The Dynamics of Transactional Leadership

What does Harvard really teach you about becoming a powerful leader? In Part 2 of our viral series, Cherie and Jean go beyond strategy and finance to break down the HBS soft skills that matter most: leadership, influence, and building a network that changes your life.

We cover:

- The 4 leadership styles taught at HBS (with real-world examples)

- How leadership shapes company culture, innovation, and even stock price

- Tactical tips on networking –how to build a circle of people who actually help you win

- How Cherie and Jean used these skills to launch Tiger Sisters Podcast and Sisters Matcha

It’s the insights you don’t see on the HBS website, plus how to use these lessons whether or not you ever set foot in a classroom – no six-figure tuition required.

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🐯👯‍♀️ Tiger Sisters Podcast | Career, Entrepreneurship, and Life

Welcome to Tiger Sisters, your go-to podcast about power, money, and love. Hosted by Cherie Brooke Luo and Jean Luo, we’re your Silicon Valley and Wall Street big sisters here to demystify the ups and downs of careers, tech, and entrepreneurship – all while staying healthy, stylish, and joyful along the way.

Cherie is an influencer who has broken down the complexities of big tech, finance, and MBA programs for millions of viewers, with over 100M+ views across platforms. Jean is a tech product executive and investor, holding over 50 AI patents, who has built an impressive career in product management and institutional investment at companies like Goldman Sachs and Snapchat.

Between the two of us, we’ve survived stints at top investment banks and big tech firms, founded startups, and earned four Ivy League degrees – if we’re counting Stanford! Yet, we still find time to focus on wellness, friendships, fashion, and skincare, always sharing the lessons we've learned along the way.

Whether you’re here for career advice, stories about balancing life’s challenges, or just to hear our honest takes on what it means to pursue fun, wealth, and joy in all areas of life, we’ve got you covered.

💛 LET'S CONNECT: ~ CHERIE ~🤳🏻 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/cherie.brooke 📱 TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@cherie.brooke ✍🏻 My Substack – https://cherieluo.substack.com/ 👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherie-luo/ ~ JEAN ~🤳🏻 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/jeanluo_/👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanluo

🎵 Music produced by Sammy Signal https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HsyknHuxhT8RoZfn5rqMS

🛍️ Items Referenced:

🍵Sisters Matcha & SISTERS Merch: www.sistersmatcha.com

♠️ Everything else: https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b⏰

⏰ Timestamps

00:00:00 Everything We Learned at HBS…Part 2! 💡

00:00:49 Meet the Tiger Sisters: Jean (Harvard) & Cherie (Stanford) 🐯

00:02:04 HBS’s secret sauce: Leadership (4 TYPES) 🧠

00:03:00 TYPE 1: Servant Leadership & why baristas got health care ☕

00:07:35 TYPE 2: Steve Jobs & the cult of transformational leadership 🚀

00:09:45 Visionary downside: what happens when they leave? 🫥

00:10:47 TYPE 3: Transactional Leadership & the brutal “rank-and-yank” 🔥

00:12:58 “You eat what you kill” 🐅💰

00:16:42 TYPE 4: Laissez-faire leadership 🧑‍🎨

00:18:10 Cherie says this leadership type would never work in big tech 😅

00:21:44 Leadership isn’t one-size-fits-all – great leaders remix styles 🎨

00:24:46 The 3 TYPES OF NETWORKS: The real reason people pay $250K for an MBA 🤝

00:27:52 Jean texts HBS friend → gets instant help from foremost industry expert 🛟

00:30:58 Cherie’s expert networking mindset 💌

00:33:58 How to network (& how NOT to network) 🙏

00:36:52 If you haven’t watched Everything We Learned at HBS Part 1, go back now! 🌀

00:37:43 Like, comment, subscribe, SHARE with a friend, and check out Sisters Matcha 🍵