Good Boss, Bad Boss
Bob Sutton
Author & Stanford Professor
Robert I. Sutton is a top org psychologist focused on scaling leadership, innovation, and workplace performance.
About this experience
What if your leadership team could see themselves through the eyes of those they lead?
Join Stanford professor and bestselling author Bob Sutton for a candid, interactive experience that helps leaders reflect, reset, and grow — individually and together.
How do the best leaders balance authority with empathy and build teams that thrive?
Invite your customers to a provocative and thoughtful experience with Stanford professor and leadership expert Bob Sutton, built around the key ideas from his acclaimed books.
Pick this experience when…
Your leadership team is ready to strengthen empathy, accountability, and the effectiveness of their management approach.
You want to offer your customers a meaningful leadership event that challenges assumptions and sparks real growth.
What to expect during the experience?
Bob will guide your team through insights from "The No Asshole Rule" and "Good Boss, Bad Boss", sparking open conversation about what it really means to lead well.
Working in pairs, leaders will surface common blind spots, share experiences, and explore practical strategies to build trust and psychological safety across teams.
Your team will leave with greater self-awareness and a renewed commitment to cultivating a culture of support, candor, and shared success.
Through engaging stories and peer-to-peer discussions, Bob will help participants explore the behaviors that distinguish good bosses from bad ones and the unseen habits that hold leaders back.
Attendees will reflect on their own impact, collaborate on solutions to common leadership challenges, and leave with renewed clarity and practical tools to elevate their teams.
This is not just a leadership talk, it’s a transformative moment of insight and action for today’s people-first leaders.
Bob Sutton
Author & Stanford Professor
Robert I. Sutton is an organizational psychologist and best-selling author of eight books. He studies leadership, innovation, organizational change, and workplace dynamics. Sutton has published over 200 articles, chapters, and case studies in scholarly and applied outlets. His main focus over the past decade is on scaling and leading at scale—how to grow organizations, spread good things (and remove bad things) in teams and organizations, and enhance performance, innovation, and well-being given the distinct challenges in big organizations.
“Bob was fantastic. He has an energy level that is off that charts and backs it up with real passion. He connected with the team perfectly. The content was interesting and all the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. He had a real impact on the experience.”
Lynda
CHRO
July, 2025
“Bob Sutton’s insights on leadership were both eye-opening and transformative. This experience provided our team with a deeper understanding of the impact of our leadership styles, empowering us to lead with more empathy and self-awareness.”
Andy
CPO
June, 2025
“Bob did an amazing job of reaching our team by relating personal experiences and examples from across various industries that held relevance for an industry that is centuries old.”
Tim
CEO
June, 2025
“The ‘Good Boss, Bad Boss’ experience was a game changer for our leadership team. We walked away with actionable strategies to improve our management approaches and a renewed commitment to fostering a healthier, more productive workplace culture.”
Amy
COO
July, 2025
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Perfect for in-person, remote and distributed teams.
Why choose this experience
Elevate Team Performance
Turn strategy into action by refining how your team works every day. Strengthen execution, improve effectiveness, and build momentum to achieve more together.
Understand Team Dynamics
Clarify roles, align strengths, and bring in fresh perspectives to ensure your team is set up for success. Build a dynamic team structure that adapts and thrives.
Build Resilience & Agility
Help your team stay flexible and bounce back stronger from setbacks, ready to adapt to any challenge.
Lead with Empathy
Strengthen teamwork by fostering empathy and a deeper understanding of each other’s perspectives.
Think & Innovate Creatively
Encourage fresh ideas and problem-solving by fostering a mindset of curiosity and innovation.
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