Melinda French Gates’s 48-Hour Rule for Giving Feedback, and Other Leadership Lessons
On the “Leaders with Francine Lacqua” podcast debut, the philanthropist spoke about her early influences and what she learned later on about leading.
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Hi, everyone. After years of reporting on business, interviewing CEOs and decision-makers across industries, I’ve noticed a pattern: Leadership is rarely as simple as the headlines make it seem. On my new podcast, Leaders with Francine Lacqua, you’ll hear about difficult tradeoffs, moments of uncertainty and career-changing choices that leaders rarely share publicly, with each episode recapped here for our Management & Work newsletter subscribers. For our first episode, we spoke with Melinda French Gates.
Leadership often reveals itself most clearly not in moments of stability, but in moments of transition.