Brené Brown on Leadership During Times of Uncertainty

About this episode

Brené Brown discusses leadership and power during uncertain times at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women summit.

Author and researcher Brené Brown sat down with Diane Brady and Kristin Stoller at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women summit to discuss leadership and power during times of uncertainty, political turmoil and fear. Brown emphasized the importance of businesses having mission clarity for every employee, human work over AI “slop,” and making decisions in the space between stimulus and response.

People in this episode

Hosts: Diane Brady, Kristin Stoller

Guest: Brené Brown

Topics covered

• leadership
• uncertainty
• business mission
• political turmoil
• human work
• decision making

Keywords

• leadership
• Brené Brown
• uncertainty
• business mission
• decision making
• political turmoil
• human work

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Organizations: Fortune

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