Resources

Podcasts

• Brené Brown on Daring Leadership and Inclusion — Brené Brown ↗

  Brown's Dare to Lead podcast features regular conversations with DEI leaders, researchers, and practitioners on courage, vulnerability, and building belonging at work. Particularly strong on the emotional skills inclusive leadership requires.

• Brené Brown on Vulnerability and Resilience — Brené Brown ↗

  Brené Brown's Dare to Lead podcast regularly explores how leaders stay grounded through hard conversations, failure, and uncertainty. A great ongoing resource for the emotional skills underlying resilient leadership.

• Coaching for Leaders: Episode 477 — How to Build Stakeholder Trust — Dave Stachowiak ↗

  Dave Stachowiak interviews Marie McIntyre on building credibility with senior stakeholders and managing up effectively. Practical, story-driven advice for new and experienced managers alike.

• Coaching for Potential — Dave Stachowiak ↗

  Dave Stachowiak's long-running podcast regularly features experts on developing people, coaching skills, and career progression. Episodes are practical and bite-sized, ideal for managers building habits over time.

• Coaching Real Leaders — Muriel Wilkins ↗

  Muriel Wilkins coaches real leaders through workplace dilemmas, frequently exploring how to flex style with different team members. Excellent for hearing nuanced style choices in action.

• Data Skeptic — Kyle Polich ↗

  A long-running podcast that interrogates data, statistics, and machine learning claims with healthy skepticism. Helps managers develop the critical lens needed to evaluate analyses and avoid being misled by flashy numbers.

• Lenny's Podcast: Conversations with Top Product Leaders — Lenny Rachitsky ↗

  Lenny Rachitsky interviews top operators about the craft of product, engineering, and design management. Episodes consistently surface how leaders use domain mastery to coach, set standards, and make better calls under uncertainty.

• Manager Tools Podcast — Mark Horstman and Mike Auzenne ↗

  Mark Horstman and Mike Auzenne offer concrete, actionable guidance through their 'Manager Tools Basics' on one-on-ones, feedback, coaching, and delegation. The feedback model is particularly useful for addressing performance issues consistently.

• Manager Tools: The Basics - One On Ones — Mark Horstman and Michael Auzenne ↗

  The legendary Manager Tools podcast series argues one-to-ones are the single most effective management tool and walks through a detailed format with rationale. Highly tactical guidance refined over decades of coaching managers.

• Manager Tools: The Effective Manager Podcast — Mark Horstman and Mike Auzenne ↗

  Mark Horstman and Mike Auzenne's long-running podcast covers practical tactics for one-on-ones, where most blockers surface and get resolved. Their guidance on asking 'what's in your way?' has become a staple of modern management practice.

• Masters of Scale — Reid Hoffman ↗

  Reid Hoffman interviews founders and leaders about the counterintuitive bets and experiments behind their success. A rich source of stories that broaden a manager's repertoire of innovation strategies.

• Radical Candor: Goal Setting and Career Conversations — Kim Scott ↗

  Kim Scott's podcast frequently covers how managers can set meaningful goals tied to growth and impact. Useful for connecting goal-setting with individual development and team motivation.

• Recruiting and Hiring (Manager Tools Podcast) — Mark Horstman and Michael Auzenne ↗

  A long-running podcast series with detailed, actionable episodes on interviewing, behavioral questions, and structured hiring decisions. Especially useful for new managers building disciplined hiring habits.

• The Knowledge Project: Michael Mauboussin on Decision-Making and Capital Allocation — Shane Parrish ↗

  Mauboussin explores how leaders make better allocation decisions under uncertainty, including base rates and avoiding bias. Valuable for managers refining how they weigh investments of time and money.

• The Look & Sound of Leadership: Accountability Episodes — Tom Henschel ↗

  An executive coaching podcast with multiple episodes dedicated to holding others accountable and modeling ownership. Practical, short episodes ideal for managers on the go.

• The Looking Glass with Julie Diamond — Julie Diamond ↗

  A podcast exploring leadership development, coaching, and the inner work of helping others grow. Useful for managers building reflective capacity and learning to hold space for others.

• The Moth Podcast — The Moth ↗

  True personal stories told live without notes, illustrating pacing, vulnerability, and emotional arc. A great study tool for managers wanting to internalize what makes a story land.

• The Tim Ferriss Show — Tim Ferriss ↗

  Tim Ferriss interviews top performers about their routines, productivity systems, and how they protect their time and energy. A rich source of practical tactics from people operating at high levels.

• Think Fast, Talk Smart — Matt Abrahams ↗

  A Stanford GSB podcast hosted by Matt Abrahams focused on communication tactics for spontaneous speaking, meetings, and presentations. Episodes are short, research-backed, and immediately applicable for busy managers.

• Unlocking Us with Brené Brown — Brené Brown ↗

  A podcast exploring vulnerability, shame, courage, and emotion with researchers and practitioners. Excellent for managers wanting to develop emotional literacy through real conversations.

• WorkLife with Adam Grant — Adam Grant ↗

  Organizational psychologist Adam Grant explores how the best teams and companies rethink their ways of working. Episodes regularly tackle process innovation, experimentation, and challenging the status quo.

• WorkLife with Adam Grant: The Science of Productive Conflict — Adam Grant ↗

  Organizational psychologist Adam Grant explores how disagreement, when handled well, leads to better decisions and stronger teams. Reframes conflict as a constructive force rather than something to avoid.