S4e01 How To Be Bold with Ranjay Gulati

LAUNCHING SEASON 4 with Ranjay Gulati, eminent scholar and Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University, and best selling and award winning author of Deep Purpose and How to be Bold, recognized by Thinkers 50.


CAN YOU SPOT REAL COURAGE? Try this 👇


🤔 Which of these symbolizes courage to you?


🔺Rushing into a burning building to save lives
or
🔺Publishing a book and opening yourself up to global judgement and criticism 


🔺Serving as a medic and saving lives in a war zone
or
🔺Being vulnerable at work. Letting your team see the real you


🔺Bungee jumping, sky diving, parasailing 
or
🔺Being a whistleblower 


You are smart. You know the answer. Each of these instances takes extraordinary courage.


🤔The thing about courage though…


We primarily think of physical courage as THE defining form of courage We set an unrealistic threshold of what is courageous We reserve our adulation and recognition for the highest forms of physical courage, while unintentionally undervaluing the everyday courage that ultimately changes the world


🤔Why is that a problem?


👉 It makes courage inaccessible to most
👉 It undervalues the very daily acts of courage that go on to shape the mega acts of courage we ultimately applaud


That’s why I love Ranjay’s book. It demystifies courage and makes it accessible to all. It is also practical as it helps you explore your own sources of courage.


His epiphany, as I hope is true for you too is “I too can be courageous”


This wisdom packed episode with Ranjay is the perfect launch for our Season 4 of The Mindful Leadership Podcast ‼️


🔥 In this episode we dig into what happens when DEEP PURPOSE meets INDOMITABLE COURAGE, why leaders and organizations anchor around their purpose, how they create impact through meaningful action and so much more.


You will be glued till the end, I promise‼️


About ⁠Ranjay Gulati⁠:
Ranjay Gulati is the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration and a distinguished organizational sociologist. He is the author of several books including Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies (HarperCollins, 2022) and How to Be Bold: The Surprising Science of Everyday Courage (Harper Business, 2025).
His pathbreaking research, which focuses on unlocking organizational potential and unleashing human potential, has shown how winning companies—those that prosper both in good times and bad—drive growth and prosperity. At the same time, his research has inspired individuals to unlock possibilities by aligning their own personal purpose with that of their organizations.
The Economist, the Financial Times, and the Economist Intelligence Unit have listed him as among the top handful of business school scholars whose work is most relevant to management practice. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his scholarly research and teaching, including recognition by Thinkers50 as a top management scholar and the CK Prahalad Award for Scholarly Impact on Practice in 2024. Professor Gulati holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University and lives in Newton, Massachusetts with his wife and two children.


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