How To Make a Leader

About How To Make a Leader

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+.

Publisher

Big Think+

Category

business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 May 2024

Latest episode

13 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Aug 2026

   A live performance approach to leadership

   Sharifa Austin, Senior Director at Universal Music Group, shares her live performance approach to leadership design, offering a framework for intentional preparation and impactful execution.

2. 

   10 Jul 2026

   How to make EQ the foundation of your leadership system

   Ash Panjwani, founder of wrkhappy and I/O psychologist, explains to host [Host Name] how to embed emotional intelligence into leadership systems for organizational success.

3. 

   28 May 2026

   How to develop leaders in a distributed, AI-augmented world

   Kameko Leung, a leader in leadership development, shares insights on cultivating effective leaders in a distributed, AI-augmented world during this interview.

Who has been a guest on How To Make a Leader

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Sharifa Austin
• Ash Panjwani
• Kameko Leung
• Ryan Smith
• Mike Taylor

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 10 / 100

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Quality

8

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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