Every workplace has heroes and villains but often, they’re the same people at different points in their journey. In this interactive session, Sheri Bender and Kate Bray bring The Bad Boss Files to life through storytelling, humor, and audience participation. Together, they unpack true leadership stories the micromanagers, the ghost bosses, the blamers to reveal what these behaviors teach us about self-awareness, trust, accountability, and the kind of work environment every leader creates for better or worse. Participants will laugh, reflect, and engage with real stories to identify leadership patterns and explore how HR can guide growth instead of just managing fallout. You’ll leave with practical insights on recognizing when poor leadership can be developed, when it can’t, and how to protect culture and teams in the process. Each story becomes a mirror for self-awareness helping HR professionals, coaches, and leaders alike recognize kryptonite that quietly weakens culture and performance and rewrite the story before it becomes a podcast episode. Because HR can’t always pick the heroes, but we can help shape how their story ends.