Career Conversations: The Most Underrated Skill of Effective Managers

What if helping people think seriously about their future made them more committed today?In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, Alexis Monville welcomes Russ Laraway — former senior leader at Google and Twitter, co-founder and former COO of Candor Inc. (with Kim Scott), and author of When They Win, You Win.Russ shares lessons drawn from decades of leadership experience and from large-scale, data-driven research conducted at Qualtrics, where leadership behaviors were rigorously measured and correlated with employee engagement and business outcomes.Together, Alexis and Russ explore:Why career conversations are not about “greasing the skids” for people to leaveWhy retention at all costs is a losing and dehumanizing strategyHow managers directly influence engagement, satisfaction, and performanceWhy direction, coaching, and career are the three most critical leadership skillsThis conversation challenges common management reflexes and offers a deeply human — and evidence-based — view of leadership, where investing in people is not a risk, but a core responsibility.If you lead people and care about sustainable impact and satisfaction, this episode will reshape how you think about your role as a leader.Find the references and the transcript in the companion blog post: https://blog-alexis.monville.com/en/2024/07/27/redefining-leadership-a-conversation-with-russ-laraway/