E104 | Unleashed, Hiring Diversely And The Truth About Leadership with Frances Frei

Leadership isn’t about you, says Frances Frei, co-author of Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You. Leadership, according to Frances, Professor of Technology and Operations Management at Harvard Business School, depends on how well you unleash the potential of other people. 

Frances has not only carried out extensive research investigating how leaders create the conditions for organisations and individuals to thrive. She also regularly advises senior executives (famously turning around the toxic culture at Uber), to implement large-scale change initiatives and organisational transformation. This involves addressing and embracing diversity and inclusion as a lever for significantly improving performance.

In today’s challenging podcast episode, Frances discusses her new book and shares some fantastic takeaways about how to create a business that plays to the strengths of minorities. Because if you’re only hiring white men, you're only fishing in a pond with 25% of the available talent. 

The businesses that will be successful in the next 5 years will be the ones that actively bring on board the remaining 75% of talent that aren’t being fished. 

This is an incredibly insightful conversation packed full of great, actionable advice. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

On today’s podcast:

• Leadership is about empowering others
• The pros and cons of recruitment legislation
• Why you can’t find the diverse employees you’re looking for
• Use an indignities list for your next hire
• Unconscious bias during recruiting and promotion
• The trust triangle

Links:

• Frances Frei - TED talks
• Unleashed