Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAdjusting to Remote Work During the Coronavirus Crisis
Episode 732
Tsedal Neeley, a professor at Harvard Business School, says that there are simple ways leaders can help their employees stay productive, focused, and…
6 years ago
Real Leaders: Abraham Lincoln and the Power of Emotional Discipline
Episode 731
In 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln wrote a scathing letter to his top Union general, who had squandered a chance to end the Civil War. Then Linc…
6 years ago
Square’s Cofounder on Discovering — and Defending — Innovations
Episode 730
Jim McKelvey, entrepreneur and cofounder of Square, says that most companies that think of themselves as innovative are really just copycats. True in…
6 years ago
Real Leaders: Rachel Carson Seeds the Environmental Movement
Episode 729
In 1958, writer Rachel Carson began her exhaustive research on the effects of widespread pesticide use for her next book, Silent Spring. Over the nex…
6 years, 1 month ago
Why Capitalists Need to Save Democracy
Episode 728
Rebecca Henderson, professor at Harvard Business School, says that both capitalism and democracy are failing us. She argues that it will take public …
6 years, 1 month ago
Real Leaders: Ernest Shackleton Leads a Harrowing Expedition
Episode 727
In 1915, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship became trapped in ice, north of Antarctica. For the next two years, he kept his crew of 27 men alive…
6 years, 1 month ago
How Workplaces — Not Women — Need to Change to Improve Equality
Episode 726
Michelle King, director of inclusion at Netflix, says it’s time to stop telling women to adapt to the male-dominated workplace and time for the workp…
6 years, 1 month ago
Rules for Effective Hiring — and Firing
Episode 725
Joel Peterson, chairman of JetBlue Airways, has spent a career leading teams, building businesses, and managing people at every level. Along the way,…
6 years, 1 month ago
Defining Radical Candor - and How to Do It
Episode 724
Kim Scott, a cofounder of the executive coaching firm Radical Candor, says that too many managers give meaningless positive feedback, while many othe…
6 years, 1 month ago
723: How People Succeed By Defying Expectations
Episode 723
Laura Huang, associate professor at Harvard Business School, has studied groups that face bias in the workplace, from entrepreneurs with accents to w…
6 years, 2 months ago