Best Strategytraining Podcasts (2024)

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718: From a $3,000 investment into nearly $1 billion in lifetime sales (with Brian Gottlieb) 38:40

18m ago38:40

38:40

Welcome to an interview with the author of Beyond the Hammer: A Fresh Approach to Leadership, Culture, and Building High Performance Teams, Brian Gottlieb. In his book, Brian shares his straightforward business ideology of having a clear strategy, inspiring teams, providing best-in-class training, using metrics for empowerment, and executing with c…

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490: The Playbook for Winning the Status Game (With Alison Fragale, Distinguished Scholar of Organizational Behavior) 49:06

1h ago49:06

49:06

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 490, featuring an interview with the author of Likeable Badass: How Women Get the Success They Deserve, Alison Fragale. In her book, Alison addresses the recurring questions from high powered and early career women alike: How do women thread the needle of kindness and competence in the workplace? How can women ear…

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717: How to Lead Bigger (with Former CEO of AT&T Business, Anne Chow) 50:41

2d ago50:41

50:41

Welcome to an interview with the author of Lead Bigger: The Transformative Power of Inclusion, Anne Chow. In her book, Anne shows us how we can all learn to leverage inclusion far beyond DEI to elevate our work, workforce, and workplace. Lead Bigger offers a no-nonsense approach to leading outside of traditional parameters that challenges us all to…

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489: Leadership and Self-Deception with Arbinger Managing Partner, Mitch Warner 56:34

2d ago56:34

56:34

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 489, featuring an interview with Mitch Warner, a bestselling author and Arbinger managing partner. In this episode, we dive deep into the critical topic of self-deception and its profound impact on leadership and personal effectiveness. Mitch shares powerful insights on how self-deception can undermine our relatio…

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716: Democratizing Learning Using AI and Leadership With AI (with Marshall Goldsmith) 51:11

7d ago51:11

51:11

Welcome to an interview with Marshall Goldsmith, a world-renowned executive coach and leadership thinker. In this episode, Marshall offers invaluable advice for aspiring leaders and coaches, emphasizing the importance of maintaining an adult-to-adult relationship in coaching scenarios. His focus on measurable results has made him a trusted advisor …

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488: How to "Think Like Amazon" with John Rossman 45:32

7d ago45:32

45:32

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 488, featuring an interview with a seasoned business strategist and operator respected for his pivotal role in Amazon’s early days, John Rossman. In John’s book, Think Like Amazon, he provides 50 ½ answers drawn from his experience as an Amazon executive―and shows today’s business leaders how to think like Amazon,…

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715: Religion, politics, culture etc. (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics) 15:13

9d ago15:13

15:13

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we discuss religion, politics, culture, etc. When interviewing with a partner or associate from a different culture, it is very easy to say something which can offend a person. Our very own clients have said seemly innocent things only to have it blow up in their…

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487: How publishing a book fast-tracked me to partnership (Strategy Skills classics) 26:27

9d ago26:27

26:27

For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic from a 10 episode program to help our clients and customers measurably, radically transform their careers through The Author Program. How would your career, reputation, and earnings change as a published author? Imagine your client interactions when potential and current clients saw your thi…

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714: Do not read your interviewer (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics) 9:06

14d ago9:06

9:06

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we discuss about the typical errors candidates make in trying to read too much into the behavior of interviewers: quiet, asking questions, rude, etc. One thing we always caution candidates is to be wary of assuming the friendly person likes them or that the unfri…

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486: Promoting women into senior roles (Strategy Skills classics) 16:48

14d ago16:48

16:48

For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic from week 4 of the Corporate Strategy & Transformation study. Promoting women into leadership roles is a hot topic and, sadly, a debate. Why is it a debate? What are the elements that require further analysis? To paraphrase Marvin Bower, one does not ask a client if a woman should take over …

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714: Math for English Majors (with Ben Orlin) 41:32

16d ago41:32

41:32

Welcome to an interview with Ben Orlin, a math teacher turned full-time writer who's on a mission to make mathematics engaging and accessible to all and the author of the book Math for English Majors: A Human Take on the Universal Language. In this episode, Ben offers insights into his teaching and writing journey, the challenges in teaching math, …

