Michael Cupps sits down with Natalie Parker, founder of Natalie Parker Enterprises, TEDx speaker, and host of the Signal Award-winning podcast So Your Boss Sucks, Now What?, for a conversation about what silence actually costs an organization and why most companies are still not equipping their people to handle it.

Natalie spent more than 20 years in corporate America across tech, finance, forestry, transportation, and defense before leaving in 2020. She watched the same pattern play out across all of them: 60% of new managers step into leadership without any formal training, and the employees underneath them are given no framework for navigating what comes next. Her ANCHORed Accountability model was built to close that gap, from both sides of the desk.

The conversation covers the trust bank, the false alignment trap, what the Challenger disaster and Enron have in common with most mid-market businesses, and why one in three employees said staying silent cost their organization at least $25,000. Natalie also gets into the AI disruption conversation from a grounded, personal angle, including why she thinks our ability to adapt is already inside us, and what leaders will need to stop doing if they want their teams to use new tools well.

Connect with Natalie Parker: linkedin.com/in/natalie-renee-parker

thenatalieparker.com | yourbosssucks.com 

Watch Natalie's TEDx Talk here

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