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How Do I Transition from a Corporate Role to Entrepreneurship? | Coaching Real Leaders | Podcast 19 Oct 2022 --- She’s had a successful career leading in the corporate world and now she’s decided to venture out on her own to build a consulting business from scratch. But she’s struggling with her move into entrepreneurship and wonders if she made the right decision. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her...

What to Do If You're Undervalued at Work | Christine vs Work 10 Nov 2023 --- You work hard, you do your job well, but no one seems to notice or give you credit. Here’s what to do. Whether you’re looking for a raise, better feedback from your manager, or greater visibility within your company, what can you do to be recognized? It can feel especially challenging if you’re more junior than your colle...

How Leaders Can Be Happier 18 Nov 2025 --- Does happiness really matter in business – and how can we achieve it? In this episode of HBR IdeaCast, award-winning author and Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks joins host Adi Ignatius for a conversation at Harvard Business School’s Klarman Hall. They talk about why happiness is a direction, not a destination; why career success doesn’t automatically me...

Can Work Make You Happy? Should It? 24 Sep 2024 --- True happiness from work may not come from traditional markers like money, power, or reputation. Arthur C. Brooks, an HBS Professor and coauthor (with Oprah Winfrey) of "Build the Life You Want", emphasizes the importance of feeling valued and making a meaningful impact through one’s work. Books, tools, and more: store.hbr.org Follow us: https://...

Running a Consumer Fintech Startup within Goldman Sachs | Cold Call 5 Jul 2023 --- Marcus by Goldman Sachs marked a dramatic shift for the 150-year-old financial institution, which historically had served only businesses and the wealthiest people. The fintech startup operated within Goldman Sachs, offering unsecured personal loans for the mass market, high-yield deposits, and a credit card in part...

How to Lead and Reskill in the Age of AI 25 Aug 2023 --- How will AI affect businesses and employees? It’s the million-dollar question, and according to Harvard Business School’s Raffaella Sadun, the answer will depend on how well an organization connects the new technologies to both a broad corporate vision and individual employee growth. One without the other is a recipe for job elimination and...

Fighting Workaholism: “You’re More Than a Success Machine” 12 Sep 2024 --- If you think you might be a workaholic, the underlying issue may be something more insidious: an addiction to success. This is what social scientist Arthur C. Brooks argues, explaining how this addiction develops and why it can be so damaging, to both ourselves and our relationships. He emphasizes that we are not “success m...

If Your Organization Isn't Adapting, It Isn't Growing 4 Jul 2025 --- ”It is really important to always be widening the aperture, to be looking at an issue holistically, and to be prepared and okay with pivoting.” Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://hbr.org/podcast/2025/06/moms-demand-action-founder-on-what-it-takes-to-lead-change?tpcc=orgsocial_edit&utm_campaign=hbr&utm_medium=social...

Don't Bring Your "Whole Self" to Work—Bring Your Best Self 15 Oct 2025 --- "Bring your whole self to work” sounds good in theory—but it’s misguided for senior leaders. The higher you climb, the more your moods and biases shape the culture. Effective leaders know where to draw the line between personal expression and professional responsibility. Explore more in Tomas’s new book “Don't Be Yourself:...

How to Quit Your Job with No Regrets | Christine vs. Work 14 Sep 2021 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ Is there a right way—and a wrong way—to quit your job? Here’s what to do and say in the moment. Subscribe to the Ascend newsletter: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters?movetile_hbpascendnl&hideIntromercial=true Learn more about our sponsor, Confluence, at htt...

How Do I Make a Career Change when Odds Are Stacked Against Me? | Coaching Real Leaders | Podcast 2 Nov 2022 --- He’s had a long, successful career as an attorney, in spite of the challenges he’s faced as a neurodivergent leader. Now he wants to parlay his legal experience and interest in advocacy into a different career in diversity, equity, and inclusion, but he’s having a hard time landing the...

Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer: Biggest Threat to World Is Rogue Actors – From Putin to Musk 19 Jan 2023 --- When we think about people with incredible control over their institutions and no checks and balances, we often think of classic rogue actors like Russia’s Vladimir Putin. But Ian Bremmer, founder and president of global risk research consultancy Eurasia Group, would also include business lead...