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485: HBS Professors and 'Think Big, Buy Small' Hosts Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff on Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition 58:24

16d ago58:24

58:24

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 485, featuring an interview with Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff, HBS professors and the hosts of 'Think Big, Buy Small' podcast. In this episode, we discuss current market trends related to entrepreneurship through acquisition. We also touch on the demographic trend of baby boomers retiring and needing to sell t…

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484: How too much debt impacts cost of capital (Strategy Skills classics) 20:37

22d ago20:37

20:37

For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic where we discuss how your cost of capital changes as you take on more debt and how this change is different between organizations. It's a crucial concept for this utility. We explain how the cost of capital change usually takes place and then we review the drivers at play that are different …

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713: Please elaborate on a weakness, sample answer (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics) 12:43

21d ago12:43

12:43

In this series of podcasts we look at each of the typical McKinsey/BCG FIT/PEI questions and provide a typical answer. Note, that while replicating this approach and standard will help you, we caution you that the main test of fit is in handling the cross-examination of your answer. Most candidates tend to be unprepared for that and we urge you to …

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712: Why are you interested in this office, sample answer (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics) 11:46

23d ago11:46

11:46

In this series of podcasts we look at each of the typical McKinsey/BCG FIT/PEI questions and provide a typical answer. Note, that while replicating this approach and standard will help you, we caution you that the main test of fit is in handling the cross-examination of your answer. Most candidates tend to be unprepared for that and we urge you to …

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483: What is the role of government (Strategy Skills classics) 18:39

24d ago18:39

18:39

For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic where we use economics to explain what is the role of government, when governments should intervene, how they should intervene, and when they should hand over certain activities to the private sector. If you want to further your understanding of strategy at the highest possible level you sho…

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711: Talk me through your resume, sample answer (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics) 14:37

28d ago14:37

14:37

In this series of podcasts we look at each of the typical McKinsey/BCG FIT/PEI questions and provide a typical answer. Note, that while replicating this approach and standard will help you, we caution you that the main test of fit is in handling the cross-examination of your answer. Most candidates tend to be unprepared for that and we urge you to …

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482: From a $3,000 investment into nearly $1 billion in lifetime sales 40:19

29d ago40:19

40:19

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 482, an interview with the author of Beyond the Hammer: A Fresh Approach to Leadership, Culture, and Building High Performance Teams, Brian Gottlieb. In his book, Brian shares his straightforward business ideology of having a clear strategy, inspiring teams, providing best-in-class training, using metrics for empo…

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710: Talk about a leadership example, sample answer (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics) 21:52

30d ago21:52

21:52

In this series of podcasts we look at each of the typical McKinsey/BCG FIT/PEI questions and provide a typical answer. Note, that while replicating this approach and standard will help you, we caution you that the main test of fit is in handling the cross-examination of your answer. Most candidates tend to be unprepared for that and we urge you to …

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481: Former CEO of AT&T Business, Anne Chow, on How to Lead Bigger 52:19

1M ago52:19

52:19

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 481, an interview with the author of Lead Bigger: The Transformative Power of Inclusion, Anne Chow. In her book, Anne shows us how we can all learn to leverage inclusion far beyond DEI to elevate our work, workforce, and workplace. Lead Bigger offers a no-nonsense approach to leading outside of traditional paramet…

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709: Discuss your analytic skills, sample answer (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics) 9:45

1M ago9:45

9:45

In this series of podcasts we look at each of the typical McKinsey/BCG FIT/PEI questions and provide a typical answer. Note, that while replicating this approach and standard will help you, we caution you that the main test of fit is in handling the cross-examination of your answer. Most candidates tend to be unprepared for that and we urge you to …

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480: Why approve investments with negative returns? (Strategy Skills classics) 9:16

1M ago9:16

9:16

For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic from the Corporate Strategy & Transformation study. In this podcast, we look at the problem of superficial financial analysis. One way to save the client money, before they run out of cash in about 16 months, is to stop all investments which lose money. This, however, is a terrible idea that…

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708: Building a business and professional brand from the ground up (with 3.4 million followers minister, Dr. Sam Adeyemi) 53:19

