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240: Interview with advisor, keynote speaker & author, Dr. Heidi Gardner

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In this episode, Dr. Heidi Gardner discusses the concept “Smarter Collaboration;” what it is and how it can be applied within any business to generate growth, creativity and maximized potential. Episode 240 is available for download now on all of the top podcast platforms or listen now by clicking the player above!

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Episode highlights:

-Understand the definition of “Smarter Collaboration”
-Learn how the idea of “Smarter Collaboration” can be applied to team work and creating a healthy and productive environment
-Discuss the typical barriers to collaboration that many companies encounter
-Conversation on about when someone is feeling resistant to collaboration and what you can do

Meet this week’s guest:

Dr. Heidi K. Gardner is a sought-after advisor, keynote speaker, and facilitator for organizations across a wide range of industries globally. Named by Thinkers50 as a Next Generation Business Guru, she is a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School and former professor at Harvard Business School. She is currently the faculty chair and instructor in multiple executive education programs at both institutions. Dr. Gardner works extensively with her team at Gardner & Co., partnering with boards, executive teams, and other senior leaders to boost performance by embedding the principles and practices of smarter, agile, cross-silo collaboration within those groups and across the broader organization and ecosystem—resulting in concrete, quantifiable performance improvements.

Altogether, Dr. Gardner has authored (or co-authored) more than 100 books, chapters, case studies, and articles. This includes Washington Post best-selling book Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos and newly published Smarter Collaboration: A New Approach to Breaking Down Barriers and Transforming Work. Her research received the Academy of Management’s prize for Outstanding Practical Implications for Management and has been selected multiple times for Harvard Business Review’s “best of” collections. It has also been featured in major media outlets around the globe.

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 Studies from the University of Pennsylvania (Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude), a master’s degree from the London School of Economics, and a second master’s and Ph.D. from London Business School.

Find Dr. Heidi Gardner’s book on Amazon: Smarter Collaboration: A New Approach to Breaking Down Barriers and Transforming Work

Learn more about: Smarter Collaboration Diagnostic Toolkit

Website: Gardner & Co. 

Website: Smart Collaboration Accelerator

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