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Never waste a good opportunity to learn from a bad boss. Our guests and Subject Matter Experts share their stories about challenging, difficult, and even mean bosses that they have had through their careers. Hosts Sara Best and John Broer explore what happened, what made the relationship difficult, and even the role WE play in our Bosshole experiences. More importantly, we apply some of our insight and analysis around behavioral science and emotional intelligence so that we (and managers listening in) can learn from the experiences and avoid common Bosshole® Blunders. If you have questions or stories you want to share, contact us at [email protected]
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Most workplace problems don’t disappear because we never remove what’s feeding them. We patch the surface, move on, and then act surprised when the exact same issue comes back with sharper edges, more frustration, and less trust. That cycle is why I wanted to bring on Angel Williams, an ASQ certified Six Sigma Black Belt who’s spent her career in process improvement across aerospace, oil and gas, and healthcare and has turned her expertise into a parable everyone can understand. Click HERE fo...
You can be amazing at your job and still be unprepared the moment you become “the boss.” We rewind to our first conversation with Ryan Hawk, host of The Learning Leader Show and author of Welcome to Management and The Pursuit of Excellence, to talk about the messy, human reality of leadership growth and what it takes to earn trust after a promotion. If you have ever worried you’re faking it as a new manager, this one puts language to the problem and gives you a path forward. Click HERE for Pa...
Silence at work may look like “alignment” until the results start slipping. We’re talking about Psychological Safety as the belief that you won’t be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes and why that belief is one of the strongest predictors of team performance. When interpersonal risk feels high, people protect themselves, not the work, and dangerous silence takes over. Click HERE to see The Fearless Report - 2025Click HERE to see The Fearless Re...
The fastest way to break a team isn’t a big scandal, it’s a slow drift: overloaded managers, constant change, and people leadership getting pushed to “later.” We sit down with Brad Rowe, Senior Vice President of People and Culture at SSOE, to talk about what it takes to build a sustainable culture inside a high-performing architectural and engineering firm and how leaders can avoid slipping into The Bosshole Zone when the pressure spikes. Click HERE for Brad's LinkedIn pageClick HERE for SSOE...
Cognitive ability is one of the strongest predictors of job performance, and it still makes a lot of leaders nervous. We sit down with Dr. Anthony Belluccia, senior product scientist at The Predictive Index, to pull the curtain back on PI’s Cognitive Assessment and explain what it is and what it is not. If you’ve ever worried that a cognitive test is just an IQ test in disguise, or you’ve seen teams mishandle it and spook candidates, this conversation brings the clarity and guardrails people ...
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