1M ago53:19

53:19

Welcome to an interview with Dr. Sam Adeyemi (Ah Day yeh me), a global speaker, strategic leadership expert, minister, and author who has influenced millions of people on success and leadership through radio, television, conferences, and information products for more than 25 years. Atlanta-based Dr. Sam Adeyemi leads leaders. He shifts mindsets to …

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479: Marshall Goldsmith on Democratizing Learning Using AI and Leadership With AI 52:49

1M ago52:49

52:49

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 479, an interview with Marshall Goldsmith, a world-renowned executive coach and leadership thinker. In this episode, Marshall offers invaluable advice for aspiring leaders and coaches, emphasizing the importance of maintaining an adult-to-adult relationship in coaching scenarios. His focus on measurable results ha…

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707: How Family Ghosts End Up in the Executive Suite (with MIT Professor Deborah Ancona) 48:26

1M ago48:26

48:26

Welcome to an interview with Deborah Ancona, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management. In this episode, we explore "family ghosts," a rarely discussed topic that significantly impacts professional growth, behavior, and attitudes toward work. We discuss how to achieve your greatest potential as a leader b…

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478: Math for English Majors with Ben Orlin 43:09

1M ago43:09

43:09

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 478, an interview with Ben Orlin, a math teacher turned full-time writer who's on a mission to make mathematics engaging and accessible to all and the author of the book Math for English Majors: A Human Take on the Universal Language. In this episode, Ben offers insights into his teaching and writing journey, the …

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706: How to overcome career frustrations (with New York University’s Dr. Tessa West) 1:01:23

2M ago1:01:23

1:01:23

Welcome to an interview with the author of Job Therapy: Finding Work That Works for You, Dr. Tessa West. In her book, Dr. Tessa West helps you figure out the real reason you’re unhappy and shows you how to find a new position in which you’ll thrive, whether in a different role, company, or new industry altogether. Dr. Tessa West is Professor of Psy…

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477: Why Everything You Know About Public Speaking Is Wrong—And What You Should Be Doing Instead 53:14

1M ago53:14

53:14

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 477, an interview with Hollywood insiders and the authors of Briefly Speaking, Deborah Shames and David Booth. In this episode, we discuss effective communication and presentation strategies for individuals and business professionals. With their extensive experience coaching executives, celebrities, and leaders, D…

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705: What is Business Judgement (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics) 10:02

2M ago10:02

10:02

You cannot and will not improve your case skills from practicing case alone. "Case skills" refers to a variety of skills including body language, communication and especially business judgement. Business judgement effectively means your ability to make reasonable guesses/inferences in business situations. That largely comes from being well read. Th…

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476: Handling client's difficult questions (Strategy Skills classics) 15:10

2M ago15:10

15:10

For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic where we address how to answer difficult questions raised by the client during an executive workshop or another type of client's executive group meeting. We start with discussing the right mindset any consultant requires to be able to effectively handle difficult questions from a client. We …

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704: Important Case Guidance (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics) 11:33

2M ago11:33

11:33

In our ongoing series of podcasts, we again introduce new advice about case interviews or sometimes view an old topic in a different manner. The objective of these podcasts is to explain concepts like MECE, 80/20, brainstorming, hypotheses etc in different ways so that as many listeners as possible will understand these concepts. We have seen some …

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475: 3.4 million followers minister on building a business and professional brand from the ground up 54:59

2M ago54:59

54:59

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 475, an interview with Dr. Sam Adeyemi (Ah Day yeh me), a global speaker, strategic leadership expert, minister, and author who has influenced millions of people on success and leadership through radio, television, conferences, and information products for more than 25 years. Atlanta-based Dr. Sam Adeyemi leads le…

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703: Myths about Management Consulting (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics) 12:30

2M ago12:30

12:30

This general podcast describes some of the common misconceptions applicants and even practicing McKinsey/BCG consultants have about their own firms. It will be useful to anyone who wants to understand some of the broad themes and misunderstandings about the profession. Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy…

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474: How accurate was our financial model for the market entry strategy study? (Strategy Skills Classics) 13:03

2M ago13:03

13:03

For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic where we discuss how accurate our financial model for the market entry strategy study is. Watch the video version here: How accurate was our financial model for the market entry strategy study? Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free down…

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