Shedding the Corporate Bitch
Welcome to Shedding the Corporate Bitch – the podcast that challenges the status quo and empowers bold professionals to ditch outdated expectations, rewrite the rules, and rise into leadership on their own terms.
Hosted by transformational coach and unapologetic truth-teller Bernadette Boas, each episode delivers raw insights, unfiltered conversations, and practical strategies for ambitious corporate professionals, executive leaders, and HR trailblazers who are ready to level up—without selling out.
Whether you're navigating toxic cultures, battling burnout, or aiming for that next big role, this show is your weekly dose of motivation, straight talk, and real solutions that get results.
Follow now—and start shedding what no longer serves you, so you can build a career and life that actually fits you.
Episodes
489 episodes
Part 1 of 2 - Your Company Is Not A Machine - The Living Organization Framework
What if the reason your strategy isn't getting executed has nothing to do with the strategy and everything to do with the model you're using to run your organization?In Part 1 of Shedding the Corporate Bitch, host Bernadette Boas sits do...
Your Leadership Training is Failing - Here’s the System Fix
US companies spent nearly $100 billion on workplace training last year. Employee engagement hasn't meaningfully improved in two decades. In this episode of Shedding the Corporate Bitch, executive coach Bernadette Boas makes the case...
Slow Down to Go Fast: The Change Leadership Framework
Change is no longer an event. It's the environment and the leaders who will win in the next decade are the ones who stop waiting for it to slow down and start building the capacity to perform inside it. In this episode of Sheddi...
7 Strategies for Powerhouse Succession Planning
Is your successor ready, today?Succession planning is one of the most universally acknowledged priorities in corporate America — and one of the most consistently neglected. In this episode of
The Non-Negotiable Leaders Miss and Why They End Up Micromanaging
How to Lead Through Constant Change Without Losing Your Best PeopleYour best people are being recruited right now. Not because they're unhappy, but because someone out there is persistent enough to keep calling until they say yes. <...
Stop Managing, Start Coaching: The Shift That Changes Everything
Are you a leader coach or a manager to your people?In this episode of Shedding the Corporate Bitch, host Bernadette Boas, tackles one of the most consequential and most misunderstood leadership skills: coaching. Not coaching ...
Belonging Isn't Infrastructure. It's Infrastructure for Performance
Host Bernadette interviews organizational scientist and consultant Andrea D. Carter, creator of the validated Belonging First Methodology, on why workplaces confuse fitting in with belonging and how that fuels burnout. Andrea explai...
Hiring a Leadership Coach? Ask Them These 15 Questions.
The executive coaching industry is worth $20 billion — and yet most leaders and HR teams either skip the vetting process entirely or choose coaches for the wrong reasons. In this episode, Bernadette Boas lays out a powerful, practical framework...
Confident as F*ck: How to Stop Leading Through Fear
In this powerful episode, we sit down with Rachel Lawrence — confidence coach, speaker, and author of Confident as F*ck to talk about why so many professionals struggle with imposter syndrome, and what it actually takes to overcome it.Ra...
From Top Performer to True Leader: 5 Steps That Matter
60-80% of managers have ZERO formal leadership training. Is your organization creating accidental managers?In this episode, executive coach Bernadette Boas exposes the hidden crisis destroying teams across corporate America: unpre...
Leveraging Neurodivergent Brillance At Work
Have you ever been labeled too sensitive, too blunt, too intense, or too much at work?In this episode, leadership coach and author Rachel Radway joins us to unpack the truth abou...
Your Team Isn’t Underperforming, They’re Under-Directed
Most leaders don’t struggle with motivation—they struggle with clarity. In this episode, we break down why teams miss expectations even when goals seem “clear,” and how leaders unintentionally create confusion, overwhelm, and misalignment.<...
Ambition Isn’t The Problem. Misalignment Is!
What does it take to shift from goal-driven leadership to identity-led leadership? In this episode, we sit down with Bianca D’Alessio — star of HBO Max...
Rowing into Leadership: What Crossing an Ocean Can Teach Us
I am hooked! I can't stop watching and listening @TarynSmithMovement on Instagram.She is rowing across the Atlantic all by herself... she's on roughly, Day 44. What can a 24-year-old rowing solo across the Atlantic teach seas...
The Burnout Trap No One Talks About
Your job is not your identity—and believing it is may be costing you your energy, joy, and leadership longevity. In this episode of Shedding the Corporate Bitch, burnout coach and author ...
Anticipatory Leadership: Why Waiting to React Is the Most Expensive Decision Leaders Make
This should shock you! Only 25% of executives feel prepared to lead through disruptive change. In this episode, we explore why reactive leadership fails—and how anticipatory leadership equips leaders to navigate AI, automation, workforce shifts...
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 ...
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 an...
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” ...
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 silen...
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 my...
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 trans...
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
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 t...
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 Enterpri...