Step Up to a New Approach to Management Development

Have you ever had a bad boss, been a bad boss, or been left picking up the pieces and problems caused by a bad boss? You’re not alone. Our research reveals some surprising truths: 99.6% of people have had a bad boss, and 80% of bosses say they’ve been one at least once!

Can you afford this happening at your company? Can you afford to take a productivity hit, lose top talent, and watch morale drop—all thanks to a bad boss, most likely an unintentional bad boss? Probably not!

That’s where we come in! While others go right to ‘Action,’ we know real change starts with ‘Awareness’ and ‘Acceptance.’ We help your bosses recognize and embrace growth areas before they step into action, setting your people and business up for success!

we're on a mission to help every boss be great!

How we can help

our services

We've developed services and products to help bosses of all levels step up their greatness. From workshops to our 360-degree feedback tool, to having us speak at your event, we're here to do things in our own unique, meaningful and effective way.

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self-assessment

Want to understand your boss traits (good, bad and great)? Our free and confidential tool will assess these for you, providing you with development areas to focus on using our Great Boss Building Block Model™.

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our book

Want to be a great boss? Our book will help you understand the meaning and impact of 10 types of bad bosses to drive your awareness. It will also provide you with tools to enrich and not ruin lives through The Great Boss Building Block Model™.

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Our monthly newsletter was created for bosses who want to learn, want to grow and want to be great! We share stories, tips and tools to help you better understand and deal with challenges that you face in being a boss. They're practical, relatable and actionable, something that we believe will ensure that it’s a newsletter that can make a difference - to you, to your people and to your business.

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Who we are

We joined forces to write Bad Bosses Ruin Lives, and to bring our mission of helping all bosses be great to life through the work that we do with our Step Up Your Greatness services and products. With over 35 years of experience under our belts, we offer a powerful mix of perspectives - shaped by the roles we’ve played, the companies we’ve been part of, and the bosses we've learned from and been ourselves. Meet the duo behind it all!

Debra Corey

Debra is a highly experienced and award-winning HR consultant, trainer, world-class speaker, Forbes contributor, and six-time best-selling author who has been named as one of the top 101 global employee engagement influencers multiple times.

After over 20 years working for global companies she now ‘pays it forward’ by inspiring and helping organizations and leaders develop and deliver people and culture strategies and initiatives in a rebellious way, pushing the boundaries and challenging the status quo to truly drive employee engagement and business performance.

Ken Corey

Ken is a seasoned Engineering Leader and a trailblazer in fostering innovative solutions, most recently exemplified in his role as a Senior Engineering Manager at Curve. With a rich career spanning over three decades, Ken has been at the forefront of cultivating high-performance teams, driving complex project deliveries and advancing cutting-edge engineering practices in companies ranging from startups to large enterprises.

Ken's leadership ethos is rooted deeply in people development, always striving to propel his team members' careers to new heights while ensuring utmost customer satisfaction.