A podcast hosted by Jeffrey Cohn

Imperfect Leaders

2022–202678 conversations

The premise

There is no such thing as a perfect leader.

Jeffrey Cohn interviews some of the country's most powerful leaders, and gets them to talk candidly about the imperfections that made them better leaders.

Michael Duckworth

Most recent episode

Season 3 · Episode 3

Leadership & Legacy for Neurodiverse Families – with Michael Duckworth

Michael Duckworth — Duckworth Hagerty Group, Merrill Lynch

The archive

Signature Conversations

A few conversations you may enjoy — and a good place to start.

The roster

Who has sat down at the table.

  • Austin Allison — Founder & CEO, Pacaso
  • Anna Barber — Partner M13
  • Gene Berdichevsky — Founder, Sila
  • Blair Berk
  • Aman Bhutani
  • Tricia Biggio — CEO & Founder of Invisible Universe
  • Ted Bililies — Global Head of Transformative Leadership at Alix Partners
  • Dave Boehmer — CEO & Founder, Banff Advisors
  • Anastasia Boyko
  • Ben Breier — Global Head of Health Care, Partners Group
  • Tim Brown — Chair, IDEO
  • Robert Carter — Professor Emeritus, Columbia
The full guest list, A–Z →

About the show

Imperfect Leaders is a series of conversations with founders, CEOs, university deans, physicians, philanthropists and NBA coaches — all willing to be totally vulnerable.

Jeffrey Cohn, host of Imperfect Leaders
Jeffrey Cohn — Bench Strength Advisors

The host

Jeffrey Cohn co-authored the award-winning book, 'Why Are We Bad at Picking Good Leaders?' — has been a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review — and has advised boards on governance and CEO succession challenges for three decades.

Why Are We Bad at Picking Good Leaders? by Jeffrey Cohn and Jay MoranWhy Are We Bad at Picking Good Leaders?Jeffrey Cohn & Jay MoranA better way to evaluate leadership potential.
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