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Choosing Leadership with Sumit Gupta

As a leader, you are always making choices. Even when you think you have no choice. And if you are unable to make a decision, you are choosing to stay in a state of indecision. The only question is - are your choices taking you where you want to go? I am Sumit Gupta, and this is "Choosing Leadership" - a podcast for high performers with big dreams - who know deep inside that there is more. This is a podcast for people who know they are more powerful than the level they are currently playing. I have spent a...

Can't Stay Silent [05] - Overthinking and the Vertical Dimension of Time

23 mins; June 20, 2023

Leadership Journeys [101] - Abdul Salim - "Everybody deserves respect."

29 mins; June 15, 2023

Leadership Journeys [100] - Tom Coburn- "Do not get too high on the highs and too low on the lows."

35 mins; June 14, 2023

Leadership Journeys [99] - Abhijit Anand- "It becomes hard sometimes because there is nobody to talk to."

29 mins; June 12, 2023

Leadership Journeys [98] - Paddy Raghavan - "It is not a failure, it is an experience"

31 mins; June 08, 2023

Leadership Journeys [97] - Pavel Shynkarenko - "I allow my team to make mistakes and learn."

25 mins; June 07, 2023

Leadership Journeys [96] - Brian J Esposito - "Money is a byproduct of good people doing good work."

38 mins; June 05, 2023

Leadership Journeys [95] - Luis Gonçalves- "You cannot be attached to your own ideas."

37 mins; June 01, 2023

Leadership Journeys [94] - Rosemarie Diegnan - "Your lows are when you learn how committed you are."

43 mins; May 31, 2023

Leadership Journeys [93] - Akhil Sivanandan - "I just couldn't sit by and do nothing"

30 mins; May 29, 2023

Leadership Journeys [92] - Nicole Grinnell - "It is easy as an entrepreneur to go high as a kite and to the bottom of despair"

23 mins; May 25, 2023

Leadership Journeys [91] - Shikha Gupta - "Collaborating instead of Competing is the most important leadership skill"

27 mins; May 24, 2023

Leadership Journeys [90] - Sanjay Borkar - "You have to involve all your stakeholders in your dreams"

40 mins; May 22, 2023

Leadership Journeys [89] - Glenn Puolos - "When I set my sights on things, I can get very focused on following up and sticking to the task"

34 mins; May 18, 2023

Leadership Journeys [88] - Chinmay Bhanagay - "Music helps me zone out, balance myself and get back the next day"

29 mins; May 17, 2023

Leadership Journeys [87] - David Rodriguez - "We must not be slaves of what we are doing."

38 mins; May 15, 2023

Leadership Journeys [86] - Mohan Thas - "For a leader, it is important to give employees the freedom and the advice they need to get the work done."

34 mins; May 11, 2023

Leadership Journeys [85] - Smiti Bhatt Deorah - "Be comfortable with the idea of being uncomfortable"

38 mins; May 10, 2023

Leadership Journeys [84] - Markus Weubben - "You need to surround yourself with people who are better at things than you are."

36 mins; May 08, 2023

Leadership Journeys [83] - Gabriel Jarroson - "On Saturday & Sunday I'm gone. There is nothing you can do to reach me."

34 mins; May 04, 2023

Leadership Journeys [82] - Philippe Birker - "The real skill of a leader is to acknowledge their own flaws and mistakes."

30 mins; May 02, 2023

Leadership Journeys [81] - Leslie Kivit - "We need to restore trust in companies"

30 mins; April 28, 2023

Leadership Journeys [80] - Caleb Avery - "When I'm getting anxious and overwhelmed, it is because I am spending too much time on things that I have no ability to change."

32 mins; April 26, 2023

Leadership Journeys [79] - Shay David- "In our life as entrepreneurs, we are always high on life."

45 mins; April 24, 2023

Leadership Journeys [78] - Manish Godha - "There is no right or wrong way to be a leader/entrepreneur."

29 mins; April 20, 2023

Leadership Journeys [77] - Sooraj Jayaraman - "A leader is a normal person who has the ability to find Superman in his team."

44 mins; April 19, 2023

Leadership Journeys [76] - Manoj Dhanotiya - "I have nothing to loose and whatever I have is enough"

31 mins; April 17, 2023

Leadership Journeys [75] - Ben Demiri - "When people are self-actualized, they are confident and contribute more to business"

38 mins; April 13, 2023

Leadership Journeys [74] - Sunny Ray - "Money reminds me of asthma, when you don't have it, it's like the world is ending"

38 mins; April 11, 2023

Leadership Journeys [73] - Barnaby Dorfman - "It is really important to connect with people as people"

38 mins; April 06, 2023

Leadership Journeys [72] - Gaurav Sabharwal - "You can't do business in isolation, no matter how intelligent you think you are."

