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How to Make a Leader brings you the ideas and voices shaping the future of leadership. Host Hannah Beaver sits down with bold thinkers, builders, and changemakers across learning and leadership development to explore how great leaders are developed, through smart design, real-world experience, and the moments that matter. These are candid, curiosity-driven conversations crafted for L&D and leadership development professionals who want fresh insight, sharper thinking, and a smarter way to build leaders who thrive.Brought to you by Big Think+.
Big Think+ hosts How to Make a Leader, a business show with 25 episodes published.
Your managers are leading people they've never met in person, on teams that include both humans and AI agents. Most leadership programs weren't built for that. Kameko Leung has built leadership development programs at Zi
T. Rowe Price doesn't do one-off training programs. They engineer leadership. Ryan Smith leads Global Leadership and Career Development at T. Rowe Price, where he's spent nearly four years building a company-wide learnin
We’re back with a Quick Question: one big question, one expert answer, in five minutes. Mike Taylor explains why learning teams often underestimate the role of attention, and how ideas from cognitive and marketing psycho
Building a manager development program from scratch is hard. But scaling it is harder. Sarah Bright leads Learning & Development at Darktrace. She built a tiered manager development program from scratch, training 75% of
Introducing Quick Questions: one big question, one expert answer, in five minutes. Giving constructive feedback is uncomfortable for most leaders. Amy Gallo is a best-selling author and contributing editor at Harvard Bus
Jonny Thomson isn’t an L&D professional. He’s someone who’s spent years figuring out how to earn learners’ attention. After teaching philosophy in Oxford, Jonny shifted to short-form educational content, building an audi
Most leadership development programs look good on paper but fall short in practice. Leaders often miss the real support, core skills, and clear metrics they need to succeed. Over the last few months, Lavinia Mehedințu, c
Every great learning culture starts with one thing: a clear philosophy of how people grow. Dwayne Britton has spent his career shaping culture and capability at Apple, Lululemon, Adidas, Zalando, and On. Across each, he’
Technical expertise doesn’t automatically translate into leadership traits. So how do we help engineers, scientists, and specialists become confident and effective managers? Leadership development expert and former Space
Ingrid Hu Dahl believes the most effective leaders are those who intentionally break rules, challenging the status quo. With diverse experience as a punk-rock musician, executive coach and L&D leader at Gap, Meta and Cap
Suzy Welch has helped thousands find clarity on the question: What am I meant to do with my life? In this conversation, she shares the 3-circle methodology behind her wildly popular “Becoming You” methodology, which she
Nearly 8 out of 10 workers feel stressed at work, and most say it's leaving them completely drained. If you're seeing warning signs on your team or feeling the impact yourself, this deep dive into the burnout epidemic wi
In this episode of How to Make a Leader, we're joined by Al Dea, founder of Edge of Work consulting and a respected voice in talent and leadership development. Al breaks down why true leadership success hinges on a human
In this episode of How to Make a Leader, we sit down with members of Big Think+’s very own product team, Charlotte Sharpe and Monica Karunakaran. They share insights learned from observing the learning habits and prefere
Can conflict actually make your team stronger? In this episode of How to Make a Leader, communication expert and Harvard Business Review podcast host Amy Gallo discusses the communication dynamics that shape high-perform
How do strong leaders tackle today’s DEI challenges? In a time of shifting policies and conflicting public discourse around DEI, consider this episode a practical guide to build inclusive teams with inclusive leaders. In
How do you turn early talent into future leaders? Harvard career advisor and WSJ best-selling author Gorick Ng shares the “unspoken rules” of professional growth and talent development. From career navigation to building
Forget the AI buzzwords. Ross Stevenson, founder of Steal These Thoughts!, dives into how L&D teams can actually use AI to save time, solve real problems, and keep learning human. Most importantly, he asks us to consider
Data. It’s loved by some, feared by many, but there’s no arguing that it’s an essential tool in a leader’s toolkit. But how do we turn numbers into knowledge? In this episode, Figma’s Eric Grant shares why data fluency i
What can the leaders of the past teach us about leadership in the present? In this episode of How to Make a Leader, historian and management professor Martin Gutmann challenges our conventional understanding of leadershi
Ryan Smith
Director of Communications and Government Relations · The Online Nutritional Education
1 appearance on this show
Mike Taylor
former Hackfort director and local event organizer · U.S. Department of Defense
1 appearance on this show
Amy Gallo
best-selling author and contributing editor at Harvard Business Review · Harvard Business Review
2 appearances on this show
Jonny Thomson
founder of Mini Philosophy
1 appearance on this show
Lavinia Mehedintu
Offbeat
1 appearance on this show
Matt Gjertsen
Leadership development expert and former SpaceX trainer · Better Every Day Studios
1 appearance on this show
Ingrid Hu Dahl
founder, CEO, expert in leadership and inclusion
1 appearance on this show
Suzy Welch
NYU Stern professor, bestselling author, founder of Becoming You Labs · NYU Stern School of Business
1 appearance on this show
Ethan Kross
author of Shift: Managing Your Emotions So They Don't Manage You · University of Michigan
1 appearance on this show
Jennifer Moss
workplace culture strategist and bestselling author of The Burnout Epidemic, Why Are We Here?, and Unlocking Happiness at Work · JAR Podcast Solutions
1 appearance on this show
Al Dea
The Edge of Work
1 appearance on this show
Ruchika T Malhotra
founder · Candour
1 appearance on this show
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