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Bad Boss Confessional
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Bad Boss Confessional is the podcast where entrepreneurs, founders, and leaders fess up to their most cringeworthy management moments—the times they micromanaged, blew up in meetings, or simply got it dead wrong. With names changed (to protect the innocent...and guilty), guests walk us through their “bad boss” moment in all its messy glory.
But this isn’t just a cringe-fest—it’s a redemption story.
But this isn’t just a cringe-fest—it’s a redemption story.
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In this episode of Bad Boss Confessional, Beth Fahey sits down with EOS Implementer Ken DeWitt, also known as “Hurricane,” to unpack a leadership lesson that quite literally required warning flags. Early in his career, Ken’s intensity and drive created an environment where employees tracked his moods to protect themselves. What he didn't realize was that his passion was being met with fear and anxiety.
Leaders are always on stage, whether they realize it or not. Self-awareness, emotional control, and humility matter as much as vision and results. Successful managers will never stop growing, even if it means facing some painful gut checks.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction to Ken ‘Hurricane’ DeWitt
02:27 From Accountant to EOS Implementer
05:08 The Psychologist’s Revelation
07:22 The ‘Hurricane’ Nickname
10:55 Dealing with the ‘Hurricane’
14:58 Learning Calmness and Self-Awareness
19:04 The Impact of Personal Change
23:55 Understanding Different Communication Styles
28:59 Trust, Care, and Excellence in Leadership
32:56 Legacy and Learning: The Hurricane Tattoo
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Over the past 40 plus years, Ken DeWitt has built, grown, and successfully exited companies across multiple industries, including accounting, agriculture, consumer finance, real estate, and consulting. He has worked with more than 100 owners and leadership teams to install EOS across seven states, helping them gain control, strengthen leadership, and build businesses that work for them rather than because of them.
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A big thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible:
Titus Talent – Helping organizations make the best hiring decisions with performance-based talent strategies.
Strety – Empowering teams through strategic planning and performance management tools built for modern workforces.
In this episode of Bad Boss Confessional, Beth Fahey sits down with EOS Implementer Carolyn Mitchell for an honest conversation about leadership, ego, and the hidden cost of trying to help too much.
Carolyn shares a moment many leaders will recognize. As the unofficial “company therapist,” she believed stepping in and sharing sensitive information was for the greater good. Instead, it backfired. The employee she tried to protect walked it back, leaving Carolyn exposed, frustrated, and humbled. What felt like service was actually ego at work. The need to fix, to be needed, and to save the day created more dysfunction, not less.
The lesson is simple and hard-earned. Great leaders coach people to speak for themselves instead of carrying their burdens. Growth happens when leaders pause, listen, and ask whether the problem is truly theirs to solve. Sometimes the best leadership move is letting go and letting it be easy.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction to Carolyn Mitchell
02:08 Career Journey: Engineer to EOS Implementer
08:39 The Unofficial Company Therapist
12:09 Ego and the Hero Complex
19:02 Learning to Pause and Listen
23:33 Coaching vs. Fixing, and Tattoos
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Guest Links:
Website: https://implementer.eosworldwide.com/carolyn-mitchell/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-mitchell-coach
Carolyn Mitchell is an EOS® Implementer, business coach, and speaker with a background in sales and marketing leadership. She’s been in the founder and leadership seats, implemented EOS, and now helps teams build clarity, accountability, and trust. She’s also a personal development junkie, a certified yoga teacher and believer in leadership that grows people, not just results.
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Thanks to our Sponsors
A big thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible:
Titus Talent – Helping organizations make the best hiring decisions with performance-based talent strategies.
Strety – Empowering teams through strategic planning and performance management tools built for modern workforces.
In this episode of Bad Boss Confessional, Beth Fahey talks with EOS Implementer Michael Deutsch about a leadership failure that tested his ethics, his systems, and his gut. After landing the biggest client in his electronics recycling business, Michael discovered that valuable materials were being stolen somewhere in the supply chain. The mistake was not driven by bad intent, but by gaps in people and process that he ultimately owned as the leader.
Michael shares the uncomfortable moment of choosing to proactively tell a Fortune 500 client the truth, knowing it could cost the relationship. Looking back, Michael points to right person, wrong seat decisions, weak project oversight, and the danger of trusting without the right structure in place.
