Better Leaders

Missing Link Podcasts
  • 5.0 (2)
  • MANAGEMENT
  • UPDATED BIWEEKLY
Better Leaders

A Podcast Where We Surface Good Leadership and Smart Management in Media and Beyond

  1. 02/14/2024

    #19 - Anita Zielina With Candid Reflections on Leadership

    Season Finale of Better Leaders - The Podcast! Today, in episode #19, we're mixing things up a bit: Podcast Host Anita Zielina, CEO and Founder of Better Leaders Lab, is being interviewed by her friend Shazna Nessa, formerly Global Head of Visuals at the WSJ. Anita shares candid reflections on her own career path; discusses her learnings about her own strengths and weaknesses as a leader; and explains how she strives to have impact with her own new entrepreneurial venture. She also explains why "Presence" is her 2024 professional/personal motto.

    54 min

  2. 02/14/2024

    #18 - Candice Fortman on Challenging Traditional Media Models

    In Episode #18 of Better Leaders - The Podcast, I’m speaking to Candice Fortman, Executive Director at Outlier Media. We chat about the importance of understanding and prioritising the business side of running a news organisation; discuss how Outlier centers the needs of Detroiters who have been undervalued and underserved by other media; and why and how leadership also includes "ecosystem work" and stakeholder management to drive change.

    44 min

  3. 01/17/2024

    #17 - Jane Barrett on Building Great Teams

    In Episode #17 of Better Leaders - The Podcast, I’m speaking to Jane Barrett, Global Editor for Media News Strategy at Reuters. We talk about her exciting career path through a variety of innovation roles; how to craft jobs that haven't existed before and how new generations have different expectations regarding their careers. We also tap into the importance of deliberate culture change, and the need to preserve what is essential to journalism, but change many of our processes and traditions to make the media industry better. Finally, we hear Janes advice on the importance of building and fostering strong, diverse teams.

    44 min
  4. #16 - Gianpiero Petriglieri on How Important Friends Are for Leaders

    11/09/2023

    #16 - Gianpiero Petriglieri on How Important Friends Are for Leaders

    In Episode #16 of Better Leaders - The Podcast, I’m speaking to Gianpiero Petriglieri, INSEAD professor and a world famous expert on leadership and learning in the workplace. We discuss how the quest to become a better leaders is actually the quest to lead a more meaningful, fulfilled life; why and how leaders must be prepared to experience failure; how frustration plus care create the path to leadership; and the importance of friends in the workplace to build resilience.

    42 min
  5. #15 - Irving Washington on Losing Our Momentum Towards Equity

    09/28/2023

    #15 - Irving Washington on Losing Our Momentum Towards Equity

    In the 15th episode of Better Leaders - The Podcast, I’m speaking with Irving Washington, Senior Fellow at KFF (formerly Kaiser Family Foundation). Irving is focused on conducting research at the intersection of media and health misinformation. Together we analyze how to drive and sustain change in organizations. We begin by discussing what drove his relatively long tenure at ONA, what he learned from that experience and when he knew it was time to move on. Then we talk about curiosity and how it can be a beneficial trait that constitutes a good leader. We conclude by analyzing how fear can be used as a good tool to invoke change, and we also speak about organizational malpractice of using diversity and inclusivity initiatives purely as business strategies instead of actual methods of equity.

    45 min
  6. #14 - Ros Atkins on Communicating with Purpose

    09/14/2023

    #14 - Ros Atkins on Communicating with Purpose

    In Episode #14 of Better Leaders - The Podcast, I’m speaking with Ros Atkins, Analysis Editor at the BBC, about the importance of leadership communication in facilitating smooth change in an organization. We’re also talking about good, open communication and how it validates a leader’s trustworthiness independent of the information being shared or the audience. Finally, we speak about empathetic communication and why it’s important.

    41 min
  7. #13 - Reneé Kaplan on Lasting Change, Grit, and Serendipity

    08/31/2023

    #13 - Reneé Kaplan on Lasting Change, Grit, and Serendipity

    For this episode, I spoke with Reneé Kaplan, the incoming Director of News at ARTE, about what it means to lead your team and organization through transformational situations. We also talk about grit, serendipity, fortitude, resilience, and networking to ensure top-down support for lasting change in the newsroom. Lastly, we discuss ways to overcome personal weaknesses and the differing styles of management between older and younger generations.

    43 min
  8. #12 - Raju Narisetti on Defining Success as a Leader

    08/17/2023

    #12 - Raju Narisetti on Defining Success as a Leader

    This week, I am speaking with Raju Narisetti, Global Publishing Leader at McKinsey & Company, about his colorful personal journey on becoming a leader. We address the changes in work culture among the younger generations and what it means to think about work as an assignment role. Finally, we work out what it means to fail as a leader and how, often, success as a leader is more than a good bottom line.

    46 min
See All (19)

Ratings & Reviews

5
out of 5
2 Ratings

About

A Podcast Where We Surface Good Leadership and Smart Management in Media and Beyond

Information

More From Missing Link Podcasts

To listen to explicit episodes, sign in.

Stay up to date with this show

Sign in or sign up to follow shows, save episodes, and get the latest updates.
Select a country or region

Africa, Middle East, and India

Asia Pacific

Europe

Latin America and the Caribbean

The United States and Canada