Episode 3

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7th Feb 2023

How Leaders are Chosen with Gautam Mukunda

Absolutely fascinating—Gautam’s research on how we choose our leaders, and the phenomenon of “unfiltered” leaders who bypass the traditional and risk-averse selection process, is eye-opening for anyone in the leadership arena, whether they’re selecting leaders or leading themselves.

Gautam Mukunda is a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership, author of Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter, and the host of NASDAQ’s World Reimagined podcast. He was formerly an Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University.

In this episode, we discuss the filtration process that creates leaders, the difference between filtered and unfiltered presidents, and how leaders are chosen by organizations and nations.


Links Mentioned:


‘Picking Presidents’ by Gautam Mukunda

‘Indispensable’ by Gautam Mukunda

Gautam’s Personal Website

‘NASDAQ World Reimagined’ on Apple Podcasts

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About the Podcast

The Leadership Tales Podcast with Colin Hunter
The Leadership Tales Podcast is hosted by me, Colin Hunter. I am an author, coach, mentor and the CEO of PotentialSquared – a Leadership Development company based in the UK. My life-long passion is to amplify the “human” in Leadership.
I am fascinated by people and how they have used leadership in their journeys to success.
I have created the Leadership Tales Podcast so that we can indulge ourselves in learning how some amazing people have overcome challenges and failures to achieve in their roles through their leadership. They are leaders, thinkers, and experts who have tales that can help us thrive.

Will you join me on this fascinating voyage through all things “Leadership”?

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