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A job you think about in the shower | Organizational behavior with Dr. Heidi K. Gardner

September 16, 2021 • Maya Metser • Season 1 • Episode 30

Heidi K. Gardner, PhD, is a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession. Previously she was a professor of Organizational Behavior at Harvard Business School. Dr. Gardner’s book “Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos” was published in 2017 by Harvard Business Press, and became a Washington Post bestseller. Named by Thinkers 50 as a Next Generation Business Guru, Dr. Gardner co-founded the research and advisory firm Gardner & Co, which helps clients across professional services, industry, government, and non-profits to drive change through smarter collaboration.

Dr. Gardner has lived and worked on four continents, including as a Fulbright Fellow, and for McKinsey & Co. and Procter & Gamble. She earned her BA in Japanese from the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters degree from the London School of Economics in Industrial Relations, and a PhD from London Business School in Organizational Behavior.

Topics we cover:

Growing up in Amish Country - Lancaster, PA
Why Japanese language, culture, and history fascinated Heidi
How Heidi went from being a Japanese major to a manager at Procter & Gamble
What it means to be a leader & getting your team to shine
Heidi’s Fulbright scholarship in post-communist Germany
“As long as you are dealing with human beings, the value of psychology will always shine through”
Why Heidi loves going to grocery stores in new countries
What is Industrial Relations? - Heidi’s Master’s program
Organizational behavior - the human component of business
Working at McKinsey - culture, people, & work
Wanting a job you think about in the shower
What does a PhD in Organizational Behavior give you?
What is smart collaboration?
How does Heidi apply smart collaboration today?

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Music by: Adam Fine