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Kim Scott, Jason Rosoff & Amy Sandler
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While the podcast team is taking a Radical Sabbatical, Kim is interviewing authors of the books that have had a big impact on her in the past two years.  How can parenting skills help us become better team members and leaders in the workplace?  Sure, you can’t “ground” your direct report when they screw up an important project, but the lessons of good paren ... Show More
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While the podcast team is taking a Radical Sabbatical, Kim is interviewing authors of the books that have had a big impact on her in the past two years. In this episode, Kim speaks with Gary Gerstle, best-selling author of The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order and ten other b ... Show More
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