32 mins; April 03, 2023

Leadership Journeys [71] - Shakun Sethi - "You need to be you because if you're not being you, how will you make things work?"

45 mins; March 29, 2023

Leadership Journeys [70] - Jay Goldman - "The annual performance review is really a terrible practice that came out of a very different era."

43 mins; March 27, 2023

Leadership Journeys [69] - Jose Graca - "With a very good team, you can make the impossible happen"

40 mins; March 23, 2023

Leadership Journeys [68] -Timothy Golden - "Learn the job of the human above me and teach my job to the human below me"

32 mins; March 20, 2023

Leadership Journeys [67] - Deepali Singh - "If a woman can give birth to a baby, then what else could be more challenging?"

40 mins; March 15, 2023

Leadership Journeys [66] - Nick McQuire - "Learn it all as opposed to know it all"

36 mins; March 13, 2023

Leadership Journeys [65] - Gerbert Vandenberghe - "The bigger the company grows, the less I am involved."

22 mins; March 08, 2023

Leadership Journeys [64] - Eva Poppe - "When you get out of your comfort zone, you learn so much about yourself."

35 mins; March 03, 2023

Leadership Journeys [63] - Maria Pennanen - "Over the years you become more forgiving to yourself."

32 mins; February 28, 2023

Leadership Journeys [62] - Violetta - "If you are an entrepreneur & unhappy, your company will suffer."

54 mins; February 22, 2023

Leadership Journeys [61] - Patrick Strauss - "There are so many opportunities for organizations to do better."

40 mins; February 15, 2023

Leadership Journeys [60] - Anastasia - "My best ideas come either during meditation or after meditation."

33 mins; February 09, 2023

Leadership Journeys [59] - Sudhanshu Ahuja - "All the companies that I applied for a job and got rejected, are now our customers"

36 mins; February 06, 2023

Leadership Journeys [58] - Dinesh Juneja - "Partnerships are the backbone of running a company."

33 mins; February 02, 2023

Leadership Journeys [57] - Marc Munier - "If people aren't willing to accept you for the way that you are, then that's their problem"

33 mins; January 30, 2023

Can't Stay Silent [04] - There Is No Forcing In Nature

18 mins; January 27, 2023

Leadership Journeys [56] - Ian Fishwick - "Everybody wants the best people, but what I say is, get the best out of people."

35 mins; January 23, 2023

Leadership Journeys [55] - Philip Johnston - "Blitzscaling a startup is stressful, but also pretty exhilarating and fun."

28 mins; January 18, 2023

Can't Stay Silent [03] - Can We Face What We Do Not Want To Face?

18 mins; January 16, 2023

Leadership Journeys [54] - Steve Midgley - "You have to be prepared to stand up for what you believe in"

39 mins; January 16, 2023

Leadership Journeys [53] - Marius Ciavola - "Trust and inspire instead of command and control."

33 mins; January 11, 2023

Leadership Journeys [52] - Bharanidharan - "Whatever you have, make the best out of it."

35 mins; January 09, 2023

Leadership Journeys [51] - Thomas Van Eeckhout - "The CEO is not the most important person in the company"

27 mins; January 04, 2023

Leadership Journeys [50] - Karl Feilder- "Just because I have a big title doesn't mean that I'm any better than others"

30 mins; December 28, 2022

Leadership Journeys [49] - Gernot Schwendtner - ''Fear is natural & makes you aware of risks but is one of the worst counsellor''

26 mins; December 21, 2022

Can't Stay Silent [02] - Our Pain Unites Us

11 mins; December 20, 2022

Can't Stay Silent [01] - Fall or Flight?

11 mins; December 20, 2022

Leadership Journeys [48] - Simon Godfrey - ''It is important to respect other people's opinions, even if they are opposing our own''

31 mins; December 19, 2022

Leadership Journeys [47] - Andrea Fernandez - "When there is no focus and it is hard, It's actually not a bad idea to slow down and take a break"

35 mins; December 15, 2022

Leadership Journeys [46] - Paulina Tenner - "I have my own agenda but I'm also surrendered to the wisdom of the process of life"

26 mins; December 13, 2022

Leadership Journeys [45] - Faisal Hoque - "Life is somewhere in between letting it happen and making it happen."

37 mins; December 07, 2022

Leadership Journeys [44] - Colleen Nagle - "Holding yourself accountable is half the battle in success"

31 mins; December 05, 2022

Leadership Journeys [43] - Radmila Blazheska - "Leadership is the combination of determination and openness to listen to others."

21 mins; November 30, 2022

Leadership Journeys [42] - David Jayatillake - "As a Leader, If you're not involved with your team, you will be isolated."

31 mins; November 28, 2022

Leadership Journeys [41] - Jami Kiran - "Having clarity as a leader helps us understand who we are while making choices."

