What podcasts say about Nitin Nohria

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What Nitin Nohria has said on podcasts

24 statements · 10 positive · 5 negative · 9 neutral

on CEOsNeutralOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
CEOs are responsible for all company decisions.
“CEOs are responsible for all of the decisions that companies make.”
Listen at 3:04
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on CEO decision-making conditionsPositiveOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
CEOs should create conditions enabling sound organizational decisions.
“their responsibility is to create the conditions so that the decisions that are being made by everyone in the organization are decisions that they can endorse.”
Listen at 3:13
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on CEO responsibilitiesNeutralOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
CEOs shape resource allocation, strategy, and organizational culture.
“Resource allocation is one. Strategy is another culture is a deeply important thing.”
Listen at 3:48
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on CEO rolePositiveOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
A CEO’s core job is enabling employees to make good decisions.
“the real job of the CEO is to create the architecture of these things that surround people and enable them to make good decisions.”
Listen at 4:20
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on Macroeconomic shocksNeutralOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
Macroeconomic shocks account for about 5% of company performance variation.
“It turns out that every year in which we have interest rate movements, macro shocks and things like that affect. all these companies uniformly, that accounts for about 5% of performance variation over actually a 20-year period.”
Listen at 8:18
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on Industry effects on company performanceNeutralOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
Industry accounts for about 15% of company performance variance.
“the industry in which a company is, how important is that? And that accounts for about 15% of the variance over a 20-year period.”
Listen at 8:32
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on Company-specific factorsNeutralOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
Company-specific factors account for about 25% of performance.
“the company itself accounts for about 25% of the performance.”
Listen at 8:55
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on Individual CEOsNeutralOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
Individual CEOs account for about 15% of company performance.
“They account for 15% of the performance.”
Listen at 9:05
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on CEO appointmentNeutralOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
Appointing a CEO can matter as much as changing the company’s industry.
“any board that's appointing a new CEO is making a decision that could be as significant as changing the industry in which the CEO operates.”
Listen at 9:15
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on CEO meetingsNeutralOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
CEOs spend roughly three-quarters of their work time in meetings.
“three quarters of the time is spent in meetings”
Listen at 12:35
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on CEO meetingsPositiveOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
CEOs should conduct their meetings effectively.
“they better do their meetings well.”
Listen at 12:50
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on CEO work environmentNeutralOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
CEOs face unpredictable events requiring rapid responses.
“the world comes at CEOs in ways that are unpredictable.”
Listen at 13:30
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on mergers and acquisitionsNegativeOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
M&A bidding wars create overpayment and winner’s-curse risk.
“it's hard to not fall into a bidding war. And because you've committed so much to it, the risk is that you overpay, that in the end, there's the winner's curse.”
Listen at 14:47
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on Post-merger integrationNegativeOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
Acquirers tend to underestimate post-merger integration requirements.
“people tend to underestimate all that it will take to integrate the merger once it's done.”
Listen at 15:01
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on CEO communicationNegativeOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
Most CEOs were shocked by employees’ interpretations of their priorities.
“Most CEOs were aghast by what came back.”
Listen at 16:43
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on CEO communicationNegativeOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
Employees often interpret CEO messages differently from intended meanings.
“People hear very, very different things.”
Listen at 16:58
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on CEO communicationPositiveOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
CEOs should simplify, repeat, and reinforce organizational messages.
“Keep it simple. Say the same thing. Repeat yourself. Find compelling stories that cause your message to stick.”
Listen at 17:04
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on CEO communicationPositiveOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
CEOs should verify message reception directly with employees and customers.
“Go out to the front lines and to your customers, and then you'll find out how well your message traveled.”
Listen at 17:37
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on CEO isolationNegativeOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
CEOs face a substantial risk of organizational isolation.
“CEOs have a real risk of being isolated.”
Listen at 18:45
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on Effective CEOsPositiveOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
The best CEOs make disciplined efforts to visit frontline operations and customers.
“the best CEOs do that.”
Listen at 19:06
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on CEO listening toursPositiveOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
Every CEO should undertake an initial organizational listening tour.
“Everyone should do that.”
Listen at 19:39
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on CEO organizational contactPositiveOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
CEOs should maintain recurring contact with their organizations.
“I need to have that as a habit, which I continue to find ways of doing throughout my time as a CEO.”
Listen at 20:07
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on Larry CulpPositiveOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
Larry Culp combined candid diagnosis of GE’s problems with hope.
“his capacity to both tell the truth of what was wrong at GE, but also to create hope at the same time.”
Listen at 20:54
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on Effective CEOsPositiveOct 7, 2026· Masters in Business
Effective CEOs confront organizational problems while sustaining confidence.
“they don't deny the truth. They have people confront the reality, but then they also give them the confidence that this is not a reality that you should be afraid of.”
Listen at 21:04
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