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Publisher

HBR

Category

business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Apr 2026

Latest episode

25 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 546 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Bob Iger: Power, Succession, and Leading Disney Through Upheaval

   Former Disney CEO Bob Iger shares leadership lessons on decision-making, culture, and crisis management with former HBS dean Nitin Nohria in this interview.

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   11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Why Great Turnarounds Start with Culture, Not Strategy

   Verizon CEO Dan Schulman shares with HBR IdeaCast host [Host Name] how culture, not strategy, drives successful company turnarounds in the AI age.

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   10 Aug 2026

   Have You Started Thinking About Retirement? | Women at Work | Podcast

   Retirement is a major decision that takes planning and reflection. Ideally, you want to make the transition in a way that leaves you feeling happy and engaged, not lonely, lost, or bored. So, let’s talk about the seeds that should be sown before your last day in the workforce.Two women who very recently retired recount their decision-making process, describe how the transition has been so far, and share lessons from their personal experiences. We then hear from Ann Bundy, who’s an expert on retirement, having written a practical guide on the topic and having recently retired herself. She gives practical advice on how to think about and prepare for this transition no matter where you are in your career.Guest:Ann Bundy is the coauthor of Encore: Living Your Life’s Legacy, a recent retiree, and a former executive coach.Resources:• “What Happens When Your Career Becomes Your Whole Identity,” by Janna Koretz: https://hbr.org/2019/12/what-happens-when-your-career-becomes-your-whole-identity • “Design a Retirement That Excites You,” by Jeff Giesea: https://hbr.org/2015/11/design-a-retirement-that-excites-you • “When He Retires and She Still Works, What Happens?” by Karen Firestone: https://hbr.org/2013/11/when-he-retires-and-she-still-works-what-happens • “Does Having Grandchildren Persuade Women to Retire Early?” by Karen Firestone: https://hbr.org/2015/05/does-having-grandchildren-persuade-women-to-retire-early • “How to Become a Coach or Consultant After You Retire,” by Dorie Clark: https://hbr.org/2017/05/how-to-become-a-coach-or-a-consultant-after-you-retire • “What Job Crafting Looks Like,” by Jane E. Dutton and Amy Wrzesniewski: https://hbr.org/2020/03/what-job-crafting-looks-like Sign up for the Women at Work newsletter.Email us: womenatwork@hbr.orgListen to all Women at Work episodes here: [YouTube playlist link]You can also listen to this episode on HBR.org, and wherever you listen to podcasts: - HBR.org (transcript available here): https://hbr.org/podcast/2022/10/have-you-started-thinking-about-retirement - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/have-you-started-thinking-about-retirement/id1336174427?i=1000583748814 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4GPQ78OQMVHWDom88fDcNV?si=235b4fcdb0da4cb1 - Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/women-at-work/episode/have-you-started-thinking-about-retirement-207897794 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmhhcnZhcmRidXNpbmVzcy5vcmcvaGFydmFyZGJ1c2luZXNzL3dvbWVuLWF0LXdvcms/episode/dGFnOmF1ZGlvLmhici5vcmcsMjAxOC0wMS0xNzp3b21lbi1hdC13b3JrLnM4LjAwMDAy?sa=X&ved=0CAgQuIEEahcKEwjI88HSj_z6AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQLA Series Description: Women face gender discrimination throughout our careers. It doesn't have to derail our ambitions — but how do we prepare to deal with it? There's no workplace orientation session about narrowing the wage gap, standing up to interrupting male colleagues, or taking on many other issues we encounter at work. So HBR staffers Amy Bernstein, Amy Gallo, and Emily Caulfield are untangling some of the knottiest problems. They interview experts on gender, tell stories about their own experiences, and give lots of practical advice to help you succeed in spite of the obstacles.About Harvard Business Review: Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review aims to provide professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to help lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Learn more at www.hbr.org.Follow Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harv... https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_bus... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside a recent episode

Bob Iger: Power, Succession, and Leading Disney Through Upheaval

Published 25 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] We now live in an age where I think this crisis is almost omnipresent. We live in a state of almost perpetual crisis or an environment in which a crisis can occur almost on a very regular basis. I think that requires a different kind of leadership. And I don't think we realized that at the time. Now, this is in a way hindsight, but I realized today that leadership needs to be capable of managing an environment in perpetual crisis. So what does that mean? I think it puts even more emphasis on stamina. It puts even more emphasis on Someone's ability to, one, admit the crisis and deal with it, but never lose hope and optimism and balance that optimism and hope with Realism, it requires someone to have a really good team of people to either take up the slack while the leader is dealing with the crisis or to help the leader contend with the crisis as a team. […]

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