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Leadership isn’t trait, it’s a set of skills. Whether you’re managing up or motivating a team, HBR On Leadership is your destination for insights and inspiration from the world’s top leadership practitioners and experts. Every Wednesday, the editors at the Harvard Business Review hand-picked case studies and conversations with global business leaders, management experts, academics, from across HBR to unlock the best in those around you.
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How to Give Your Team the Feedback They Actually Need

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<p>How does critical feedback affect your team’s success? Researchers <strong>Marcus Buckingham</strong> and <strong>Ashley Goodall</strong> argue that many managers invest too much energy in correcting weaknesses. Instead, they encourage leaders to focus on developing employees’ strengths.</p><p><br></p><p>B<span style="background-color: white;">uckingham and Goodall are the authors of the book,</span><em> </em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nine-Lies-about-Work-Freethinking/dp/1633696308%22%20/t%20%22_blank" target="_blank" style="color: blue;"><em>Nine</em></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nine-Lies-about-Work-Freethinking/dp/1633696308%22%20/t%20%22_blank" target="_blank" style="color: blue; background-color: white;"><em> Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World</em></a> and the HBR article “<a href="https://hbr.org/2019/03/the-feedback-fallacy" target="_blank" style="color: blue;">The Feedback Fallacy</a>”<span style="background-color: white;"> </span>In this episode, they explain how to lead more effective conversations about performance by focusing on what your team members do best.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Key episode topics include</strong> leadership, giving feedback, managing people, performance indicators.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>HBR On Leadership curates the best case studies and conversations with the world’s top business and management experts, to help you unlock the best in those around you. New episodes every week.</p><p> </p><p>· Listen to the original HBR IdeaCast episode: <a href="https://hbr.org/podcast/2019/04/what-managers-get-wrong-about-feedback" target="_blank" style="color: blue;">What Managers Get Wrong About Feedback</a> (2019)</p><p>· Find more episodes of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hbr-ideacast/id152022135?mt=2" target="_blank" style="color: blue;">HBR IdeaCast</a><span style="color: blue;">.</span></p><p>· Discover 100 years of Harvard Business Review articles, case studies, podcasts, and more at <a href="https://hbr.org/" target="_blank" style="color: blue;">HBR.org</a><span style="color: blue;">.</span></p>
February 05, 2025
How to Make Better Decisions Under Pressure

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Carol Kauffman challenges common belief that leaders make best decisions instinctively, discussing her framework for sound decision-making in high-pressure situations based on real-life stories of coached leaders.
January 29, 2025
How to Get Leadership Succession Right

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New CEO Jason Buechel discusses challenges of succeeding co-founder John Mackey at Whole Foods and shares strategies for preserving company culture while addressing employee concerns and focusing on internal leadership.
January 22, 2025
How to Bridge Generational Gaps on Your Team

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Lindsey Pollak shares insights on managing older colleagues and cross-generational dynamics in the workplace, providing practical tips for navigating leadership challenges and motivating direct reports skeptical of new technologies.
January 15, 2025
5 Leadership Traits That Set High-Potential Employees Apart

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Professor Jay Conger discusses signs you might be on your company's leadership fast track and offers advice on how to leverage the five X factors: courage, self-awareness, empathy, curiosity, and openness that set high-potential employees apart.
January 08, 2025
Why Expertise Can Make You a Less Effective Leader

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Expert leadership can stifle curiosity and foster overconfidence, warns Sydney Finkelstein in this episode. He suggests that a humble and open-minded approach is crucial. Learn how to cultivate these qualities from Finkelstein's research, who is an expert on leadership and talent development.
January 01, 2025
What Oprah’s Leadership Journey Reveals about the Power of Authenticity

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In this episode, Bill George explores Oprah Winfrey's journey from a daytime talk show host to media mogul, highlighting her leadership skills, shift from people-pleasing, finding her unique voice, and embracing vulnerability as a key strength.
December 25, 2024
How to Master Office Politics Without Compromising Your Values

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Organizational psychologist Madeleine Wyatt and a management consultant discuss becoming politically savvy at work by mastering four skills: apparent sincerity, networking, and interpersonal influence for better leadership in the business services sector. Topics include office politics, power, and influence.
December 18, 2024
The Questions Leaders Need to Be Asking Themselves

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Robert Steven Kaplan discusses how leaders can make effective decisions by asking tough questions, clarifying priorities, and framing inquiries better. He is the author of 'What to Ask the Person in the Mirror'.
December 11, 2024
How to Cultivate Joy on Your Team

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CEO Richard Sheridan discusses the importance of joy at work in creating a positive culture and fostering innovation, offering guidance on cultivating joy in the workplace as chief joy officer.
December 04, 2024
How to Repair a Broken Relationship at Work

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HBR contributing editor Amy Gallo offers advice on repairing broken professional relationships at work, focusing on empathy and less ego to move forward, while discussing various types of common conflicts such as leadership and difficult conversations.
November 27, 2024
How to Manage an Employee Who Gets on Your Nerves

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Coaches Alison Beard and Dan McGinn give advice on dealing with difficult employees, focusing on approaches for managing negative behaviors like passivity and passive aggression. They also discuss providing constructive feedback and coaching employees on communication skills.
November 20, 2024
Why DEI Still Matters (and How to Get It Right)

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In this podcast, former Jamba Juice CEO James White and his daughter Krista White discuss how corporate leaders can promote lasting change for racial equity, emphasizing the importance of involving middle managers in DEI efforts.
November 13, 2024
How Large Firms Can Get Innovation Right

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MIT researchers argue that large organizations can innovate by having a dynamic mix of entrepreneurial, enabling, and architecting leaders. They also empower employees to lead in their areas of expertise, supporting them as they transition from hierarchical leadership to autonomous ways of working.
November 06, 2024
Should Your Business Take a Stand on Societal Issues?

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Harvard Business School lecturer Hubert Joly discusses a decision-making process for firms on controversial societal issues, using his leadership experience during George Floyd protests and Best Buy as case study. Additional examples include Nike, Disney, and Starbucks.
October 30, 2024
Are Your Best Employees Eyeing the Door?

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Learn tactics to retain your best employees and manage teams effectively, including dealing with valuable employees who have job offers.
October 23, 2024
How to Make Better Hiring and Firing Decisions

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Joel Peterson, former chairman of JetBlue Airways & Stanford professor, discusses his approach to hiring top leadership and why it's crucial for thorough interviews. He also explains how he handles struggling new hires, when to fire someone underperforming, and why he avoids outsourcing termination conversations.
October 16, 2024
How to Get People to Listen to You

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HBR contributing editor and workplace conflict expert Amy Gallo discusses research-based tips for effective communication in leadership, emphasizing the importance of a strategic approach to expressing ideas rather than volume, along with advice on optimizing body language and analyzing counterpart's body language.
October 09, 2024
Why Founders Need to Focus More on Sales and Marketing

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Harvard Business School senior lecturer Mark Roberge discusses incorporating sales into startups and hiring for early sales roles, designing compensation, and building a strong foundation for growing sales teams.
October 02, 2024
What It Really Takes to Be a Manager

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Professor Ellen Van Oosten offers advice on navigating a managerial role you don't want, responding to a supervisor blocking your promotion, and gaining management experience for career growth.
September 25, 2024
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