A Smarter Way to Delegate: What to Keep vs. What to Hand Off 26 Sep 2025 --- Leaders don’t need to do it all. Learn a smarter way to decide which tasks to delegate—and how to set others up to succeed when you hand work off. Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/4nmcBMp ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Your Work Team Shrinking? 23 Dec 2024 --- Do people keep quitting your team, and is there anything you can do? Executive coach Muriel Wilkins is here with advice and strategies that can help — delivered in one minute or less. Wilkins is the host of HBR’s Coaching Real Leaders, available wherever you get your podcasts. You can also listen here: https://s.hbr.org/4fqGyGU Learn more about your ad...

How to Get People to Listen to You | The Harvard Business Review Guide 26 Apr 2024 --- Being heard at work has less to do with volume than strategy. And in the workplace, it'll have a huge impact on whether you’re seen as competent, get credit for the work you do, and are able to get your job done. Here are a bunch of practical tips to improve your chances of being heard at work without having to...

What Sets Genius Teams Apart 11 Jul 2024 --- Have you been or would you ever want to be on a “genius team”? They can be super successful, but you need to know how to handle the downsides too. — Read the full article here: https://s.hbr.org/3W2ejWM #genius #executive #teamwork #collaboration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Case Against Letting Employees Pick WFH Days 13 Sep 2021 --- While some managers may be inclined to let employees choose their own schedule, Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom strongly recommends against this for two very important reasons. 00:00 I used to say, "Let employees pick their WFH days." Not any more. 00:33 The first problem: “Mixed mode” leads to anxiety and exclusion 01:21 Problem t...

What is Stakeholder Capitalism? Here's a Definition, and 4 Ways to Make It a Reality 17 May 2021 --- To solve big, global problems, companies must rethink capitalism and how they collaborate, argues Mariana Mazzucato, professor in the economics of innovation and public value at University College London. 00:00 Capitalism lurches from crisis to crisis 00:35 What's the difference between shareholder...

How to Stay on Top of Your Team's Projects (Without Micromanaging) 18 Aug 2025 --- Leaders: Want to stay in the know without micromanaging? The trick starts with mapping your work in two simple ways—here’s how. Read the full article by Melody Wilding (@melodywildinglmsw) here: https://s.hbr.org/41PfRHl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Larry Fink at BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit | Cold Call 3 Aug 2023 --- In 2014, Larry Fink started writing letters to the leaders of some of the largest publicly listed companies, urging them to consider the importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. Fink is the chairman and CEO of BlackRock, one of the largest asset management houses in the world. The firm’s success...

Strategize Your Life 13 Feb 2025 --- Running a business with no game plan would be pretty risky, right? Well, it’s no different when it comes to our own lives. We often let our feelings call the shots, but what if we approached life like the best strategists out there? Read the full article by Rainer Strack, Susanne Dyrchs, and Allison Bailey here: https://s.hbr.org/40WiOEW Learn more about your a...

Getting Along with Difficult Coworkers (Live in Boston) | Women at Work | Podcast 12 Oct 2022 --- To cap off our Getting Along series (see the last four episodes in our feed if you missed them), Amy Gallo offers advice, in front of a live audience, on how to deal with “difficult” colleagues. She talks with Amy Bernstein about the different types of difficult coworkers (from the tormentor to the kn...

How to Stop Promoting Incompetent Men (Quick Study) 12 Mar 2020 --- Are there fewer women in management because we can’t discern between confidence and competence? The popular explanations range from women just aren’t capable of being leaders to women just don’t want to be leaders. According to author Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic however, the absence of women in leadership roles has less to do with wom...

We’re All Anxious Right Now: Here’s How to Cope 30 Mar 2020 --- Acting on emotion leads to bad decisions, so you need to slow down. Here’s how. With the news around the COVID-19 pandemic developing quickly, people are making decisions — often quickly — on everything from whether to cancel meetings to how to best project their family and colleagues. In a time of crisis and uncertainty, there are se...

Can't Find a Job Post-Job Loss? Here's How to Pivot. 13 Jun 2025 --- Sometimes, a long gap between jobs might mean it's time to pivot. 🎧 Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/44nwKtt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices