# Why good people become bad bosses

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxSonomaCounty
- Speaker: Jamie Woolf and Christopher Bell
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_woolf_and_christopher_bell_why_good_people_become_bad_bosses)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

You’ve probably had a bad boss, but you might not realize how easy it is to become one. Leadership experts Jamie Woolf and Christopher Bell unpack “power blindness” — how authority can warp your perspective — and share smart, practical ways to break the cycle of toxic bosses for good.

## Lectures

1. [Why good people become bad bosses](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jamie_woolf_and_christopher_bell_why_good_people_become_bad_bosses/768907db075b), 12 min (TED's player)