The lesson is clear: Core values are not words on a wall. They are tools that guide decisions when things go wrong. Doing the right thing does not always protect the outcome, but it protects who you are as a leader.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction to Bad Boss Confessional
01:28 Michael Deutsch’s Diverse Career Path
05:51 The Electronics Recycling Business
07:46 The Biggest Client Scandal
12:54 Owning the Mistake and Lessons
16:32 People, Process, and System Building
21:31 Applying Core Values and EOS
27:53 Personal Core Values and Self-Reflection
33:09 The ‘Let Them’ Tattoo and Farewell
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Guest Links:
Website: https://implementer.eosworldwide.com/michael-deutsch/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldeutsch/
Michael has been part of senior management for over 25 years - first as a leader for several high-growth organizations and then as a business owner. Now, as an EOS Implementer, he helps other business owners avoid the mistakes he made and get what they want from their business that they're not getting right now.
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Thanks to our Sponsors
A big thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible:
Titus Talent – Helping organizations make the best hiring decisions with performance-based talent strategies.
Strety – Empowering teams through strategic planning and performance management tools built for modern workforces.
On this episode of Bad Boss Confessional, Beth Fahey sits down with marketing executive and general manager Jessenia Flores-Gayle to explore what happens when you suddenly become the boss of people who used to be your peers. Jessenia describes the emotional and practical challenges of stepping into an integrator role inside a close-knit, all-female leadership team. She talks about the pressure to be liked, the discomfort of holding friends accountable, and the self-doubt that surfaces when you feel caught between belonging and leading.
Jessenia shares how her background in dance shaped her natural ability to bring people together and build strong relationships that support collective goals. She and Beth discuss boundaries, decision making, and the importance of vulnerability when the demands of leadership feel heavy. Jessenia stays grounded with a personal mantra that guides her work: forgive, learn, and move forward with intention.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction to Bad Boss Confessional
01:56 Jessenia’s Career Journey and Integrator Role
06:36 Challenges of Leading Friends
12:12 The Skill of Relationship Building
15:35 Vulnerability and Saying No
20:18 Influences and Decision-Making
24:08 Tattoos and Leadership Lessons
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Guest Links
Jessenia Flores-Gayle is a marketing executive and General Manager with over 13 years of experience in the haircare industry, recognized for building impactful brands and leading philanthropic campaigns, including a Shorty Award for her work with nonprofit partners. Throughout her career, she has championed culture, language, and representation, creating inclusive experiences that resonate with diverse audiences. She is also the co-creator of Mighty Big Love, a bilingual children’s brand designed to celebrate identity and heritage from an early age.
Sponsor Links
Thanks to our Sponsors
A big thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible:
Titus Talent – Helping organizations make the best hiring decisions with performance-based talent strategies.
Strety – Empowering teams through strategic planning and performance management tools built for modern workforces.
This year-end episode of Bad Boss Confessional is a look back, a deep breath, and a heartfelt thank you. After launching the show in July, Beth reflects on what it has meant to create a space where leaders tell the truth about the moments they got it wrong. Across the year, listeners heard confessions about emotional outbursts, fear-driven decisions, people pleasing, missed conversations, and leadership mistakes that still linger. They also heard redemption stories, hard-earned self-awareness, and the quiet shifts that turn bad bosses into better ones.
This episode weaves together clips from the past six months while Beth shares what she has learned from hosting these conversations. Every leader messes up. What matters is what you do next. Most of all, this episode is about gratitude for the guests who were brave enough to confess and for the listeners who showed up, shared the show, and reminded each other that growth starts with honesty.
Timestamps
00:00 Welcome to Bad Boss Confessional
01:54 Mary Pat Knight’s Explosive Reaction
03:59 Dominic Sergi’s Empathy Challenge
06:58 Matt Haney’s Difficult Termination
09:16 Lisa Gonzalez’s Binder Blunder
11:15 Mike Shannon’s Scaling Challenges
15:11 Kathy Bresler’s COVID Launch
17:57 John McMahon’s Power of Silence
19:04 Rhonda Myers’ ‘I Am Not Enough’
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Sponsor Links
Thanks to our Sponsors
A big thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible:
Titus Talent – Helping organizations make the best hiring decisions with performance-based talent strategies.
Strety – Empowering teams through strategic planning and performance management tools built for modern workforces.
