This Is Quick: Why Lazard's CEO wants to know your biggest failure
From This Is Working with Daniel Roth by LinkedIn
January 22, 2026 · 4 min
About this episode
Lazard CEO Peter Orszag discusses his biggest learning as CEO and the interview question he always asks.
On this week's episode of This Is Quick, Lazard CEO Peter Orszag is in the hot seat. Peter shares the best advice he's ever gotten, his biggest learning as CEO, and the one interview question he always asks. To get more leadership insights like these in your inbox, subscribe to the free This Is Working newsletter.
People in this episode
Host: Daniel Roth
Guest: Peter Orszag
Topics covered
- leadership
- interviewing
- career advice
- business insights
- failure
Keywords
- leadership
- failure
- interview question
- CEO advice
- business
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Organizations: Lazard, This Is Working, LinkedIn
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