Many business owners we’ve spoken with didn’t start with a huge team on day one. They had to learn how to be a good boss, but the problem is the books on leadership are often highly theoretical and so we wanted to hear practical examples of what it means to be a good boss. So, we asked some brilliant, insightful folks to share stories about the best bosses they’ve had.

Joshua Tomann

The best boss I ever had is a man that goes by the name of Kyle Keough. Kyle was the manager at Elite Edge Transformation Centers when I started working there in 2017. Today, he is my coach and mentor in powerlifting. Kyle is everything you want to be as a coach; he’s smart, calm, calculated, and dreams as big as you dream. Read more>>

Matt & Julie Hina

Absolutely, I had that experience with a Battalion Commander while I was a Captain in the United States Army and I would add he was all three for me… an amazing boss, mentor, and leader. To give you some insight into his philosophy and thought process, he was a Green Beret and thrived in unconventionality and would think in multiple parallels all at once. He gave you a lot of ground to be creative and have initiative. He didn’t tell you what to think, he taught you how to think. Read more>>

Lara Hochman

The best boss I’ve ever had was more than just supportive. He saw my potential for growth before I knew what I was capable of. He was always available and welcomed all questions I had, whether clinical or related to leadership. I felt supported, respected, and valued. This is the person who I try to emulate when in leadership roles because he instilled confidence in my abilities and because of the impact he had on me as a professional. Read more>>

Tyana Tavakol

The way I’ve learned whether or not I have a good boss is what I’m talking about at a work happy hour: is it how we all hate our lives and want to escape, or brainstorming how we can get even better at what we do. The first best boss I ever had was not even in the therapy field, it was when I worked in Amazon. In my previous life, I was a program manager in the tech industry. When I started at Amazon, I had a boss that, at first, absolutely terrified me. Read more>>

Megan Trueblood

One morning in my early twenties I arrived at my student job where I worked as a teachers assistant in the art department where I studied. I sat down at my computer to get back to my current project. As I was sitting there my boss popped her head into the office and said, “Megan, get me the Pentagon!” then just as quickly as she had appeared, was gone again. I sat there a little stunned at the brief exclamation and laughed, thinking this was probably a joke. Read more>>