you stop improving. The minute you think you’ve got it all figured out, you are already a fossil.

Let’s Stop Saur-ing Morale

Late-night emergencies. Last-minute deadlines. One review a year. This is not leadership. It is laziness with a title. Sustainable leadership means proactive planning, frequent check-ins, and systems that support, not sabotage, your people.

So yes, this coloring book is fun. But it is also fierce. It is a reminder that leadership is not about being the biggest presence in the room; it is about being the most adaptable, the most intentional, and the most human.

Do not be the leader who gets left behind.

Do better. Be better.

Go off the beaten path.

🦕 Coloring books are available now at www.gootbp.com/coloring-books. Use them to spark real conversations that challenge the old and build the bold. 🦖

Dinosaurs Make Bad Leaders