Leadership Episodes

Applying design thinking to communication can help create the world around us.

Changing role of communication in business leadership.

Championships are won through communication.

Approach negotiations with intention.

Insights gathered from this season, and the top 10 takeaways to enhance communication skills.

Why simple communication is the key to moving others to action.

The power of being both caring and challenging when giving feedback.

Workplace feedback can be your company’s secret weapon.

Why you can’t have trust and accountability without rules.

Breaking new ground, Think Fast, Talk Smart steps into the world of live events, bringing together an eager audience of LEAD students from Stanford University and a top-notch panel of former podcast guests: Jesper B. Sørensen, Sarah Soule, Jonathan Levav,and Szu-chi Huang. Topics include crafting strategy for successful leadership and tips on how to effectively lead a hybrid team. This episode also features an interactive audience segment, where various participants of the Stanford LEAD program...

Knowing what your audience needs to hear and how they need to hear it.

Matt takes live questions from his world-wide audience.

Why organizational strategy can be both top-down and bottom-up.

The changing role of communication in business leadership.

How teams can stay innovative within a hybrid work environment.

How being transparent is crucial to earning trust.

How to make ethical decisions in your personal and professional life.

Not just knowing what your audience needs to hear, but how they need to hear it.

Common flaws in the decision-making process — and what to do about them.

Lessons from the Stanford GSB class “Startup Garage.”

"Leadership is a role that you play, like a part you play in other people’s lives. And [your] expression of that role is your responsibility as a leader,” says Stanford GSB lecturer Melissa Jones Briggs. Jones Briggs’ work combines techniques from the theater with social science research to teach lessons about power and communication. In this conversation with host Matt Abrahams, she discusses how acting in a leadership position requires staying present and also knowing when to step back. “Powe...

The role of communication in helping businesses to adapt and transform.

Break down professional silos and hierarchies in teams.

How to communicate during a crisis.