r/Leadership is a subreddit with 137k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses leadership, advice, team, struggling, and management, and they frequently recommend/review audiobook.
👁️🗨️ Guidance and wisdom, a leader's stand, breaking walls, uniting hands.
Popular Themes in r/Leadership
#1
Advice Requests
: "What's the one thing you wish you knew before your first leadership role?"
39 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "I’m officially being penalized for being a good manager. Why do I even bother?"
17 posts
#3
Opportunities
: "How Do You Lead a Team That Doesn't Want to Improve?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/Leadership
#1
Leadership
: "The hardest part of Leadership for me hasn’t been people. It’s been protecting my attention."
216 posts
#2
Advice
: "Reorged twice in 2 months, no promo despite strong performance, and now stuck holding massive projects with zero recognition. Need Advice!"
42 posts
#3
Team
: "When “strategic” leaders don’t do the actual work and lean on Teams to look smart… Team bears all the load"
36 posts
#4
Struggling
: "Stuck at a leadership role and burning out"
33 posts
#5
Management
: "New to People Management: How to best structure 1:1 meetings?"
23 posts
#6
Communication
: "Why does it always come back to Communication?"
20 posts
#7
Feedback
: "The hardest Feedback I ever gave was to someone who was doing everything right"
12 posts
#8
Promotion
: "Reorged twice in 2 months, no promo despite strong performance, and now stuck holding massive projects with zero recognition. Need Advice!"
11 posts
#9
Teamwork
: "Everything looks busy… but nothing actually moves unless I step in"
8 posts
#10
Change
: "I got one of my employees fired, and it completely Changed how I think about leadership."
7 posts
Products Discussed in r/Leadership
Audiobook
3 reviews
#1
Audible
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
David Goggins
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Blinkist
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Leadership
#1
Question
: "Some people aren't quiet in meetings because they have nothing to say, they're running an internal cost analysis on whether their contribution will be remembered as insight or remembered as the moment they spoke too much"
108 posts
#2
Discussion
: "I’m officially being penalized for being a good manager. Why do I even bother?"
92 posts
Member Growth in r/Leadership
Yearly
+37k members(37.4%)
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Last updated: June 15, 2026