Podcast Episodes

Taking Decisive Action in a Crisis

Episode 10

Cynthia Carroll was only a few months into leading the global mining firm Anglo American when she suspended operations in their South African platinum mine. She was concerned about worker fatalities …

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

The Best Managers Are “Connectors”

Episode 9

Some managers are like teachers, sharing their skills and experience with their teams. Others are more like cheerleaders who encourage their direct reports to learn on their own. But Sari Wilde expla…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

F1 Legend Toto Wolff on Leading Through Big Wins — and Crushing Losses

Episode 8

Managing a team in good times is one skill set. But how do you motivate people when things aren’t going well?

Toto Wolff is the team principle and CEO of the Mercedes team, one of the most successful…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Why Authentic Leadership Is So Hard

Episode 7

Do you feel like your true self at work, or is going to work like putting on a mask? As leaders, we know we’re supposed to be authentic, but that is often easier said than done.

Babson College manage…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

How to Lead Across Cultures, Languages, and Geographies

Episode 6

In this era of global business and hybrid work, managers must find ways to unify teams that are geographically and culturally separated.

Harvard Business School professor Tsedal Neeley explains how o…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Hollywood’s Ron Howard on How Filmmakers Are the Ultimate Team Leaders

Episode 5

Filmmakers are the ultimate team leaders. Every auteur — think of Stanley Kubrick, Wong Kar-wai, Robert Altman — must manage tens of millions of dollars, staffs of hundreds, and intense deadlines, al…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

What It Takes to Become CEO

Episode 4

What does it take to get to the C-suite? Venture capitalist and former tech CEO Mike Troiano has direct experience with that journey.

“The most important thing you want to do to get to the next level…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

What Jazz Can Teach Leaders about Innovation and Teamwork

Episode 3

What can jazz great Miles Davis teach us about leading for innovation?

“I love Miles Davis’s quote. He says, if you’re not making a mistake, it’s a mistake,” says jazz pianist and management professo…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Rachel Carson’s Quiet and Powerful Leadership

Episode 2

Rachel Carson is known as a gifted science writer and a trailblazing environmental activist. Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn argues that she also should be remembered as a great leader.…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

What Top Performing CEOs Really Do

Episode 1

Popular stereotypes of successful CEOs as charismatic white men with Ivy League degrees who never falter under pressure are often misleading.  

“The CEOs I get to know up close and personal really lo…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago