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HBR IdeaCast

By: Harvard Business Review
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  • A weekly podcast featuring the leading thinkers in business and management.
    Copyright 2024 Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved.
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  • Darius Rucker on Resilience and Reinvention

    Darius Rucker on Resilience and Reinvention
    Jul 2 2024
    Darius Rucker has reached the top of the music charts in not just one but two genres: first as the lead singer of the 1990s band Hootie and the Blowfish, then in a second act as a solo country star. He shares lessons on following your passion, staying humble, working your way up, and defying stereotypes and expectations. He's the author of a new memoir Life's Too Short.
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    22 mins
  • When Your Employee Is Underperforming

    When Your Employee Is Underperforming
    Jun 25 2024
    Many managers struggle with initiating difficult conversations around an individual’s subpar performance. Often, leaders wait way too long to sit down with an employee who isn’t meeting expectations. Leadership coach Jenny Fernandez says that increasing the frequency of feedback and consciously developing better relationships with direct reports help make these conversations easier to start. And she shares how the right preparation, tone, and open-minded approach lead to more effective discussions that improve not just the one-on-one relationship, but also team morale and turnover rates. Fernandez is the author of the HBR article "How to Talk to an Employee Who Isn’t Meeting Expectations."
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    25 mins
  • Why Managers Play Favorites – and How They Can Change

    Why Managers Play Favorites – and How They Can Change
    Jun 18 2024
    While most good bosses try to be fair and balanced with their direct reports, it's only human to prefer the company and work styles of some team members over others, and employees are keenly aware of those preferences. They see favorites and non-favorites, ingroups and outgroups -- and when those divisions fester, they can destroy team culture and performance. Ginka Toegel, professor at IMD Business School, explains why even well-intentioned managers succumb to favoritism, how workers on both sides are affected, and what we can do to both avoid and rectify the problem. Toegel is the coauthor of the HBR article "Stop Playing Favorites."
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    28 mins
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Empowerment and action steps for rewarding work!

A casual conversation while thinking about the ideas to improve your life and work. Always very easy actionable advice while linking to other podcasts and further in depth information at your convenience. So relationships and life gets better and simpler less complex.

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