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Podcast: Relationships at Work - a trust-driven leadership podcast
Episode: When Managing Your Boss Becomes the Job
Description: What happens when doing your job quietly turns into managing your boss’s ego?In this Relationships at Work mini-episode, Russel Lolacher unpacks the real damage caused by bootlicking cultures — where praise is safer than honesty, silence is rewarded over truth, and employees spend more energy protecting leaders than improving the work.Through a simple story and clear leadership reflections, this episode explores how fear-based leadership erodes psychological safety, engagement, trust, and culture — often without leaders even realizing it’s happening.You’ll also hear three practical leadership shifts that help move teams...