What Makes a Great Leader?

Today, it’s less about getting people to follow you to the future, more about getting them to co-create it with you. Harvard Business School’s Linda A. Hill, co-author of “Collective Genius”, spells out the new ABCs for leading innovation.

00:00 When organizations can’t innovate, it’s because they don’t have the right leadership.
01:06 The new ABCs of leadership: Architect, Bridger, and Catalyst
01:28 A: Architect: Build your company’s culture and capabilities for innovation.
02:12 B: Bridger: Forge partnerships outside your organization.
03:11 C: Catalyst: Accelerate co-creation across the entire ecosystem.
04:15 Real-world example: Pfizer turns vendors into partners.
05:18 These roles require new ways of thinking about power.

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[colebrookhouse]

Linda was my lecturer and she truly inspired me to see a different side of myself in a leadership role. Thank you, Linda. 👏🏼

[KB-novp]

A good lecturer inspires you, motivates you to ask more questions. Listening to Linda speak, opens doors in your mind to explore and ask questions of what is possible. You can never go wrong with Linda Hill!

[AndrewSmith-lusk]

Absolutely outstanding short video on leadership. I will watch this multiple times over the coming months and expand on the concepts in my leadership roles.

[jadeedstoresupport]

Professor Linda Hill rocks in each one of her messages. She has this gift of taking fairly complex ideas, abstract away their complexity and deliver them in a manner which is easy to understand & internalize and easy to apply in professional life. And she manages to do so in just a few minutes. What a gift of clarity and simplicity she has. God bless. Love from Karachi, Pakistan.

[jeremyherschler]

Perhaps the most amazing leadership through cultural change was the cultural shift about smoking. In the 1950's 50% of adults smoked cigarettes. Now it's down to 13%. Culture is the most important thing to innovate about. Let's stop following the trail of tears in our culture and start following the trail of dreams. Let's get to the inflection point, the turning point where innovating and reimagining a culture of dreams becomes possible.

[jeromeqsullivan]

Partnering with your employees is key... Understanding the value they bring; the other skills they have that are not utilized; and their potential... Partnering with them to utilize their other skills but also grow their potential, whilst aligning with the company strategy brings a win-win outcome for both the employer and the employee and various teams in the organisation.

[tonychang]

Very insightful, timely amd nescessary message .Thanks Prof. Linda hill and HBS for sharing .

[rmk_ro]

Real, collaborative connections between working parties are super important in successful innovation and implementation. The formal approach doesn't work when the chase is about innovation and change management, which could be either process or people, or organization-wide change.

[swurvydel]

Excellent video and I think a lot of the concepts are transferable between the business and you as an employee. For example, concentrating on your core strengths. So many times we're told what we are weak at and spend far too much time working on something we're never going to be great at. Better to focus on your strengths and core competencies and use those to elevate you. Focusing on our weaknesses will distract us from excelling at what we're great at.

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A great leader must first have a servant's heart - Robert Chan

[dew]

Fascinating insights into the role of leadership

[ReflectionOcean]

- Recognize the evolution in leadership from direction to co-creation (0:09).

- Shift focus from personal vision to cultivating collective capabilities (0:45).

- Embrace the role of architect to foster a collaborative and experimental culture (1:24).

- Act as a bridger to connect internal efforts with external talent and tools (2:15).

- Serve as a catalyst to accelerate innovation across the entire ecosystem (3:14).

- Build mutual trust and commitments with partners for shared innovation goals (4:17).

- Rethink influence beyond formal authority, fostering commitment and risk-taking (5:22).

[karabo]

Prof Linda is an absolute genius. Love her teachings

[disheswithdavid]

My favourite professor! Have literally enjoyed every lecture with her. Truly humble, intelligent and wise. 🙌🏻

[KollaborNation-onnd-SAC]

This is a really awesome video...packed with salient advice that is well articulated. As someone chairing a large government innovation and change leadership program for the State of California, your approach demonstrates the type of pioneering bottom line, foundation, and launch pad that is essential. Kudos!

[joaquinz.c]

So much knowledge in such a short period of time. Thank you, just thank you.

[sportshungers]

Yes, developing value added partner is a great leadership. Thanks

[bayou__]

Simple and Smart ABC Strategy Thanks Prof Linda

[ahamilton]

Not sure why this popped up just now, but fantastic distillation of the gathering concept and ideas on how to think about that concept of collective genius. Thank you!

[somosagricultura]

Interesting this ABC frame for leadership. Thanks for sharing.