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HBR IdeaCast

HBR IdeaCast

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 A weekly podcast featuring the leading thinkers in business and management.Copyright 2025 Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. Economics Leadership Management Management & Leadership Marketing Marketing & Sales
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  • How to Get Out of the Hybrid Work Rut

    How to Get Out of the Hybrid Work Rut
    Jun 17 2025
    With some high-profile CEOs demanding workers return to the office five days a week, and others touting the benefits of fully remote work, many companies compromised and ended up somewhere in the middle. But that hybrid compromise can often bring the worst of both worlds. Wharton professor Peter Cappelli and senior HR strategist Ranya Nehmeh have looked deeply at what is going wrong with hybrid - and how leaders can make it right. They explain practical ways to improve meetings, build culture, and inspire commitment from employees in a hybrid model, which is most likely here to stay. Cappelli and Nehmeh are the authors of the forthcoming book In Praise of the Office: The Limits to Hybrid and Remote Work and the HBR article "Hybrid Still Isn't Working". For further listening HBR IdeaCast Episode 1025 with Amazon CEO Andy Jassy: https://hbr.org/podcast/2025/05/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-on-agility-ai-strategy-and-the-changing-role-of-managers HBR IdeaCast Episode 877 with GitLab CEO Sid Sijbrandij: https://hbr.org/podcast/2022/09/advice-from-the-ceo-of-an-all-remote-company\
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    32 mins
  • Lessons in Leading Through Crisis From Jacinda Ardern

    Lessons in Leading Through Crisis From Jacinda Ardern
    Jun 10 2025
    As prime minister of New Zealand from 2017 to 2023, Jacinda Ardern managed one challenge after another: from natural disasters to a terrorist attack to the Covid-19 pandemic. To navigate that complexity, she had to learn how to gather experts and gain consensus on decisions even when information was scant or changing, to transparently communicate her plan of action, and to convey both calm and compassion, all while avoiding burnout. Ardern offers advice to business leaders grappling with geopolitical and economic uncertainty and disruption. She's the author of the book A Different Kind of Power.
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    29 mins
  • What Leaders Get Wrong About Listening

    What Leaders Get Wrong About Listening
    Jun 3 2025
    Listening well is an essential aspect of leadership - not just to maintain good relationships with employees, but to drive real business improvements and results. But many of us still get it wrong - or might think we are good listeners but don't give that impression to our teams. Jeff Yip, assistant professor of management at Simon Fraser University’s Beedle School of Business, explains why the skill is so important to business success and identifies the five main mistakes leaders make when it comes to listening. He is coauthor, along with Colin Fisher of University College London, of the HBR article “Are You Really A Good Listener?”
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    32 mins
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