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E50 - Blitzscaling with Author Chris Yeh

What is Blitzscaling? How do you use it to grow and scale your business? Discover the secret sauce of silicon valley startups. Learn how companies like AirBnB, LinkedIn, Zara and several others embrace Blitzscaling to achieve massive scale in a short time. 

We are excited to feature the book Blitzscaling authored by Chris Yeh and Reid Hoffman. A writer, investor, and entrepreneur, Chris has had a ringside seat in the world of startups and scaleups since 1995. Hundreds of companies, from garage-dwelling startups to Fortune 50 titans have tapped his knowledge and insights to accelerate and transform their businesses. Chris co-teaches the course "Technology enabled Blitzscaling" at Stanford University focusing on how Silicon Valley companies navigate rapid scaling, from dorm room to global giants.

E49 - First 90 days (Author - Michael D. Watkins) - with Elena Elkina

Our host Preethy Padmamabhan sat down with Elena Elkina to talk about the book "The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels", by Michael Watkins. Elena is a Partner and Privacy & Data Protection Management Executive at Aleada Consulting. She shared how the book helped her secure early wins, align goals up and down the chain, build coalitions, stay balanced, and avoid vicious downward spirals.

First 90 days is a great guide for leaders on how to hit the ground running when they start a new job or a new project. Tune in to listen to this episode and hear insights about what one can do in their first 90 days to accelerate their transition to a new role and achieve success.

E48 - Becoming (Author - Michelle Obama) - with Jayashree Sundaresan

As we all gear up to relax, reflect and reconnect during the holiday season, getting ready to welcome the new year, listen to the full-on-energy conversation between our guest speaker Jayashree Sundaresan, a Senior Technology Leader with 25 years of experience and our host Madhavi Ravanan, Service Delivery Head, Nokia, where they discuss about why Becoming is the book you should catch up during the holidays to get inspired, to ponder and to take charge of the new year !

Becoming is Michelle Obama’s heartwarming memoir where she tells her own story of a young girl from the south side of Chicago, going all the way to Princeton & Harvard, and finally to the White House! She talks with open candour and humour about her journey that is filled with self-doubts, challenges, joys and successes. She uses courage, grace, kindness and support to deal with adversaries and uncertainties.

In this episode, Jayashree discusses how relatable and real she found the voice in the book. There is so much to take away for everyone right from career, to parenting, to marriage, to owning your voice in any room. Tune in to the podcast to know why Jayashree highly recommends Becoming.

E47 - Atlas of the Heart (Author - Brené Brown) - with Syamla Bandla

Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown is an insightful book about human emotions and their meaning. It explores why we feel certain emotions and how they influence our behaviors. It further explores how to build meaningful connections by learning how to deal with them.

I sat down with Syamla Bandla, Senior Director, Production Engineering at Meta, and had a delightful conversation about what she loved about the book, what were some of the key takeaways, and how she had applied them in her life. We dug deep about the importance of knowing our emotions and developing the tools to cope and heal. Check out this podcast to learn how to improve your connection with yourself and others. 

E46 - Presence (Author - Amy Cuddy) - with Lena Cheng

Whether we are talking in front of two people or five thousand, interviewing for a job, negotiating for a raise, or pitching a business idea to potential investors, speaking up for ourselves or speaking up for someone else, we all face daunting moments that must be met with poise if we want to feel good about ourselves and make progress in our lives. Presence gives us the power to rise to these moments." —Amy Cuddy (from, “Presence”)

We had the pleasure of talking to Lena Cheng, Managing Director at Best Friend Jack, about the book Presence by Amy Cuddy. Tune in and listen to her discuss tackling imposter syndrome, and the power of not worrying about the impression we're making on others but instead adjusting the impression we've been making on ourselves. It’s a powerful concept that helps us grow our self-confidence.

