The Bosshole® Chronicles

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 info@realgoodventures.com

The Bosshole® Chronicles is a business podcast hosted by Real Good Ventures, with 303 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Real Good Ventures hosts The Bosshole® Chronicles, a business show with 303 episodes published.

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  Dr. Anthony Belluccia - The PI Cognitive Assessment

  Sep 29, 202637 min

  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 need. HERE ARE MORE RESOURCES FROM REAL GOOD VENTURES: Click HERE to anonymously share a Bosshole story... Click HERE to get your very own Reference Profile . We use The Predictive Index as our analytics platform so you know it's validated and reliable. Your Reference Profile informs you of your needs, behaviors, and the nuances of what we call your Behavioral DNA. It also explains your work style, your strengths, and even the common traps in which you may find yourself. It's a great tool to share with friends, family, and co-workers. Follow us on Instagram HERE and make sure to share with your network! Follow us on X HERE and make sure to share with your network! Provide your feedback HERE , please! We love to hear from our listeners and welcome your thoughts and ideas about how to improve the podcast and even suggest topics and ideas for future episodes. Visit us at www.realgoodventures.com . We are a Talent Optimization consultancy specializing in people and business execution analytics. Real Good Ventures was founded by Sara Best and John Broer who are both Certified Talent Optimization Consultants with over 50 years of combined consulting and organizational performance experience. Sara is also certified in EQi 2.0. RGV is also a Certified Partner of Line-of-Sight, a powerful organizational health and execution platform. RGV is known for its work in leadership development, executive coaching, and what we call organizational rebuild where we bring all our tools together to diagnose an organization's present state and how to grow toward a stronger future state. Send us Fan Mail

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  TBC Flashback - Bjorn Billhardt - "The 12-Week MBA"

  Sep 22, 202632 min

  The fastest way to break a team is to promote a high performer into management and then give them zero training. We bring back a powerful conversation with Bjorn Billhardt, CEO of Abilitie and co-author of The 12-Week MBA, to get honest about why first-time managers struggle, why traditional MBA programs often underweight people leadership, and what actually helps when the job stops being about your personal work product. HERE ARE MORE RESOURCES FROM REAL GOOD VENTURES: Never miss a good opportunity to learn from a bad boss... Click HERE to get your very own Reference Profile . We use The Predictive Index as our analytics platform so you know it's validated and reliable. Your Reference Profile informs you of your needs, behaviors, and the nuances of what we call your Behavioral DNA. It also explains your work style, your strengths, and even the common traps in which you may find yourself. It's a great tool to share with friends, family, and co-workers. Follow us on Instagram HERE and make sure to share with your network! Follow us on X HERE and make sure to share with your network! Provide your feedback HERE , please! We love to hear from our listeners and welcome your thoughts and ideas about how to improve the podcast and even suggest topics and ideas for future episodes. Visit us at www.realgoodventures.com . We are a Talent Optimization consultancy specializing in people and business execution analytics. Real Good Ventures was founded by Sara Best and John Broer who are both Certified Talent Optimization Consultants with over 50 years of combined consulting and organizational performance experience. Sara is also certified in EQi 2.0. RGV is also a Certified Partner of Line-of-Sight, a powerful organizational health and execution platform. RGV is known for its work in leadership development, executive coaching, and what we call organizational rebuild where we bring all our tools together to diagnose an organization's present state and how to grow toward a stronger future state. Send us Fan Mail

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  Michael Kuenzi - Development: Where Performance Really Begins (Part 1)

  Sep 1, 202620 min

  Most leadership training feels great on Friday and disappears by Monday, and that is exactly what we challenge here. I sit down with Mike Kuenzi, Vice President of Talent Optimization at Titus Talent Strategies, to get brutally practical about what actually changes behavior at work and what is just a polished event with a certificate at the end. Click HERE for Mike's LinkedIn profile Click HERE for Titus Talent Strategies' website HERE ARE MORE RESOURCES FROM REAL GOOD VENTURES: Never miss a good opportunity to learn from a bad boss... Click HERE to get your very own Reference Profile . We use The Predictive Index as our analytics platform so you know it's validated and reliable. Your Reference Profile informs you of your needs, behaviors, and the nuances of what we call your Behavioral DNA. It also explains your work style, your strengths, and even the common traps in which you may find yourself. It's a great tool to share with friends, family, and co-workers. Follow us on Instagram HERE and make sure to share with your network! Follow us on X HERE and make sure to share with your network! Provide your feedback HERE , please! We love to hear from our listeners and welcome your thoughts and ideas about how to improve the podcast and even suggest topics and ideas for future episodes. Visit us at www.realgoodventures.com . We are a Talent Optimization consultancy specializing in people and business execution analytics. Real Good Ventures was founded by Sara Best and John Broer who are both Certified Talent Optimization Consultants with over 50 years of combined consulting and organizational performance experience. Sara is also certified in EQi 2.0. RGV is also a Certified Partner of Line-of-Sight, a powerful organizational health and execution platform. RGV is known for its work in leadership development, executive coaching, and what we call organizational rebuild where we bring all our tools together to diagnose an organization's present state and how to grow toward a stronger future state. Send us Fan Mail