This week on Bad Boss Confessional, Beth Fahey welcomes Dennis Purcell, Chief Human Resources Officer at Skidmore Sales & Distributing Co., Inc., for a conversation about what happens when leaders develop talent without asking the questions that matter most. Dennis shares the painful lesson he learned after mentoring a high potential team member for years, only to discover in a heated leadership meeting that others had been struggling with that relationship all along.
What began as a well intentioned effort to coach performance became a wake up call about trust, communication, and the difference between being nice and being kind. Dennis explains how his team rebuilt leadership health by normalizing people issues in their weekly meetings, creating language that makes hard conversations safer, and using one simple prompt, “What else?” to invite the truth before it is too late.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction to Bad Boss Confessional
02:33 Dennis Purcell’s Career Journey
06:28 A Painful Leadership Lesson
11:18 Building a Healthier Leadership Team
15:17 Navigating ‘Nice’ vs. ‘Kind’ Teams
20:10 Biggest Misconceptions of Leadership
26:35 The ‘What Else’ Tattoo and Retirement
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Guest Links
For the past 13 years, Dennis has served as the HR leader at Skidmore Sales and Distributing, a food ingredient distributor. Prior to Skidmore, Dennis spent 23 years at The Hennegan Company, a commercial printer, handling HR functions, including labor negotiation, as well as managing administrative and operational departments. Dennis is a graduate of Williams College and obtained an MBA in finance from Xavier University.
Website: https://skidmoresales.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennispurcellssdc
Sponsor Links
Thanks to our Sponsors
A big thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible:
Titus Talent – Helping organizations make the best hiring decisions with performance-based talent strategies.
Strety – Empowering teams through strategic planning and performance management tools built for modern workforces.
On this episode of Bad Boss Confessional, Beth Fahey sits down with lifelong entrepreneur and EOS Implementer Dan Heuretz to share a story about betrayal, accountability, and healing. Dan explains how he handed full control of a multimillion dollar real estate project to his trusted right hand, only to discover that the person he supported and believed in had been stealing from him. The fallout was immediate. The financial records were wiped. Investors were furious. Dan felt alone and overwhelmed.
He describes the moment he stopped hiding and chose to face everyone in person, even when it meant anger, blame, and hard conversations. Dan reflects on the mentors who helped him find courage, the light he discovered in the darkest moments, and the forgiveness journey that freed him. Today, he still leads with trust and anchors his life in one purpose: do more good things with good people.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction to Dan Heuretz
04:48 Personal vs. Professional Betrayal
08:04 The Betrayal and Its Immediate Aftermath
13:58 Facing the Music and Rebuilding Trust
17:14 The Impact on Core Values and Trust
20:58 Finding Light in the Darkness
25:42 The Hard-Earned and Easily Lost Trust
29:26 The Journey of Forgiveness and Freedom
36:29 Reaffirming Trust and Moving Forward
38:48 Do More Good Things with Good People
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Guest Links
Dan Heuretz is a lifelong entrepreneur with nearly a decade of experience as an EOS Implementer. He has built and led companies across hospitality, real estate development, and consumer brands, earning a reputation for candor, resilience, and people focused leadership. Dan is also the co founder of the Skinny Book Company, where he helps entrepreneurs learn faster through concise, actionable content. His work centers on truth, learning, and doing good things with good people.
Website: https://implementer.eosworldwide.com/dan-heuertz/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dheuertz
Sponsor Links
Thanks to our Sponsors
A big thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible:
Titus Talent – Helping organizations make the best hiring decisions with performance-based talent strategies.
Strety – Empowering teams through strategic planning and performance management tools built for modern workforces.
On this episode of Bad Boss Confessional, host Beth Fahey sits down with Mary Pat Knight, author of The Humanized Leader, to unpack a career-defining moment of shame. Mary Pat tells how, at 19 and newly promoted in a troupe of performers, she lost control, hurled objects, and verbally exploded at a colleague. She reflects on how that moment taught her the limits of positional power and the lifelong work of emotional regulation. Conversation moves from the sting of shame to practical repair: naming triggers, practicing box breathing, learning the drama triangle, and choosing empathy and accountability. You’ll leave with a clear leadership takeaway: own your mistakes, learn your triggers, and wear the world like a loose garment so shame cannot stop your growth.
