HBR On Leadership

3 Things Great Leaders Do Differently

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Jan 24, 2024
Guy Raz, the host behind popular podcasts like How I Built This, shares invaluable insights from his extensive interviews with entrepreneurs and leaders. He reveals three key behaviors that set great leaders apart: fostering a culture of collaboration, encouraging risk-taking, and embracing failure. Raz discusses practical strategies for cultivating teamwork and innovation, the balance between collaboration and competition, and how a supportive environment can lead to radical ideas and growth. His experiences highlight the importance of learning from failures to drive success.
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Three Key Behaviors of Successful Leaders

  • Successful leaders share three key behaviors.
  • These are creating a culture of collaboration, encouraging risk-taking, and allowing for failure.
ANECDOTE

P&G's Collaborative Success: Crest Whitestrips

  • Procter & Gamble, despite its size, fosters cross-collaboration.
  • Crest Whitestrips, a $300 million product, resulted from collaboration between different P&G divisions.
ANECDOTE

Intuit's 10% Time and TurboTax Mobile

  • Intuit implemented "10% time," encouraging employees to pursue innovative projects.
  • This led to the creation of TurboTax Mobile, a major success, spearheaded by Amir Eftekhari and Carol Howe.
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