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Sep 2021
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Managing your team right now requires fresh thinking. Learn what motivates the best performance, and how to build creative teams in remote, hybrid, and fluid conditions, from some of the sharpest minds in management. In this special episode, we share five moves that are essential to building a team right now. Tapping into lessons from top leaders at Apple, Canva, Delta, Uber and more – plus President Barack Obama – the episode offers a roadmap for getting the most from your talent, reconnecting them to your mission and vision, and sparking the future-focused teamwork that is at the core of every successful entrepreneurial organization. 

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Listen to the episode mentioned in this interview:

Angela Ahrendts (Apple, Burberry): http://listen.mastersofscale.com/AppleAngelaAhrendts

Adam Grant (author, psychologist): http://listen.mastersofscale.com/PsychologistAdamGrant

Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber): http://listen.mastersofscale.com/UberDaraKhosrowshahi

Melanie Perkins (Canva): http://listen.mastersofscale.com/CanvaMelaniePerkins

Claire Babineaux-Fontenot (Feeding America): http://listen.mastersofscale.com/FAClaireBabineaux-Fontenot

Ed Bastian (Delta): http://listen.mastersofscale.com/DeltaEdBastian

Barack Obama (44th U.S. President): http://listen.mastersofscale.com/PresidentBarackObama

Rachel Carlson (Guild Education): http://listen.mastersofscale.com/GuildEducationRachelCarlson

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