Unlocking Your Power at Work: How to empower others with Hubert Joly
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Unlocking Your Power at Work: How to empower others with Hubert Joly

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 5, 202636 min
  • Interview
  • Business & money

Throughout the Unlocking Your Power at Work series, Anne and Frances have uncovered practical advice for gaining power, building influence, and unleashing the abilities you already have. But once you make it to the top, what do you do with all that power? Hubert Joly is a professor at the Harvard Business School and the former CEO of Best Buy, where he led one of the most celebrated corporate turnarounds of the past decade. In this episode, Anne and Frances sit down with Hubert to dissect his belief that sharing your power and empowering others is the key to...

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