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  Jason Lauritsen - The Human Connection Study (Part 1)

  Aug 18, 202624 min

  If your engagement strategy feels like it keeps hitting a ceiling, it may be because you are measuring the outcome instead of building the cause. We sit down with returning guest Jason Lauritsen in this two-part episode to unpack The 2026 Human Connection Study, a deep dive into connection-shaped motivation, retention, and performance at work, and why “connection” is more than team chemistry or feel-good culture. Click HERE for The 2026 Human Connection Study Click HERE for Jason's website Click HERE for Jason's episode: Teach From Your Scars... Click HERE for Jason's episode: The Check-In Method™ HERE ARE MORE RESOURCES FROM REAL GOOD VENTURES: Never miss a good opportunity to learn from a bad boss... Click HERE to get your very own Reference Profile . We use The Predictive Index as our analytics platform so you know it's validated and reliable. Your Reference Profile informs you of your needs, behaviors, and the nuances of what we call your Behavioral DNA. It also explains your work style, your strengths, and even the common traps in which you may find yourself. It's a great tool to share with friends, family, and co-workers. Follow us on Instagram HERE and make sure to share with your network! Follow us on X HERE and make sure to share with your network! Provide your feedback HERE , please! We love to hear from our listeners and welcome your thoughts and ideas about how to improve the podcast and even suggest topics and ideas for future episodes. Visit us at www.realgoodventures.com . We are a Talent Optimization consultancy specializing in people and business execution analytics. Real Good Ventures was founded by Sara Best and John Broer who are both Certified Talent Optimization Consultants with over 50 years of combined consulting and organizational performance experience. Sara is also certified in EQi 2.0. RGV is also a Certified Partner of Line-of-Sight, a powerful organizational health and execution platform. RGV is known for its work in leadership development, executive coaching, and what we call organizational rebuild where we bring all our tools together to diagnose an organization's present state and how to grow toward a stronger future state. Send us Fan Mail

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  Kate Dethmer - Above The Line Leadership (Part 2)

  Aug 11, 202625 min

  You can white-knuckle your way into the next quarter and still feel strangely heavy, foggy, and tired. That’s the problem we unpack with leadership coach and somatic therapist Kate Dethmer from the Conscious Leadership Group: when we don’t complete what didn’t happen, we carry it forward as unfinished emotional residue. And that residue quietly shapes how we lead, how we relate, and how much energy we actually have access to each day. Click HERE to read Kate's blog post Click HERE for Kate's LinkedIn profile Click HERE for a copy of The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership HERE ARE MORE RESOURCES FROM REAL GOOD VENTURES: Never miss a good opportunity to learn from a bad boss... Click HERE to get your very own Reference Profile . We use The Predictive Index as our analytics platform so you know it's validated and reliable. Your Reference Profile informs you of your needs, behaviors, and the nuances of what we call your Behavioral DNA. It also explains your work style, your strengths, and even the common traps in which you may find yourself. It's a great tool to share with friends, family, and co-workers. Follow us on Instagram HERE and make sure to share with your network! Follow us on X HERE and make sure to share with your network! Provide your feedback HERE , please! We love to hear from our listeners and welcome your thoughts and ideas about how to improve the podcast and even suggest topics and ideas for future episodes. Visit us at www.realgoodventures.com . We are a Talent Optimization consultancy specializing in people and business execution analytics. Real Good Ventures was founded by Sara Best and John Broer who are both Certified Talent Optimization Consultants with over 50 years of combined consulting and organizational performance experience. Sara is also certified in EQi 2.0. RGV is also a Certified Partner of Line-of-Sight, a powerful organizational health and execution platform. RGV is known for its work in leadership development, executive coaching, and what we call organizational rebuild where we bring all our tools together to diagnose an organization's present state and how to grow toward a stronger future state. Send us Fan Mail

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