The Insightful Leader

Kellogg School of Management
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Expert advice and cutting-edge discoveries from one of the world's leading business schools.

  1. Focus on Your Story, Not Your Résumé

    12/08/2025

    Focus on Your Story, Not Your Résumé

    As your career progresses, it can be easy to get stuck in a narrow professional lane. Learn how to break free on this episode of The Insightful Leader.

    15 min
  2. I Respectfully Disagree

    11/24/2025

    I Respectfully Disagree

    From ketchup on hot dogs to politics, it can be hard to talk constructively about polarizing issues. On this episode of The Insightful Leader, we play a game to recognize the traps we often fall into and learn how to avoid them.

    19 min
  3. In Workplace Negotiations, Put the Relationship First

    11/10/2025

    In Workplace Negotiations, Put the Relationship First

    It's not just about salary. On this episode of The Insightful Leader's "Ask Insight," we hear how to approach some common work tensions by finding common ground.

    18 min
  4. Managing Layoffs without Compromising Your Morals

    10/27/2025

    Managing Layoffs without Compromising Your Morals

    There's no "correct" approach to laying people off, but on this episode of The Insightful Leader, we discuss how you can maintain your integrity through the process.

    19 min
  5. When We Get Too Comfortable, It's Tough to Take Flight

    10/13/2025

    When We Get Too Comfortable, It's Tough to Take Flight

    On this episode of The Insightful Leader, an executive coach offers three tales of leaders who let complacency get in the way of success.

    13 min
  6. How to Stay Resilient in the Face of a Major Setback

    06/09/2025

    How to Stay Resilient in the Face of a Major Setback

    When Kellogg's Craig Wortmann lost a portion of his leg to cancer, he felt like he lost part of his identity, too. On this episode of The Insightful Leader podcast, he offers a guide to "bouncing back better."

    16 min
  7. Insight Unpacked S2E6 | When a Healthcare Expert Becomes a Patient

    05/27/2025

    Insight Unpacked S2E6 | When a Healthcare Expert Becomes a Patient

    In this bonus episode of our series, "Insight Unpacked: American Healthcare and Its Web of Misaligned Incentives," a healthcare economist must make critical decisions with partial information. Also: Do you have advice on how to be a good healthcare consumer? Any lessons you learned the hard way? Professor David Dranove wants to hear from you. Send him an email at d-dranove@kellogg.northwestern.edu, and write "shopping for healthcare" in the subject line.

    19 min
  8. Preventing a Potential Culture Clash at Work

    05/12/2025

    Preventing a Potential Culture Clash at Work

    On this episode of The Insightful Leader: when Fuyao Glass opened a U.S. factory, it underestimated the importance of translating company culture.

    16 min
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Expert advice and cutting-edge discoveries from one of the world's leading business schools.

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  • Creator
    Kellogg School of Management
  • Years Active
    2008 - 2025
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    The Insightful Leader

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