So Your Boss Sucks, Now What?

About So Your Boss Sucks, Now What?

Bad bosses happen to good people. Join entrepreneur, corporate trailblazer-turned-business strategist, and podcast host Natalie Parker as she unpacks real-life stories of tough leaders and toxic work environments. With Natalie’s expertise in navigating corporate chaos and building strategies for success, this podcast offers practical advice and actionable insights to help you turn workplace challenges into opportunities for growth. Whether you’re dealing with micromanagers, toxic cultures, or just plain bad vibes, this is your go-to guide for taking control, thriving, and proving that when your boss sucks, your success doesn’t have to.

Publisher

Natalie Renee Parker

Category

business · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Jan 2025

Latest episode

4 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Sept 2026

   S4 E6: The Bad Boss Playbook: The Workaholic

   Send us Fan Mail Your boss isn’t asking for better work. They’re asking for more of you. If you’re living under late-night emails, endless pings, and an unspoken rule that “real players” stay online, we name what’s happening: workaholism as a leadership pattern, not a personal virtue. We start with the cultural clues hiding in plain sight, including why so many songs about work sound like survival stories, and how many of us learn early that being seen matters more than being effective. ...

2. 

   20 Aug 2026

   s4 E5: The Bad Boss Playbook: Surviving A Narcissistic Boss

   Send us Fan Mail Narcissist” is one of those words we throw around so often that it can start to lose its meaning. But whether your boss has a diagnosis isn't really the point. The behavior(and what it does to you)is. In this episode, Natalie Parker breaks down what self-centered, ego-driven leadership can look like at work: credit flowing up while blame comes down, a constant need for admiration and loyalty, an inability to tolerate criticism, low empathy, manipulation, retaliation, an...

3. 

   14 Aug 2026

   Vote Us Into SXSW 2027

   Send us Fan Mail Vote here: https://bit.ly/4fXaGeU If leadership can wreck your week, it should come with a warranty. Natalie Renee Parker drops a quick mini PSA with two big asks: tell us you’re here and help us take a bold workplace idea to a bigger stage. If you’ve ever downloaded our free Bad Boss Playbook guides or gotten one useful takeaway from our seasons on micromanagers, bullies, and passive aggressive leaders, we’re asking you to hit subscribe, share the show, and leave a comment...

Who has been a guest on So Your Boss Sucks, Now What?

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Anne Anderson
• Dr Mariska Adams-Cadogon
• Benjamin Joseph
• Daphne Brown
• Kevin Taylor

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,415

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

71

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

32

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Books guests

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