Surviving bad bosses, with Mita Mallick

Before Breakfast

iHeartPodcasts

Self-improvement, Education

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Career expert Mita Mallick shares how to deal with bad managers, and how to become a good one

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:07.0	Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of IHeart Radio.
0:13.0	Good morning. This is Laura.
0:16.0	Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
0:19.0	Today's episode is going to be a longer one, part of the series where I interview fascinating
0:24.0	people about how they take their days from great to awesome and any advice they have for the
0:29.2	rest of us.
0:30.2	So today I'm delighted to welcome Meena Malik to Before Breakfast.
0:34.2	Mehta has worked extensively in marketing and human resources and is the author of the
0:38.3	brand new book, The Devil Emails at Midnight, what good leaders can learn from bad bosses. So,
0:44.3	Mita, welcome to the show. Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited for our conversation
0:48.4	today. Yeah, I'm excited as well. So why don't you tell our listeners a little bit about yourself?
0:53.8	So I'm Mita Malik. I've been both a marketing and human resources executive. I'm a passionate
0:59.3	storyteller and I'm on a mission to fix what's broken in our workplaces. And as you mentioned,
1:04.0	I have a new book coming out called The Devil Emals at Midnight. What Good Leaders Can Learn
1:07.9	from Good Boss, from Bad Bosses. And what is top of mind for me right now is
1:13.8	I'm on a journey to raise kind and inclusive human beings. And it's tough. And I'm sure every
1:18.1	generation of parents said the same thing, but it is, it is rough. It is rough. Exactly. Exactly
1:23.7	what we all do the best we can. Well, I want to start with the title of your book.
1:28.7	Is there anything inherently wrong about emailing at midnight?
1:32.8	I love that question.
1:34.3	Not inherently.
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