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Podcast: The Strategy Skills Podcast: Strategy | Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving
Episode: 590: Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author on What Good Leaders Can Learn From Bad Bosses
Description: Mita Mallick, Wall Street Journal–bestselling author and workplace strategist, examines how everyday managerial choices determine whether organizations are resilient, humane, and productive. Drawing on her leadership roles in marketing and human resources, as well as her lived experience as a woman of color in corporate America, she reframes common leadership breakdowns as design failures that can be prevented with the right structures. As she emphasizes, "There is power in being quiet." Used deliberately, silence becomes a tool to pause, observe, and de-escalate rather than react impulsively. This episode delivers concrete practices senior leaders can ap...