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Shedding the Corporate Bitch

Bernadette Boas

472 episodes

6 days ago

Drowning in meetings? Exhausted from your to-do list? This episode is your intervention. Discover why 94% of leaders are stressed, what's causing your burnout (hint: some of it's self-inflicted), and the exact frameworks to reclaim your time and sanity. Host Bernadette Boas delivers battle-tested strategies from 25+ years in the corporate trenches. Here's the truth nobody's telling you: most of this is preventable. What You'll Discover: ✅ Why multitasking is a myth and how it's destroying you...

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Drowning in meetings? Exhausted from your to-do list? This episode is your intervention. Discover why 94% of leaders are stressed, what's causing your burnout (hint: some of it's self-inflicted), and the exact frameworks to reclaim your time and sanity. Host Bernadette Boas delivers battle-tested strategies from 25+ years in the corporate trenches. Here's the truth nobody's telling you: most of this is preventable. What You'll Discover: ✅ Why multitasking is a myth and how it's destroying you...

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Self-Improvement,

Health & Fitness,

Episodes (20/472)

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

The Leadership Shift Millennials Are Forcing!

As you probably have already experienced, millennials have changed the rules of leadership. Sawubona Leadership can be the team development tool you've been looking for to elevate your connection and impact with your team. In this powerful episode, executive coach and bestselling author Susan Inouye joins Bernadette to explore Sawubona Leadership—an approach that moves beyond generational stereotypes and into truly human-centered leadership. Susan shares how leaders can shift from contr...

1 day ago

42 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

The 2026 Leadership Reset: Overwhelm Into Strategic Power

Drowning in meetings? Exhausted from your to-do list? This episode is your intervention. Discover why 94% of leaders are stressed, what's causing your burnout (hint: some of it's self-inflicted), and the exact frameworks to reclaim your time and sanity. Host Bernadette Boas delivers battle-tested strategies from 25+ years in the corporate trenches. Here's the truth nobody's telling you: most of this is preventable. What You'll Discover: ✅ Why multitasking is a myth and how it's destroying you...

1 week ago

35 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

Learn the Most Underrated Leadership Skill Driving Results

What if one of the most overlooked leadership behaviors was also one of the most powerful drivers of engagement, performance, and retention? In this episode of Shedding the Corporate Bitch, we reframe gratitude from being “nice” to being strategic. Backed by research from Harvard, Gallup, and the University of Pennsylvania, this conversation breaks down why leaders who fail to recognize effort quietly erode culture — and how intentional gratitude can transform results, morale, and loyalty. Ti...

2 weeks ago

30 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

Nonverbal Behaviors Sabotaging Your Credibility

What is your body posture, gestures, and place at the table, say about you? In this episode, we sit down with Tatiana Teppoeva, founder of One Nonverbal Ecosystems, to explore the often-overlooked leadership skill that silently shapes credibility, trust, and influence: nonverbal communication. Tatiana breaks down how body language, tone, posture, space, and presence account for the majority of how leaders are perceived—often outweighing the words they carefully prepare. Drawing on her b...

3 weeks ago

33 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

The Truth About Equity: How to Build Fair and Thriving Teams

Do you agree the need for equity in the workplace is more important now than ever? In this game-changing episode, executive coach and equity expert Celeste Warren reveals the truth about workplace equity that's been buried under myths, misinformation, and corporate buzzwords. While companies retreat from DEI commitments, Celeste proves why understanding equity isn't just ethical—it's the smartest business decision you'll make. Discover the powerful "rock and fence" framework that ...

4 weeks ago

35 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

How Your Emotional Pace Shapes Trust, Stress, and Outcomes

This episode dives into one of the most overlooked yet influential leadership skills: emotional pacing—the speed, tone, and intensity of your emotional responses in meetings, conversations, decisions, and crises. As the transcript reveals, your team’s nervous system mirrors yours, and your emotional tempo has measurable effects on engagement, cognitive capacity, stress levels, and trust. Leaders who master emotional pacing don’t just communicate better—they transform culture quietly and...

1 month ago

33 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

The Truth About Why You're Really Not Advancing

What if the biggest reason you’re not being promoted has nothing to do with office politics, company structure, or how hard you work? In this transformative episode, host Bernadette Boas sits down with Diane Taylor, founder of Glow Leadership and author of Elevate Potential, to expose the surprising internal blocks that silently derail professional advancement. Diane reveals how unconscious habits, emotional blind spots, and unexamined internal patterns dictate how we behave, lead, and ultima...

1 month ago

33 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

How Great Leaders Make Time

Corporate teams are burned out, managers are overwhelmed, and everyone claims they “don’t have time.” In this episode of Shedding the Corporate Bitch, executive coach Bernadette Boas breaks down the truth: great leaders make time—because developing people is their number one responsibility. Using real leadership examples and actionable coaching strategies, Bernadette reveals how managers can transform into powerhouse leaders by shifting how they think about time. This episode is packed with p...

1 month ago

36 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

Leadersheep vs. Leadership: Why 50% of Change Initiatives Fail — and How to Fix It

Half of corporate change initiatives fail. Not because your people resist—but because your leadership model does. In this powerhouse conversation, Bernadette Boas sits down with Dr. Mary Lippitt, founder of Enterprise Management and author of Leader Sheep: Saving the Herd, to expose why “command and control” leadership is killing transformation—and what actually drives sustainable change. After four decades leading transformations across industries, Dr. Lippitt reveals the five critical compo...

