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Steady Leadership in Tumultuous Times
Steady Leadership in Tumultuous Times
5 Dec 2025
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If leaders and companies abandon their values when pressured, they weren’t really values in the first place, argues University of Houston professor Brené Brown. In this episode of IdeaCast, the author and researcher explains her views on finding strong ground as a leader, using sports metaphors and examples of how companies could and should be leading in today’s world. Brown’s latest book is “Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit.”#BreneBrown #leadership #HarvardBusiness #StrongGround
00:00 The Metaphor of Strong Ground
00:55 Introduction Brene Brown
01:10 Leadership in Uncertain Times
03:22 Systems Theory and Leadership
5:35 Artificial Intelligence at Organizations
07:10 The Importance of Authenticity
9:55 What Strong Ground Means in Business
15:15 Pocket Presence as a Leadership Concept
19:00 Grounded Competence and Pattern Recognition
27:45 Why We Still Struggle to be Good Leaders
30:05 What You Can Do Now To Be a Better Leader
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5 Dec 2025
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If leaders and companies abandon their values when pressured, they weren’t really values in the first place, argues University of Houston professor Brené Brown. In this episode of IdeaCast, the author and researcher explains her views on finding strong ground as a leader, using sports metaphors and examples of how companies could and should be leading in today’s world. Brown’s latest book is “Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit.”#BreneBrown #leadership #HarvardBusiness #StrongGround
00:00 The Metaphor of Strong Ground
00:55 Introduction Brene Brown
01:10 Leadership in Uncertain Times
03:22 Systems Theory and Leadership
5:35 Artificial Intelligence at Organizations
07:10 The Importance of Authenticity
9:55 What Strong Ground Means in Business
15:15 Pocket Presence as a Leadership Concept
19:00 Grounded Competence and Pattern Recognition
27:45 Why We Still Struggle to be Good Leaders
30:05 What You Can Do Now To Be a Better Leader
Books, tools, and more: store.hbr.org
Follow us:
https://hbr.org/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/
https://www.facebook.com/HBR/
https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz
https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review
Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters
#HarvardBusinessReview #YourCareer #Career #Job #Work #Business #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool
Copyright © 2025 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved.