Bad Boss Confessional

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  • 27: Paying Attention to the Red Flags | Bad Boss Confessional

    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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    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.

    39 min
  • 26. When Good Intentions Go Wrong

    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.

    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.

    31 min
  • 25. The Hidden Cost of Doing the Right Thing

    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.

    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.

    37 min
  • 24. The Shift from Peer to Boss with Jessenia Flores-Gayle

    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.

    29 min
  • 23. Owning It: A Year of Leadership Confessions

    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.

    22 min
  • 22. The Role of Honest Dialogue in Healthy Leadership Teams

    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.

    33 min
  • 21: Be Their Boss, Not Their Buddy

    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.

    44 min
  • 20: From Positional Power to Humanized Leadership

    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.

    40 min
  • 19: Empathetic Leadership Without Compromising Accountability

    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.

    33 min
  • 18: Startup Fails, Shark Tank Tales, and Bad Boss Moments
    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/

     

    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.
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    About 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.