00:00 Introduction to Mary Pat Knight
03:04 Mary Pat’s Bad Boss Moment
07:39 Triggers, Shame, and Loose Garments
11:26 The Humanized Leader System
15:20 Empathy in a Wound-Up World
18:35 Common Leadership Issues and Willingness
22:21 Understanding the Drama Triangle
29:00 The Power of Frameworks
31:22 Future Books and Meditation
35:10 Tattoos and Final Thoughts
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Guest Links
Mary Pat Knight, author of the international best seller, The Humanized Leader, is on a mission to develop more humanized leaders inside workplaces all over the world. She is the CEO and Founder of Leaders Inspired, a global training and development firm dedicated to personal and leadership transformation, and a speaker, author, coach, and consultant who is an expert in leadership and emotional intelligence. Leaders Inspired exists with a simple goal in mind – When inspired leaders inspire others, they have the capacity to change the world.
Website: https://leadersinspired.com/about/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpknight
Sponsor Links
Thanks to our Sponsors
A big thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible:
Titus Talent – Helping organizations make the best hiring decisions with performance-based talent strategies.
Strety – Empowering teams through strategic planning and performance management tools built for modern workforces.
This week on Bad Boss Confessional, Beth Fahey welcomes Dominic Sergi, CEO of Clear Height Properties, for a conversation about how unchecked empathy almost held his company back. Dominic shares the hard lesson he learned from keeping the wrong people in the wrong seats for too long, all because he cared too much.
What began as a culture built on patience and compassion evolved into one grounded in clarity, accountability, and authentic care. Dominic reveals how a mindset shift from fear to candor transformed his leadership, accelerated growth, and created a workplace where radical honesty builds trust, not resentment. It's a story about letting go, leaning in, and learning to say “yes, and…” instead of “yes, but.”
Chapters
00:00 Empathy: Superpower or Kryptonite?
05:09 Learning from a Mentor
09:00 Empathy’s Double-Edged Sword
12:35 Right People, Right Seats
17:29 Mastering the EOS Journey
20:49 Building an Authentic Culture
26:52 The ‘Yes And’ Mindset
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Guest Links
Dominic Sergi is an entrepreneur and investor with a passion for building enduring companies. As CEO of Clear Height Properties, he’s led over $1 billion in industrial real estate transactions, co-founded Cresco Labs, one of the nation’s leading cannabis companies, and launched Westshore Capital Group, his family office built on the belief that patient capital can outperform the market while leaving a lasting legacy.
Clear Height Properties: https://www.clearheight.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-sergi-8b5ba24
Sponsor Links
Thanks to our Sponsors
A big thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible:
Titus Talent – Helping organizations make the best hiring decisions with performance-based talent strategies.
Strety – Empowering teams through strategic planning and performance management tools built for modern workforces.
This week on Bad Boss Confessional, host and EOS Implementor Beth Fahey sits down with Mike Shannon, CEO of Impruve and author of Sweaty Equity. From surviving Shark Tank to opening his first businesses, Mike opens up about his cringiest leadership missteps, the chaos of scaling to 120 employees, and how embracing systems thinking (and a few bad boss moments) helped him grow as a leader. Expect startup war stories, EOS insights, and a fresh look at how AI is transforming financial advising.
00:00 From Ball Boy to Shark Tank
04:11 Early Entrepreneurial Challenges
10:47 Optimizing Executive Team Meetings
17:48 Impact of Structured Meetings
24:25 Improve: AI for Financial Advisors
36:04 Fear, Failure, Pain, and Systems
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Guest Links
CEO at Impruve | Author of ‘Sweaty Equity: A Ball Boy, A Billionaire, and the Bonkers Startup Tale You’ve Never Heard’
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeshannon101/
Email: mike@impruve.com
Sponsor Links
Thanks to our Sponsors
A big thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible:
Titus Talent – Helping organizations make the best hiring decisions with performance-based talent strategies.
Strety – Empowering teams through strategic planning and performance management tools built for modern workforces.
In this episode of Bad Boss Confessional, Beth Fahey welcomes Kathy Bresler, founder of Altar Community, a Chicago-based hub for connection, wellness, and growth. Kathy shares her journey from corporate strategist to reluctant boss and accidental entrepreneur. After years of envisioning a gathering space, she opened Altar in early 2020, just as the pandemic shut everything down. Forced to pivot, she and her community shifted online, building resilience through shared purpose.
