{"podcast":{"title":"Harvard Business Review","slug":"harvard-business-review-7777387","podcast_index_feed_id":7777387,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VG7900701114","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/980142f0-0d9c-11f1-9b6f-b39130a8b54a/image/fd144eac00da8bd04368206590cf5ad8.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"HBR","episode_count":511,"summary":"At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. We try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We encourage comments, critiques, and questions. We expect our community to be a safe space for respectful, constructive, and thought-provoking discussion. We reserve the right to remove or turn off comments at our discretion. We do not tolerate bullying, name-calling, or abusive language related to identity, including race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, age, or region; spam; copyright violation; extreme profanity; or p*rnography.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T12:22:10.972032+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387"},"episode":{"title":"How Do I Lead My Team without Strategic Direction from Above?","slug":"how-do-i-lead-my-team-without-strategic-direction-from-above","published_at":"2026-06-17T12:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/how-do-i-lead-my-team-without-strategic-direction-from-above","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG6409267129.mp3?updated=1778677934","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG6409267129.mp3?updated=1778677934","summary":"How Do I Lead My Team without Strategic Direction from the Top? 12 Jun 2023 --- He leads a team at a large global organization and gets positive feedback on their work. But he’s having trouble leading his team amid conflicting priorities and without direction from his senior leaders. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through how he can help his team have organizational impact, with or without more clarity from above. Further reading: - When Managing Through Ambiguity, Develop a Clear Vision: https://hbr.org/2020/11/when-managing-through-ambiguity-develop-a-clear-vision - How To Lead Through Ambiguity: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/06/08/how-to-lead-through-ambiguity/?sh=4168a4c01ee6 - 5 Reasons Your Employees Don’t Understand Your Company’s Vision: https://hbr.org/2021/09/5-reasons-your-employees-dont-understand-your-companys-vision - How to Teach Leaders to Navigate Complexity: https://instituteofcoaching.org/blogs/how-teach-leaders-navigate-complexity This episode originally aired on Coaching Real Leaders on April 24, 2023. Listen to more episodes of Coaching Real Leaders on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzAU8TPKsJua_hcLjT7aFzWcoqMnrp-z7 You can also listen to this episode on HBR.org, and wherever you listen to podcasts: - HBR.org (transcript available here): https://hbr.org/podcast/2023/04/how-do-i-lead-my-team-without-strategic-direction-from-the-top - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-do-i-lead-my-team-without-strategic-direction-from/id1545444200?i=1000610409413 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5gnbm9KN6yyI7f6Pk6EXRo?si=72b95068855d447d - Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/coaching-real-leaders/episode/how-do-i-lead-my-team-without-strategic-direction-from-the-top-302424215 - Google Pod…","meta_description":"How Do I Lead My Team without Strategic Direction from the Top? 12 Jun 2023 --- He leads a team at a large global organization and gets positive feedback…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3678,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/harvard-business-review-7777387/episodes/how-do-i-lead-my-team-without-strategic-direction-from-above/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/how-do-i-lead-my-team-without-strategic-direction-from-above.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}