Jensen Huang’s Radical Anti-1-on-1 Leadership Style

Many businesses thrive on 1-on-1 meetings to build trust within the organization.

There is a massive expectation of that, which is what NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen Huang’s anti-1-on-1 Leadership style is.

Indeed, in multiple interviews, Huang revealed that he “really discourages 1-on-1s” while managing 60 direct reports, he challenged one of management’s most sacred practices.

His reasoning cuts to the heart of what separates high-performing organizations from the rest: the fundamental choice between information hoarding and radical transparency.

The Trust Foundation Prerequisite

Huang’s framework only works because NVIDIA operates as a high-trust organization, a critical distinction that explains why copying this approach superficially would fail in most companies.

High-trust organizations share several characteristics that make transparent leadership viable:

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