You're good at your job. And still, your Sunday evening belongs to the person above you.
Free online training with Kai Boyd
When Your Boss Is the Problem
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In 45 minutes I'll show you how to:
- recognize which of four boss types you report to
- understand why well-meant advice makes things worse with the wrong type
- show up differently in your next conversation, without raising your voice
- get decisions again instead of waiting
I set the priorities myself now.
- Online training
- 45 minutes
- Free to attend
- Only a few time slots available
Sound familiar?
Does your week feel like you're only reacting to the person above you?
Dear leader,
you have a team, you have responsibility, and you actually know what needs to be done. And yet your day depends on one single person: the one above you.
Sometimes it gets loud. Sometimes no decision comes for weeks. Sometimes you hear from others what was said about you. And on Sunday evening, your head is already in Monday.
You know the usual advice: stay calm and talk it out. The problem is that the same advice helps with one type of boss and makes everything worse with another.
My name is Kai Boyd. I have been leading people for 35+ years: in the German Armed Forces, in large corporations and in mid-sized companies. More than once I had a boss above me who made my job hard. Back then, I had no answer.
What I have learned since, I put into an online training. In 45 minutes I'll show you which type you report to and what you'll do differently starting tomorrow.
See you in the training,
Kai
What you'll learn
Find out who you report to. And what you'll do differently starting tomorrow.
The four boss types
Tyrant, Schemer, Bluffer and Ghost. You learn how to tell which one you report to.
Why standard advice fails
The same advice helps with one type and makes things worse with another. You'll find out why.
Read, Frame, Deliver
The system that helps you position yourself differently in your next conversation, without raising your voice.
Your next step
You leave with a clear picture of the first thing to change with your type.
How it works
- Where
- Online in your browser. Nothing to install.
- When
- You pick one of the available time slots when you register.
- How long
- 45 minutes.
- Who it's for
- Leaders with a difficult boss above them.
Voices
What changed for others
Two leaders from my German course, anonymized and with their consent, plus one public review. Translated from German.
Before: “I was waiting for him.” Today: “I set the priorities myself now.”
Because of the course, I hold my boss more accountable. I make firm decisions, even when they're uncomfortable.
Kai Boyd comes from practice, with real examples and real solutions. He's a realist and knows that not everything that glitters is gold, not even for him.
The agenda
How the training works
45 minutes, straight to the point. You watch, nobody sees you.
- Part 1
Why I've been there myself
I tell you what it was like when I had a boss above me who made my job hard. And why I had no answer back then.
- Part 2
The four boss types
Tyrant, Schemer, Bluffer and Ghost. What drives them, what they fear and how you spot them day to day.
- Part 3
Why the usual advice doesn't work
You'll see why the same advice helps with one type and makes things worse with another.
- Part 4
Read, Frame, Deliver
The system that helps you position yourself differently in your next conversation. With examples from real cases.
- At the end
Your next step
At the end I introduce my online course, where we go deeper for your type. Whether you use it is up to you.
Who it's for
This training is for you if …
- you get shut down in a meeting in front of others and think about it for days
- you wait for decisions that never come, while your team waits for you
- your results reach the top, but without your name on them
- you hear from others what was said about you
- on Sunday evening, your head is already in Monday
What if your Sunday evening belonged to you again?
For that, you need to know who you're dealing with. That's exactly what I show you in the training.
Your host
I didn't learn this in a seminar room
I'm Kai Boyd, and I have been leading people for 35+ years. In the German Armed Forces, where I'm a Lieutenant Colonel in the reserve today. And in leadership roles at O2, at ProSiebenSat.1 companies, at Twilio and at Fastly.
During that time, more than once I had a boss above me who made my job hard. The answers I needed back then, I pass on today.
Nothing in this training is made up. I needed it.
Questions and answers
Frequently asked questions
Nothing. It's free to attend.
You pick one of the available time slots when you register. Only a few slots are available, and I don't know how long this training will stay online.
45 minutes. Block the time without interruptions, ideally with pen and paper.
No. You watch, nobody sees or hears you.
Yes. The four types exist regardless of gender. When I say boss in the training, I mean anyone you report to.
At the end I introduce my online course, where we go deeper for your boss type. Whether you use it is entirely up to you. The training is complete without the course.
You get the access details and reminders for the training. After that you get my newsletter with ideas on leadership. You can unsubscribe with one click in every email.
Free to attend · 45 minutes · only a few time slots available