HBR On Leadership

Weekly conversations on building leadership skills and management practices AI summary

Harvard Business Review Visit website › Business · EN · 168 episodes · latest 2026-06-24

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Leadership isn’t just a personality trait, it’s a set of skills that you can build. 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 help you unlock the best in those around you.

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  1. How Leaders Create the Conditions for Innovative Thinking

    2026-06-24 · 31 min · Episode 167

    Today’s leaders need to be able to innovate over and over again despite fast-changing market conditions and a multitude of other uncertainities. Harvard Business School professor Linda Hill has spent years researching…

  2. An Announcement from HBR On Leadership

    2026-06-24 · 2 min

    Since 2023, HBR On Leadership has been bringing you hand-curated insights and inspiration from across the HBR archive to unlock the best in those around you. But the time has come for HBR On Leadership to hit pause on…

  3. Why Speed and Trust Are Critical to Solving Hard Problems

    2026-06-17 · 29 min · Episode 166

    When it comes to solving complex, layered problems, the default for many organizational leaders is to take their time to work through the issues at hand. Unfortunately, that often leads to problems that linger with no…

  4. How to Actually Finish What You Need to Get Done

    2026-06-11 · 25 min · Episode 165

    There are many productivity tools and tactics that promise to help you make the most of your workday. But there is one simple practice that’s consistently been shown to be effective: timeboxing. Timeboxing is about…

  5. How to Cultivate Your “Personal Power” as a Leader

    2026-06-03 · 26 min · Episode 164

    We all know the stereotypes of leaders who use charisma, manipulation, domineering behavior, or their status in the hierarchy to exert control. But there is another type of leader whose power isn’t necessarily related…

  6. How Shake Shack Balanced Digitalization with Its Hospitality Ethos

    2026-05-27 · 29 min · Episode 163

    Shake Shack started in 2001 as a hot dog cart in New York City’s Madison Square Park. It’s now a global fast-casual restaurant chain renowned for both quality and hospitality. In 2024, following a rapid rollout of…

  7. Getting Buy-In for Your Next Big Idea

    2026-05-20 · 30 min · Episode 162

    Leaders are often called upon to pitch ideas to senior management about how to change the way their company does business. Perhaps you have proposed an improvement to an existing process, a new product, a technological…

  8. Redefining What Efficiency Means in the Age of AI

    2026-05-13 · 30 min · Episode 161

    What is the real definition of efficiency in a world powered by AI? What if it was quality, not quantity? Neuroscientist Mithu Storoni has researched how and when our brains are the most creative and truly productive at…

  9. Communicating with Confidence When You’re Under Pressure

    2026-05-07 · 34 min · Episode 160

    Communicating clearly sets you up to have the leadership impact and influence you need to drive change. But what if you’re running on empty? Expressing your ideas and giving direction when you’re sleep-deprived, burned…

  10. Build Your Resilience in the Face of Tough Change

    2026-04-29 · 25 min · Episode 159

    Difficult change is inevitable, but few of us have the skills to it navigate well. Dr. Maya Shankar, cognitive scientist and host of the podcast A Slight Change of Plans, shares ideas that can leaders understand, react,…

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Oldest episode in feed
05/2023 · over 3 years
Typical length
28 min
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Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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