E45 - Think Like a Rocket Scientist (Author - Ozan Varol) - with Husein Attarwala

Husein Attarwala is the Founder & CEO of Skali delivering emergency healthcare solutions on flights. In this episode he shares insights from the book “Think Like a Rocket Scientist” and how the book influenced his entrepreneurial journey.

Think Like a Rocket Scientist is one of Inc.com's "6 Books You Need to Read in 2020” (According to Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, and Adam Grant). The author Ozan Varol is a former rocket scientist and reveals the habits, ideas, and strategies that will empower you to turn the seemingly impossible into the possible. 

Fortunately, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to think like one.Check out this podcast to learn how you can apply principles from rocket science to accelerate your professional and personal growth.

E44 - Unremarkable to Extraordinary - with Author Jeremy Ryan Slate

Jeremy Ryan Slate is the founder of Top 100 podcast Create Your Own Life, where he has had conversations with some of the highest performers in the world: Indy 500 winners, NY Times best selling authors, platinum recording artists, billionaires, even the former director of the CIA. They were extraordinary, no doubt. 

He authored the book, Unremarkable to Extraordinary, which talks about the principles these extraordinary humans had applied to to achieve the greatness of their life and impact. And we were ecstatic to sit down with him to understand more about his journey, how he tackled his adversities, and how he defined success on his own terms. 

It was such a fun and insightful conversation that we know you are going to love! 

Tune in to listen to this episode and get inspired to start your journey to become extraordinary.

E43 - Agile M&A - with Author Kison Patel

In this episode Kison Patel shares practical insights from his book Agile M&A. Check out this podcast to learn

- How is M&A changing?
- What are common mistakes made in M&A?
- What are best practices in M&A?

Kison is the Founder and CEO of DealRoom, a project management software for complex financial transactions. Kison is also the host of the M&A Science podcast, an educational podcast exploring the intricate world of M&A with industry leaders and practitioners.

 

E42 - To Be Honest - with Author Ron Carucci

In this episode our host Preethy Padmanabhan had a conversation ith Ron Carucci, the best-selling author of 8 books, and popular contributor at Harvard Business Review and Forbes.  

The discussion features Ron’s newest book and passion, To Be Honest: Lead with the Power of Truth, Justice and Purpose, is based on 15 years of research with more than 3200 interviews with leaders around the world. To Be Honest explains how four factors (Clear Identity, Accountability, Governance and Cross-Functional Relationships) affect honesty, justice and purpose within a company. When these factors are absent or ineffective, the organizational conditions compel employees to choose dishonesty and self-interest. But when done well, the organization is 16 times more likely to have people tell the truth, behave fairly, and serve a greater good.

To Be Honest shares the stories of leaders who have acted with purpose, honesty and justice even when it was difficult to do so. In-depth interviews with CEOs and senior executives from exemplar companies such as Patagonia, Cabot Creamery, Microsoft and others reveal what it takes to build purpose-driven companies of honesty and justice. Interviews with thought leaders like Jonathan Haidt, Amy Edmondson, Dan Ariely, Michael Sandel, Arthur Brooks, and James Detert offer rich insights on how leaders can become more honest, just, and purposeful. You’ll learn how Hubert Joly took Best Buy from a company on the brink of bankruptcy to one that is profitable, thriving and purposeful, and you’ll learn how Satya Nadella is instilling a rich sense of purpose and accountability at Microsoft.

E41- Results (Author- Jamie Smart) - with Shawn Flynn

Our guest today is Shawn Flynn who is an investment banker and Principle at Global Capital Markets. Shawn also hosts the popular Silicon Valley podcast where he interviews famous Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists, and Leaders in Tech. In this episode we discuss the book “Results: Think Less, Achieve More” by Jamie Smart. When you transform the way you go after results you can get to it faster. Tune into this podcast to learn

• What are the key factors that influence your ability to create results
• What are the obstacles that hold you back and how to overcome them
• How do you increase impact and empower other people to create the results 
• How do we do all of this in a way that's healthy, natural, and desirable