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Meet Dr. Brad Harris, a Professor of Management and HR at HEC Paris and Co-Founder of People Leader Accelerator. Brad has dedicated his professional life to helping leaders find their purpose, scale their impact, and maximize their potential.
Dr. Brad Harris is a Professor of Management and Human Resources at HEC Paris, the Co-Founder of People Leader Accelerator, and the Managing Partner at TrailHead Consulting.
Brad’s scholarly reputation is built on his contributions to understanding team dynamics and the people/HR-related processes that help organizations thrive, but arguably his most important work—and inarguably his greatest professional passion—is helping current and aspiring leaders find their purpose, scale their impact, and maximize their potential.
Brad expertly weaves insights from his decade-plus as an organizational researcher with his rich experiences working with HR executives to deliver powerful lessons that push leaders to understand, and ultimately overcome, the hidden tensions that stifle growth.
Brad is an award-winning, internationally recognized teacher in the areas of HR, teams, and leadership. He has co-authored two books, 3D Team Leadership: A New Approach for Complex Teams (Stanford, 2017) and Scaling for Success: People Priorities for High Growth Organizations (Columbia, 2021). He holds a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University.
Brad and his wife live in Paris with their three children. Outside of work, Brad is an avid runner and a passionate advocate for individuals with special needs. Prior to becoming a professor, his claim to fame was riding in an elevator with rock musician Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana).
Dr. Brad Harris is a Professor of Management and Human Resources at HEC Paris, the Co-Founder of People Leader Accelerator, and the Managing Partner at TrailHead Consulting.
Brad’s scholarly reputation is built on his contributions to understanding team dynamics and the people/HR-related processes that help organizations thrive, but arguably his most important work—and inarguably his greatest professional passion—is helping current and aspiring leaders find their purpose, scale their impact, and maximize their potential.
Brad expertly weaves insights from his decade-plus as an organizational researcher with his rich experiences working with HR executives to deliver powerful lessons that push leaders to understand, and ultimately overcome, the hidden tensions that stifle growth.
Brad is an award-winning, internationally recognized teacher in the areas of HR, teams, and leadership. He has co-authored two books, 3D Team Leadership: A New Approach for Complex Teams (Stanford, 2017) and Scaling for Success: People Priorities for High Growth Organizations (Columbia, 2021). He holds a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University.
Brad and his wife live in Paris with their three children. Outside of work, Brad is an avid runner and a passionate advocate for individuals with special needs. Prior to becoming a professor, his claim to fame was riding in an elevator with rock musician Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana).
This book is the definitive guide for leaders of high-growth organizations seeking to understand and execute the people management principles that are essential to continued success.
Combining a wealth of practical experience, well-grounded academic research, and easy-to-apply frameworks, Andrew Bartlow and T. Brad Harris offer a practical toolkit that founders, functional leaders, and managers of people can use to rethink their practices to meet their organizations’ needs.
They help readers identify the core people management programs and practices that are best for an organization at its current stage and size while also supporting a foundation for continued development and the capacity to adapt to inevitable surprises.
Practical, actionable, and supplemented with numerous diagnostic tools and illustrative examples, Scaling for Success is a must-have playbook for organizational leaders pursuing smart and sustainable growth.
Uncertainty is never good. High-growth startups try to keep doing what they’re good at, but that doesn’t allow them to change. The truth is they don’t know what to do, things change in the environment, and no one can foresee reality. There is a danger of falling into traps of confidence and the fear of sparking a reaction holds them back.
On your podcast, Brad can share how to navigate the personal growth challenges as a leader. Specifically, why leaders are either motivated to achieve or driven not to fail. He’ll share why they must remain humble but have conviction and act like a prosecutor or politician. He can share specific examples of why you have to be good at both the 2 traits but know how to switch from one to another to be an effective leader.
Most companies choose values that sound nice, there’s no differentiation, and they are impossible to measure. For example, honesty, no one would ever say honesty is bad, it doesn’t make us unique, and you can’t detect lying. Change is inevitable as you mature, and the more important values and having a purpose become to be remarkable.
On your podcast, Brad can talk about why core values are just empty words and why you should start with behaviors. Specifically, why leaders should find things that make them special and can actually be assessed and measured. Personality traits are fairly stable over a lifetime, with an exception of traumatic life events. Brad can exemplify why this happens with values and how knowing your life story and what makes you stand out will help choose values that make a difference.
Our job as leaders is to focus our team on the mountain we’re climbing. How you climb is up for negotiation, yet the mountain is the same for everyone. Something inevitably changes, turnover, economy, the environment, or a competitor comes out with a superior product. When these seismic shifts happen, how do leaders define a mountain that everyone agrees is the mountain and set up processes that have no friction?
On your podcast, Brad can talk about a different approach of constant calibration and re-refining focuses to maintaining team performance. Specifically, why a leader, regardless of whether they can choose the team values, has a ton of leverage on team design. Brad can explain why leaders must have the fortitude and courage to let go of the tactical things and embrace their own values. He’ll share why acknowledging other people’s different purposes and growth challenges will allow you to climb up the mountain.
If there is a specific topic you would like Brad to focus on during the interview that is not listed here, please do let us know.
We would be more than happy to run this by Brad to see if he was able to talk in detail and deliver value to your audience.