r/Leadership is a subreddit with 139k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses leadership, advice, team, struggling, and communication, 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
: "Leaders, what's the "Why" you hang on to on the dark days when you just want to call it quits? Or when you feel like the motivation just runs out?"
44 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Honestly the most exhausting part of leadership isn’t strategy… it’s having to remember and chase everything just to keep things moving"
16 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."
179 posts
#2
Advice
: "Reorged twice in 2 months, no promo despite strong performance, and now stuck holding massive projects with zero recognition. Need Advice!"
36 posts
#3
Team
: "Am I handling this Team farewell situation poorly as a leader?"
35 posts
#4
Struggling
: "Onward and Upward"
28 posts
#5
Communication
: "Why does it always come back to Communication?"
19 posts
#6
Management
: "What are the differences between being a leader and a manager?"
18 posts
#7
Feedback
: "The hardest Feedback I ever gave was to someone who was doing everything right"
10 posts
#8
Promotion
: "Been with my company 2.5 years, exceptional performance, but my manager has never advocated for me. Do I pursue a lateral move or wait for a Promotion that may never come?"
9 posts
#9
Teamwork
: "Everything looks busy… but nothing actually moves unless I step in"
8 posts
#10
Team Management
: "New VP role. Inherited directors who mean well but manage everything by anecdote instead of data. How do you force a reset?"
8 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"
116 posts
#2
Discussion
: "I’m officially being penalized for being a good manager. Why do I even bother?"
84 posts
Member Growth in r/Leadership
Yearly
+38k members(37.0%)
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Last updated: July 1, 2026