29 mins; November 24, 2022

Leadership Journeys [40] - Kevin O'Loughlin - "Possessions and things don't amend happiness, but people around us do"

35 mins; November 23, 2022

Leadership Journeys [39] - Nermeen Ghoniem - "I cannot dictate how people feel about me, but I can dictate how I react to it."

38 mins; November 21, 2022

Leadership Journeys [38] - Ennio R. Neumann Senese - "I recommend people who work with me to do a couple of days retreat in complete silence"

45 mins; November 16, 2022

Leadership Journeys [37] - Natalie Kaminski- ''You can accomplish a lot more by being an empathetic leader rather than being a demanding manager."

40 mins; November 14, 2022

Leadership Journeys [36] - Tauseef Ahmad - "Capital deprived? Yes, we are. Are we worried? No, we are not"

36 mins; November 07, 2022

Leadership Journeys [35] - Shahram Maralani- "As a leader you need to be a good simulator of the situations your people are in."

38 mins; November 03, 2022

Leadership Journeys [34] - Vinod Kumar- "An entrepreneur needs to be comfortable with ambiguity and things going wrong"

45 mins; October 31, 2022

Leadership Journeys [33] - Raymond Aaron- "It's wonderful to have goals and intentions because that's the fuel of the soul."

48 mins; October 27, 2022

Leadership Journeys [32] - Silvia Hecher- "Get a coach way before there are conflicts/struggles or things are falling apart."

29 mins; October 24, 2022

Leadership Journeys [31] - Chris Federspiel - "This is about the journey and not about achieving the thing at the end"

38 mins; October 20, 2022

Leadership Journeys [30] - Brian Curtis - "When people become more and more separated and the less time we spend around one another, our relationships suffer"

26 mins; October 10, 2022

Leadership Journeys [29] - Yasmina Kazitani - "As a leader, do not fear being wrong or not knowing everything"

41 mins; October 06, 2022

Leadership Journeys [28] - Gilad Regev - "Fear can be my friend, I'm not trying to control my fear or ego. I look at them and get the information from them but I'm not trying to suppress them."

38 mins; September 28, 2022

Leadership Journeys [27] - Anshul Kamath - "The privilege of a lifetime is to discover who you truly are"

29 mins; September 26, 2022

Leadership Journeys [26] - Laimonas Noreika - "If you want to outshine in this world, be yourself"

27 mins; September 21, 2022

Leadership Journeys [25] - Henny Hoekstra- "Life is too short to make decisions that you don't want"

32 mins; September 19, 2022

Humble Inquiries [10] - Focus for leaders and teams

35 mins; September 12, 2022

Humble Inquiries [09] - How to prioritise and balance the long and short-term?

39 mins; September 05, 2022

Humble Inquiries [08] - How to keep yourself motivated?

37 mins; August 29, 2022

Leadership Journeys [24] - Arturs Burnins - "I feel comfortable doing any work which is good for the company"

26 mins; August 22, 2022

Leadership Journeys [23] - Bhav Patel - "We're so focused on the gravestone that we forget the graveyard"

34 mins; August 19, 2022

Leadership Journeys [22] - Bart Snijders - "Having fun and meaningful work is way more important than high salary"

48 mins; August 17, 2022

Leadership Journeys [21] - Sandeep Sharma - "When the oxygen is less, the lighter you are, the better you walk"

34 mins; August 11, 2022

Leadership Journeys [20] - Thomas Vles - "I realized I was living a life that I thought I wanted, but not the life I really wanted."

27 mins; August 01, 2022

Leadership Journeys [19] - Prakash Palani - "My leadership style is, people comes first, everything else follows."

33 mins; July 25, 2022

Leadership Journeys [18] - Théodore Rozencwajg - "Giving freedom comes with the responsibility of letting people make their mistakes."

25 mins; July 18, 2022

Humble Inquiries [07] - Teams 2 - How to create high-performing and value-producing teams?

44 mins; July 11, 2022

Humble Inquiries [06] - Teams 1 - What makes a team a team?

35 mins; July 04, 2022

Humble Inquiries [05] - Mastering Overwhelm

43 mins; June 27, 2022

Leadership Journeys [17] - Lars Maat - "Everybody in my company has an unlimited study budget"

30 mins; June 20, 2022

Leadership Journeys [16] - Eddie Rice - "There's no straight line to success"

30 mins; June 13, 2022

Leadership Journeys [15] - Gastón Käufer Barbé - "I am always paying attention and always learning."

30 mins; June 06, 2022

Leadership Journeys [14] - Marleen Evertsz - "You can trust your guts and follow it. And it will be okay. "

39 mins; May 30, 2022

Humble Inquiries [04] - Coaching is a Leadership Skill

43 mins; May 23, 2022

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