Lead the Team (Top 2% of Podcasts)

HP Solutions President Manoj Leelanivas - How to Lead Through Uncertainty

September 1, 2026·37 min
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How do you lead through uncertainty when the path forward isn’t clear?Manoj Leelanivas has done it at extraordinary scale. Today he’s President of HP Solutions. Before HP, he helped lead a major transformation at Juniper Networks, moving into new markets, building belief across thousands of employees, and helping create an enterprise business approaching $3 billion.In this episode, Manoj shares the leadership lessons behind that transformation, including why people don’t resist change...they resist uncertainty, how small wins can create momentum for massive change, and why speed with learning beats waiting for certainty.He also shares the courageous question an employee asked that changed the way he leads, why he had to reinvent himself as he moved from engineer to business leader, and what he’s learning about innovation inside one of the world’s most iconic technology companies.If you’re leading a team through change, making decisions without all the answers, or trying to turn disruption into growth, this conversation is for you.Manoj Leelanivas is President of HP Solutions and former COO of Juniper Networks.-----Connect with the Host, #1 bestselling author Ben FanningSpeaking and Training inquiresSubscribe to my Youtube channelLinkedInInstagramTwitter

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