Kathy reflects on her struggles with leadership, from toggling between being too directive and too accommodating, to learning how to balance vision with execution. She candidly explores perfectionism, self-doubt, and the weight of wanting to be liked while leading. Through it all, Kathy found strength in purpose, community, and a commitment to growth, offering lessons in perseverance and authenticity for every leader who has wrestled with their own bad boss moments.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Accidental Entrepreneurship
01:36 The Vision of Altar Community
03:28 Launching Altar Amidst COVID
06:17 Pivoting to Online Community
11:13 Kathy’s Corporate Background
14:42 Turning Point: Breast Cancer Diagnosis
17:23 Reluctant Boss: Challenges of Leadership
23:05 The Conundrum of Coaching vs. Leading
25:29 Influential Books and Self-Discovery
30:59 Embracing the Entrepreneurial Journey
34:01 Purpose Over Profitability
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
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Kathy Bresler is the founder of ALTAR Community, a hidden gem in Chicago that’s both a vibrant community and an inspiring event space. ALTAR hosts everything from curated corporate offsites for teams and leaders to speaker series and wellness programs — all designed to help people connect, recharge, and grow. A visionary entrepreneur, Kathy speaks candidly about the messy, humbling, and ultimately transformational journey of turning vision into leadership.
Altar Community: https://www.altarcommunity.com/kathy-bresler
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This week on Bad Boss Confessional, Beth Fahey sits down with Matt Haney, a seasoned fractional integrator who helps visionary-led teams cut through chaos and get traction. Matt shares the story of a firing he regrets to this day: an ungraceful exit of a 20-year employee during a pandemic downturn. Despite having let go of 15 others with care, this one moment turned combative, cold, and ultimately changed the way he leads forever.
Matt unpacks the emotional aftermath, the gut-punch feedback he received, and how it led to a complete shift in his leadership mindset. From learning the power of intentional feedback to never letting someone be “surprised” by a termination, this is a raw, real story about what it means to mess up… and grow.
Timestamps
00:00 Welcome & Introducing Matt Haney
01:52 Journey to Fractional Integrator
05:46 A Bungled Termination Story
10:14 Reflecting on a Bad Decision
13:46 Improving Termination Practices
17:46 The Power of Intentional Feedback
21:44 Integrators & Visionary Challenges
27:42 Visionary Transition and Guilt
30:36 Strength as a Weakness: Multitasking
33:15 Be Present, Stay in the Question
39:53 Closing Thoughts
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Guest Links
Matt is a hands-on business operator, serving as a Fractional Integrator, with over 15 years of experience working with visionary founded businesses who have reached a ceiling. What does this mean? Matt helps teams get out of the shit show !
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattlhaney/
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In this episode of Bad Boss Confessional, Beth Fahey, Expert EOS Implementer®, sits down with Rhonda Meyers for a raw and inspiring conversation about the realities of leadership. From navigating adversity and stepping into entrepreneurship, to the courage it takes to stand in your truth, Rhonda shares her journey of growth and resilience.
Together, they unpack the challenges of wearing “six seats” in business, the hidden curse of being highly capable, and the bravery required to lead with both strength and vulnerability. Rhonda opens up about love as both a superpower and kryptonite, the power of authenticity, and the responsibility leaders have to empower others. She leaves listeners with a powerful reminder: “I am enough.”
This episode is a must-listen for leaders seeking honesty, inspiration, and permission to lead with heart.
02:00 From Adversity to Entrepreneurship
05:24 Standing in Your Truth
08:16 Leadership Journey and Growth
11:22 The Burden of Six Seats
16:21 The Curse of Highly Capable People
22:07 Bravery in Leadership and Vulnerability
27:49 Love as a Superpower and Kryptonite
35:32 Authenticity and Empowering Leaders
39:01 I Am Enough: A Leader’s Reflection
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Guest Links
Rhonda Meyers, is a visionary early childhood education leader.
Rhonda has an extraordinary capacity for building collaborative relationships that span from toddlers to school administrators, and her expertise includes program development, strategic business growth, and creating educational environments where every child can thrive.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhondajmeyers/
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On this week’s episode of Bad Boss Confessional, Beth Fahey chats with EOS implementer John McMahon, who opens up about his toughest management, including the dreaded task of firing an employee. From learning that silence can speak louder than words to discovering the power of open-ended questions, John shares how missteps turned into lessons in empathy, communication, and leadership growth.
