#036: Rupal Patel on Identity-Driven Leadership: Lessons Learnt from the CIA, to being a CEO

Rupal Patel is an ex-CIA agent turned entrepreneur, international speaker and business consultant. She helps founders and executives unlock their potential through a powerful new toolkit that reveals how techniques of the CIA can help anyone find their voice and thrive without conforming to stale stereotypes or dated “best practices”. Rupal is the author of the bestselling book “From CIA to CEO”. In this episode, Rupal talks to Swaminathan Sivaraman on the fundamental values that shaped her life, as the child of immigrant parents in Americathe importance of curiosity in career-buildingunderstanding your personal mission and corporate missionhow it was working at the CIAhow to have difficult conversations as a leadertalking the truth to powerhow the CIA taught her to handle failureher philosophy of absolute v relative lifelearning, gathering and debriefing data about yourself and many other strategies and unique methods to reset your mindset and aim for success. Listen to the full podcast on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Anchor Full Video Episode available on YouTube.