{"podcast":{"title":"Harvard Business Review","slug":"harvard-business-review-7777387","podcast_index_feed_id":7777387,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VG7900701114","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/980142f0-0d9c-11f1-9b6f-b39130a8b54a/image/fd144eac00da8bd04368206590cf5ad8.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"HBR","episode_count":501,"summary":"At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. We try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We encourage comments, critiques, and questions. We expect our community to be a safe space for respectful, constructive, and thought-provoking discussion. We reserve the right to remove or turn off comments at our discretion. We do not tolerate bullying, name-calling, or abusive language related to identity, including race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, age, or region; spam; copyright violation; extreme profanity; or p*rnography.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-27T00:20:33.239002+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387"},"episode":{"title":"How Do I Deal with a Difficult Boss? | Coaching Real Leaders","slug":"how-do-i-deal-with-a-difficult-boss-coaching-real-leaders","published_at":"2026-09-12T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/how-do-i-deal-with-a-difficult-boss-coaching-real-leaders","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG8842913411.mp3?updated=1776373841","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG8842913411.mp3?updated=1776373841","summary":"How Do I Work with a Difficult Boss? | Coaching Real Leaders 28 Jun 2023 --- He’s a mission driven leader who has always found roles where he can help others. He was brought in at a high level at a new organization, but he’s feeling tension and conflict with the organization’s founder. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through how to manage himself in this negative work dynamic. Further reading: - Founder’s Syndrome Can Take Down a Nonprofit. Here’s How To Avoid It: https://www.joangarry.com/founder-syndrome/ - Make Sure Your Work Is Aligned with Your Boss’s Expectations: https://hbr.org/tip/2018/04/make-sure-your-work-is-aligned-with-your-bosss-expectations - Managing Up: https://www.peterguber.com/managing-up-when-your-boss-has-you-down/ This episode originally aired on Coaching Real Leaders on May 22, 2023. Listen to more episodes of Coaching Real Leaders on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzAU8TPKsJua_hcLjT7aFzWcoqMnrp-z7 You can also listen to this episode on HBR.org, and wherever you listen to podcasts: - HBR.org (transcript available here): https://hbr.org/podcast/2023/05/how-do-i-work-with-a-difficult-boss - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-do-i-work-with-a-difficult-boss/id1545444200?i=1000614004343 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6l7fgumTeqXhxMcl3mPpPc?si=e406dfd3584f418a - Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/coaching-real-leaders/episode/how-do-i-work-with-a-difficult-boss-303554602 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmhhcnZhcmRidXNpbmVzcy5vcmcvaGFydmFyZGJ1c2luZXNzL2NvYWNoaW5nLXJlYWwtbGVhZGVycw/episode/dGFnOmF1ZGlvLmhici5vcmcsMjAyMC0xMi0xNzpjb2FjaGluZy1yZWFsLWxlYWRlcnMuczUuMDAwNA?sa=X&amp;ved=0CAgQuIEEahcKEwjwvbjOpdf_AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQLA Series Description: We all want to g…","meta_description":"How Do I Work with a Difficult Boss? | Coaching Real Leaders 28 Jun 2023 --- He’s a mission driven leader who has always found roles where he can help oth…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3809,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/harvard-business-review-7777387/episodes/how-do-i-deal-with-a-difficult-boss-coaching-real-leaders/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/how-do-i-deal-with-a-difficult-boss-coaching-real-leaders.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}