Sydney Finkelstein is the the Steven Roth Professor of Management and
Associate Dean for Executive Education at the Tuck School of Business at
Dartmouth. He is author of Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the
Flow of Talent. Stew and Sydney discuss what separates bad bosses, good
bosses, and…[Click here for more]
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Stephanie Abbuhl, MD, is Professor and Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs in the
department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania’s
Perelman School of Medicine. Since 2001, she has been Executive Director
of FOCUS on Health & Leadership for Women, which works for the advancement
of women…[Click here for more]
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In his new book, Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Eric Barker casts a critical
eye on common misconceptions. Using the skills of the screenwriter he once
was, he uses wit and a most engaging writing style to bring to life what
otherwise might be a boring and dry review of the research. Eric and Stew
discuss how to best understand yourself and find the right environment in
which you can thrive… [Click here for more]
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Bill Taylor is co-founder and founding editor of Fast Company and has
written three important books on leadership and change including Mavericks
at Work. We discuss his new book, Simply Brilliant: How Great
Organizations Do Ordinary Things in Extraordinary Ways. Special bonus: As a
fellow Springsteen fanatic, Bill gives his take on how The Boss personifies
the essential traits of successful managers…[Click here for more]
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Jonelle Lesniak is Wharton alum and a senior analyst at the management
consulting firm THRUUE, seeking to create change in organizations culture.
She coaches young professionals by helping them to consider important
questions that lead to self-knowledge they can put into action. In this
episode Stew and Jonelle discuss solutions addressing this problem by
normalizing imperfection… [Click here for more]
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Jason Fried is Co-Founder and CEO of Basecamp, a leading project management
tool that has helped over 2.5 million users improve their organizational
skills. Basecamp was founded in 1999 and today it has over 2.5 million
users (including, full disclosure, the Work and Life podcast team). Stew
and Jason discuss the importance of being mindful and strategic about
choosing how to invest your attention as a leader…[Click here for more]
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Sim Sitkin is Michael W. Krzyzewski University Professor of Leadership,
Founding Faculty Director of the Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership and
Ethics at the Fuqua School of Business, and Director of the Behavioral
Science and Policy Center at Duke University. This episode focuses on
trust, leadership, and building our capacity to create positive change in
the world and Sim’s mega-HBR article The Stretch Goal Paradox…[Click here
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Monica Worline is the founder and CEO of EnlivenWork, an organization that
teaches businesses how to use compassionate leadership to enliven, or
humanize and energize, the work they do. We spoke about the new book she
co-authored with Jane Dutton, Awakening Compassion at Work: The Quiet Power
that Elevates People and Organizations…[Click here for more]
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Joan Williams is a Distinguished Law Professor at the University of
California Hastings and Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law,
which promotes gender and racial equality in the workplace. She’s written
extensively on gender and work. We discuss her just released book, White
Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America…[Click here for
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Erin Bagwell is founder of the Feminist Wednesday blog and producer of the
film Dream, Girl which was screened at the White House, and named the # 1
feminist documentary by The Huffington Post. Erin was named one of Oprah’s
SuperSoul100. We discuss female entrepreneurs…[Click here for more]
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