01:37 Trial by Fire Leadership
05:22 First Lesson: What Took You So Long?
08:21 The Fear of Firing
11:06 Empathy and Curiosity Muscle
14:32 Reframing Questions and Vulnerability
17:33 Curiosity and Active Listening
20:39 The Power of Silence
25:44 Checking Assumptions and Deepening Relationships
28:50 Empathy Breakthroughs with Clients
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Guest Links
EOS Implementer John McMahon
Website: https://www.trellis-works.com/
Email: john.mcmahon@eosworldwide.com
If you'd like to learn more about Dr. Dino Signore that was mentioned in the podcast follow this link. https://drsignore.com/
Dr. Dino Signore, founder of The Signore Group, is a business psychologist and “second stage sensei” who helps entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, and advisors navigate growth challenges. With a focus on both the economic system of a business and the social system of its people, he facilitates leadership development, team dynamics, and organizational performance. Known for asking the right questions rather than prescribing quick fixes, Dr. Signore empowers leaders and their teams to think differently, adapt, and elevate their organizations to the next level.
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Do you think of “process” as boring, rigid, or suffocating? In this episode of Bad Boss Confessional, host Beth Fahey sits down with Lisa Gonzalez, EOS Implementer, lawyer-turned-entrepreneur, and co-author of Process: How Discipline and Consistency Will Set You and Your Business Free. Lisa shares her most cringeworthy leadership moment of secretly creating a six-inch binder of hyper-detailed processes that her team ignored, a project fueled by fear and perfectionism. She reveals the painful lessons behind costly missteps, why buy-in matters more than binders, and how compassion and progress over perfection can transform leadership.
Chapters
00:00 Introducing Lisa Gonzalez
04:09 The Cost of Lacking Process
09:46 Compassion, Perfection, and Process
14:32 Getting Processes Followed by All
22:58 Personal Process Challenges & Wisdom
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Guest Links:
Website: Website: https://www.lisagonzalez.com.
Email: lisa.gonzalez@eosworldwide.com (paola.machuca1@eosworldwide.com for coordination please)
If you want to dive deeper into turning from Doer to Leader, check out Lisa's OPS leadership peer group at lisagonzalez.com/process-success-cohort
Thanks to our Sponsors
A big thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible:
Titus Talent – Helping organizations make the best hiring decisions with performance-based talent strategies.
Strety – Empowering teams through strategic planning and performance management tools built for modern workforces.
We’ve all been there: fired up in a meeting, convinced our point is the only one that matters… until we realize the room has gone silent. In this episode of Bad Boss Confessional, host Beth Fahey sits down with Reid Hutchison, COO and integrator of HOH Technology, to unpack a moment he’s not proud of. Reid shares the time he let his emotions hijack a leadership meeting, turning collaboration into tension.
The real lesson? How he owned the mistake, apologized in the moment, and rebuilt trust with his team. Reid’s story reminds us that passion can be a strength, but only when it is balanced with self-awareness and respect for others.
Chapters
00:00 Welcome and Guest Introduction
01:37 HOH Technology’s Legacy
04:39 A Bad Meeting Moment
08:47 The Importance of Apology
13:17 Building Self-Awareness and Health
16:17 Rebuilding Trust and Consistency
20:19 Team Accountability and Growth
24:37 Facilitation Challenges and Ads
28:47 The ‘WAIT’ Acronym and Conclusion
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Guest Links
HOH Technology: https://hohwatertechnology.com/
Thanks to our Sponsors
A big thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible:
Titus Talent – Helping organizations make the best hiring decisions with performance-based talent strategies.
Strety – Empowering teams through strategic planning and performance management tools built for modern workforces.
This week, Beth Fahey sits down with Kelly Knight of EOS Worldwide to talk about the messy (and meaningful) side of leadership. From a vacation epiphany that reshaped her company’s mission to the tough call of laying off 38 employees, Kelly opens up about mistakes, lessons, and the power of vulnerability in business. Tune in for real talk on staying true to your core focus, building trust, and leading with courage.
00:00 The Core Focus Dilemma
04:08 The Pitfalls of Software Expansion
08:49 Overcoming Embarrassment with Vulnerability
12:57 Lessons from Leadership Mistakes
18:41 Preventing Future Missteps
23:22 Restructuring for Alignment
28:24 Advice on Organizational Structure
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Guest Links
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellypknight/
Thanks to our Sponsors
A big thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible:
Titus Talent – Helping organizations make the best hiring decisions with performance-based talent strategies.
