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 leave

• Why retention at all costs is a losing and dehumanizing strategy

• How managers directly influence engagement, satisfaction, and performance

• Why direction, coaching, and career are the three most critical leadership skills

This 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/