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Podcast: The Positive Leadership Podcast
Episode:

Leadership: a matter of love. With Gianpiero Petriglieri

Category: Business
Duration: 01:35:21
Publish Date: 2025-09-17 07:00:00
Description:

In this episode of the Positive Leadership Podcast, I have the great pleasure of welcoming Gianpiero Petriglieri, one of the world’s leading voices in leadership development. A professor of Organizational Behavior at INSEAD, Gianpiero’s work bridges psychology, management, and education. 

Trained first as a medical doctor and psychiatrist in Italy, he later reinvented himself as a leadership scholar and educator. His unique journey brings a rare depth to his teaching and research, which focus on how we lead, how we learn, and—most importantly—how we stay human in times of constant change. 

We explore together: 

  • His childhood influences and formative years in Sicily. 
  • The lessons he carried from psychiatry into leadership education. 
  • Why he believes leadership is not just about skills, but about “the inner work” of becoming yourself—on purpose. 
  • How bravery, humility, and emotional courage are reshaping leadership today. 
  • Why he describes leadership as “a kind of love”, and what that means for organizations navigating uncertainty and reinvention. 

Gianpiero’s voice is poetic, deeply human, and a powerful reminder that leadership is not about perfection or performance—but about presence, purpose, and connection. 

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