Strety – Empowering teams through strategic planning and performance management tools built for modern workforces.
In this episode of Bad Boss Confessional, host and EOS Implementer Beth Fahey sits down with Brian Dosal, CEO and co-founder of Strety, to talk about the messy side of leadership, ignoring red flags, hiring missteps, and the tough calls that come with rapid growth. Brian shares his entrepreneurial lessons on humility, adaptability, and why holding onto under performers can cost you your best people.
03:11 The Difficult Decision to Let Go
07:34 Ignoring Red Flags and Outgrowing Roles
11:04 The Impact of Loyalty on Tough Decisions
15:02 Hiring Heavy Hitters and First-Time Managers
19:34 Strety: The EOS Software Platform
24:02 Honesty, Not Kindness in Leadership
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Guest Links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bdosal/
Thanks to our Sponsors
A big thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible:
Titus Talent – Helping organizations make the best hiring decisions with performance-based talent strategies.
Strety – Empowering teams through strategic planning and performance management tools built for modern workforces.
On this episode of Bad Boss Confessional, host and EOS Implementer Beth Fahey sits down with Lynda Martin to unpack the lessons learned from bulldozing through leadership missteps. From failed ventures and perfectionism to the power of slowing down, Lynda shares how embracing the physical, emotional, and spiritual sides of leadership transformed her career. Expect honest stories, big breakthroughs, and plenty of laughs as they explore what it really takes to grow as a leader.
03:01 Integrating Life and Business
07:07 The Bulldozer Visionary Blunder
12:56 Learning from Failure & Perfectionism
16:56 Slowing Down and Personal Growth
22:04 EOS, Humanity, and Influential Resources
26:02 Business as Service to Humanity
31:21 Future Vision & Lotus Blossom Tattoo
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Guest Links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynda-martin-eos/
Thanks to our Sponsors
A big thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible:
Titus Talent – Helping organizations make the best hiring decisions with performance-based talent strategies.
Strety – Empowering teams through strategic planning and performance management tools built for modern workforces.
What happens when a fast-moving entrepreneur skips clarity and hires quickly? This week on Bad Boss Confessional, EOS Implementer Beth Fahey welcomes Drew Spurgers to unpack a hilariously painful hiring misstep, the chaos it created, and how clear communication (or lack thereof) can make or break your team. From titles that confuse to sales goals that actually work, Drew shares hard-won lessons about leadership, trust, and the power of saying exactly what you mean. This is your crash course in what not to do (and how to turn it around), with a reminder that clarity isn’t optional!
00:00 The Importance of Clarity in Communication
02:51 Meet Drew Spurgers
04:04 Drew’s Entrepreneurial Journey
06:19 Lessons from Past Mistakes
08:14 A Tough Hiring Experience
10:00 The Emotional Roller Coaster of Leadership
11:24 Clarity is Key
15:01 The Power of Clear Communication
20:01 Setting Measurable Goals
22:03 Navigating Team Dynamics
26:46 Learning from Mistakes
30:41 Assuming Positive Intent
About:
Beth Fahey is a leadership coach, Expert EOS Implementer, and co-creator of the How to Be a Great Boss Workshops. With nearly 40 years of hands-on leadership experience, Beth has worn many hats: from working in film and owning a bakery to leading a national trade association.
Now, as the host of The Bad Boss Confessional, she shares candid stories about the challenges of leadership, mistakes made, lessons learned, and the path to becoming the kind of boss your team actually wants to follow. Through humor, honesty, and heart, Beth is on a mission to help leaders grow, one confession at a time.
Show Links
For more information about Beth Fahey follow the links below.
Website: www.eosworldwide.com/beth-fahey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BethFaheyEOS
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bethfaheyeos/
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@bethfaheyeos
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bethfahey/
Bad Boss Confessional YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badbossconfessional
Beth's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@bethfaheyeos
Guest Links
Email: drew.spurgers@eosworldwide.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dspurgers
Thanks to our Sponsors
A big thank you to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible:
Titus Talent – Helping organizations make the best hiring decisions with performance-based talent strategies.
Strety – Empowering teams through strategic planning and performance management tools built for modern workforces.