1 month ago

34 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

Lead Without Authority: 13 Strategies for Influence, Clarity & Purpose

Are you waiting for a promotion to start leading? STOP. Leadership isn't about your position on an org chart—it's about your influence, clarity, and purpose. In this game-changing episode, executive coach Bernadette Boas reveals why everyone is already a leader and how to elevate your value starting TODAY. If you're a corporate professional, people manager, or HR leader who wants to drive real results without waiting for permission, this episode is your blueprint. 💡 WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER: ✓ ...

2 months ago

38 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

How to Lead While Life Happens

What if being emotional, vulnerable, and transparent could actually be your greatest leadership advantage? In this powerful episode, Kendra MacDonald, CEO of Canada's Ocean Supercluster, shatters the myth that effective leaders must separate their personal and professional lives. Leading a national innovation initiative with a majority-female team, Kendra shares raw, honest stories about adopting her daughter while climbing the corporate ladder, managing family health crises, and why scoring ...

2 months ago

31 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

How to Fix the Accidental Manager Crisis

aWhat happens when your best employees become your worst managers? Across corporate America, we're facing what experts call the "Accidental Manager Crisis." A staggering 60-80% of new managers receive ZERO formal leadership training before being thrown into people management roles. The result? Burned-out managers, disengaged teams, and cultures quietly crumbling from the inside. Your top performer just got promoted—but technical excellence doesn't equal leadership ability. Without the right t...

2 months ago

33 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

Presenteeism is Costing You 10x More Than Absenteeism: How to Fix It

Your team is showing up. But are they really working? In this game-changing episode, host Bernadette Boas sat down over the summer with Rebecca Reed, global Workplace Well-being Specialist and creator of the Mental Flex Method, to expose the silent productivity killer costing organizations 10 times more than sick days: presenteeism. When employees are physically present but mentally checked out, it's not just a morale problem—it's a financial crisis. In the UK, presenteeism accounts for £24 b...

2 months ago

38 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

Managing Up: Why Your Hard Work Won’t Get You Ahead (And What Will)

Are you working harder than ever but still getting passed over for promotions? Your problem isn't effort—it's visibility and strategy. In this episode, Bernadette Boas reveals why 78% of professionals believe their manager has no influence on their career advancement—and how understanding managing up creates a massive competitive advantage for those who get it right. Most professionals think managing up means being a "yes person" or playing politics. They're wrong. Managing up is strategic le...

3 months ago

29 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

You're Successful. Stop Apologizing.

Are you constantly saying "sorry" for the smallest thing? Smoothing over tensions? Fixing everyone else's problems while your own leadership presence suffers? You're not alone - and it's costing you more than you think. In this game-changing episode, powerhouse coach Kelly Travis reveals the hidden toll of over-apologizing and people-pleasing among high-achieving professionals. Discover how internalized roles like "the fixer," "the good girl," and "the perfectionist" are unconsciously driving...

3 months ago

36 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

Why Leaders Have to STOP Avoiding the ‘Good Guy’ Killing Your Culture

Do you have a “good guy, but…” on your team? They’re smart, hardworking, maybe even a top producer—but they gossip, interrupt, or stir up conflict. You know it. Your team knows it. And yet, you hesitate to act. In this episode of Shedding the Corporate Bitch, Bernadette Boas exposes the hidden cost of excusing a good guy, but..., even when it comes from your most likable or high-performing team members. You’ll learn: Why the “good guy, but…” mentality sabotages trust, culture, and resultsThe ...

3 months ago

33 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

The Resilient Leader: Building Unstoppable Teams

Are you resilient—or just surviving? In this episode of Shedding the Corporate Bitch, I sit down with Russell Harvey, “The Resilience Coach,” to challenge how leaders and HR managers think about resilience. Together, we unpack why resilience isn’t about “bouncing back” but about springing forward with learning. If you’re a leader navigating burnout, constant change, and underperforming teams, this episode will show you how to shift from coping to thriving and build a team that’s unstoppable. ...

3 months ago

38 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

Master Time Management Before It Masters You!

Time is the one resource you can’t get back — and if you don’t take control of it, it will control you. In this episode of Shedding the Corporate Bitch, Bernadette Boas reveals why so many leaders struggle with time management, the hidden costs of poor productivity, and actionable strategies to reclaim your focus, sanity, and performance. Packed with tools like time blocking, the Eisenhower Matrix, SMART goals, and boundary-setting, this episode gives you a proven roadmap to beat burnout, boo...

4 months ago

29 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

BOND: The Keys to Belonging and Inclusion

Connection isn’t a “nice to have”—it’s a business driver every leader needs to put front and center if they want to achieve their goals and succeed. When employees feel seen, heard, and included, performance skyrockets. Yet, many leaders still struggle with creating cultures of belonging. Why is that? In this powerful episode of Shedding the Corporate Bitch, I sit down with Greg Morley, global leader, author of Bond: Belonging and the Keys to Inclusion and Connection, and champion of in...

4 months ago

43 minutes

Shedding the Corporate Bitch

Quiet Cracking at Work: The Hidden Leadership Crisis Costing Billions

Your highest performers haven’t quit—yet. But they’re not fully present either. They’re quietly cracking under the weight of stress, burnout, AI-driven changes, and poor leadership. And the cost? A staggering $438 billion in lost productivity. In this episode of Shedding the Corporate Bitch, Bernadette Boas unpacks: What “Quiet Cracking” really is and how it’s different from Quiet QuittingThe hidden warning signs leaders miss in their best peopleThe real business costs of burnout and disengag...

4 months ago

33 minutes