276. He Didn’t See It—Until He Was Out

The Kathie Owen Perspective Podcast · Apr 2, 2026 · 8m · transcript

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In this episode of The Kathie Owen Perspective, Kathie Owen breaks down a powerful and often invisible leadership pattern—how CEOs and leaders can be quietly overpowered inside their own organizations without realizing it.

This isn’t about strategy.

It’s not about intelligence.

It’s about human behavior under pressure.

Kathie walks through a real-world scenario where a CEO was told directly that his COO was bullying the leadership team—including him. The behavior was visible. It was named. But it wasn’t acted on.

And the outcome?

He lost his position.

In this…