This Week In Business: How Leaders Navigate Change, Scale Decisions, and Build Trust

About this episode

Nancy Rothbard discusses how leaders can effectively navigate change and build trust within their organizations.

Nancy Rothbard, Deputy Dean, Professor of Management at the Wharton School, and Co-Academic Director of the Owner-President-CEO Program, explains how leaders can navigate accelerating change by fostering clarity, managing emotional signals, delegating decision-making, and developing the next generation of leadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: The Wharton School

Guest: Nancy Rothbard

Topics covered

• leadership
• change management
• decision making
• trust building
• emotional intelligence
• delegation

Keywords

• leadership
• change
• trust
• decision-making
• management
• emotional signals
• delegation

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Organizations: Wharton School

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