Guy Raz on What Great Business Leaders Have in Common

HBR IdeaCast

Harvard Business Review

Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Communication, Marketing, Business, Business/management, Management, Business/marketing, Business/entrepreneurship, Innovation, Hbr, Strategy, Economics, Finance, Teams, Harvard

4.4 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

By hosting the podcasts How I Built This and Wisdom from the Top, Guy Raz has won an inside look at how visionary leaders build their own careers and incredible companies. While many leaders have unique qualities that help them succeed, he has identified three behaviors that consistently rise to the surface. These leaders create a culture of collaboration. They encourage risk-taking. And they allow for failure. Raz shares stories of leaders of everything from Starbucks to Proctor & Gamble.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Today, the work employees choose to perform in an office space is different than what they do remotely.
0:07.0	Foresight by court provides actionable insights about how to adapt your office space.
0:12.0	Learn more at the number 4 SITE by court.com
0:18.0	Do you want to go deeper on business strategy?
0:21.0	I want to suggest HBR's new podcast feed, HBR on strategy.
0:26.0	HBR editors like me hand select the best strategy case studies and conversations
0:31.0	from across HBR's podcasts, videos and beyond.
0:35.0	Listen for free to HBR on strategy wherever you get your podcasts.
0:39.0	New episodes every Wednesday.
0:42.0	Welcome to the HBR idea cast from Harvard Business Review. I'm Kurt Nickish.
1:07.0	We love to celebrate entrepreneurship.
1:10.0	We love to celebrate great business leadership.
1:13.0	But for all that attention and oxygen, it's still kind of an enigma.
1:18.0	You know what when you see it, but what are the necessary traits of a successful founder?
1:24.0	What is the decision tree that a compelling organizational leader follows?
1:29.0	On this show, we talk to researchers who study founders and executives.
1:33.0	We talk to professors about their deep dive case studies.
1:36.0	And we often talk to founders and CEOs directly.
1:40.0	My guest today interviews entrepreneurs and leaders weekend and week out.
1:44.0	He's the host and co-creator of the podcast How I Built This,
1:48.0	where company founders break down their journeys with him.
1:51.0	And he hosts the podcast Wisdom from the Top,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Harvard Business Review, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Harvard Business Review and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.