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Life Acumen @ Work Podcast
by Vinod Wadhwani
Vinod Wadhwani is long-time executive coach, who works with corporate leaders to help them in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization. On this podcast, he shares perspectives from the coaching conversations he has had with corporate leaders focusing on the specific leadership challenges they faced in their work life.
Episodes
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What Shaped Your Successful Corporate Career
Preview: We tend to remember our corporate career success as a story of effort, judgment and capability. But that is rarely the whole story. Timing matters. Context matters. Relationships matter. Opportunity matters. So do the people whose contributions may no longer appear in the version of the...
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Is Speed Hurting Your Decision-Making
Preview: What if moving faster is not always a sign of better leadership? In this episode of Life Acumen at Work, we explore the hidden cost of speed - what gets lost when decisiveness, urgency, and constant motion become virtues in themselves. From the difference between reversible and...
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The Leadership Shadow You Cast
Preview: The Leadership Shadow You cast - This episode is about the gap between the leader you intend to be and the leader people learn to navigate. Because every leader probably has two leadership styles. The one we intend to practice and the one other people actually experience. And the gap...
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What Can't AI Replace
Preview: What Can't AI Replace? - What if the real leadership challenge of AI is not learning what machines can do, but becoming clearer about what only humans should do? In this episode of Life Acumen at Work, we look beyond productivity, automation, and smarter decision-support to explore three...
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Is "FIRE" an Exit Fantasy
PREVIEW: Financial Independence, Retire Early - What if FIRE is not really about money - but about the life you’re trying to escape? In this episode of Life Acumen at Work, we look beyond spreadsheets, savings targets, and early retirement dreams to explore the deeper leadership question...
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Is Your Career Future-Proof
Preview: You did everything right. You studied hard, built a successful career, earned the title, the credibility, and the rewards. But in a world where people live longer, careers last decades longer, and AI is reshaping work, a new question emerges: Is the career you built still enough for the...
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The Hidden Cost of Success
The Hidden Cost of Success: This episode explores the hidden vitality cost of ambition - the patience, presence, humor, and energy leaders often lose long before burnout appears. Resources: Leading Off: A leader’s guide to strengthening employee health ‘You’ve got to find what you love,’ Jobs…
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How to See Beyond Positions
How to See Beyond Positions: When a tough conversation gets tense, it often stops being about the real issue - and turns into a quiet battle over who will “blink first.” In this episode, you’ll learn how capable leaders get trapped defending a position, why that kills discovery and alignment, and...
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Stop Negotiating Your Position
Stop Negotiating Your Position explains how positional bargaining turns problem-solving into a contest of credibility, slowing decisions and damaging trust - especially for senior executives who must preserve relationships beyond the deal. Using examples (Infosys board crisis, Camp David Accords,...
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Redefining Success in the Second Half of Your Career
Picture this: You're standing at your office window on a quiet Friday evening, looking out at the setting sun. You've just closed a major deal, and by all traditional measures, you're at the peak of your career. You have been through the ruthless climb up the corporate ladder, the sacrifices, the...
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Adapting to Tech Disruption as a Senior Leader
Imagine you're a senior leader who has navigated market shifts for decades. But suddenly, you're confronted with technologies that don't just change how business operates, but fundamentally redefine what's possible. The question isn't just how you'll adjust – it's whether your leadership can...
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Creating a Culture of Accountability
What is a culture of accountability? How crucial it is for leaders to model accountability? What environment makes accountability thrive? In Focus How do we, as senior leaders, foster a culture of accountability? How do we navigate the complex web of human emotions, corporate politics, and...
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Building Business-Savvy Executive Team
Picture this, a founder CEO struggling to build a business savvy team? What exactly does it mean to have a 'business savvy' team? How to build such a team? In Focus How do you nurture holistic business acumen among your top-tier leaders? How do we help executives develop the breadth of...
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Navigating Career Crossroads
Whether you’ve been a C-suite leader for just a few years or a seasoned veteran of many years, there comes a time when you reach a pivotal moment. A moment where you're faced with critical decisions that could reshape not just your career, but your legacy. Have you ever paused, to wonder, if the...
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Why "Effective Feedback" Critical for Leadership Growth
Many senior executives struggle to get effective feedback from their team. That’s a pivotal challenge leaders face constantly. When leaders don’t receive clear insights, into their strengths and areas of improvement, it can create a cascading effect, that ultimately impacts team performance. In...
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Prevent "Burnout" in the Workplace
The World Health Organization has officially recognized burnout as an occupational syndrome. According to some estimates more than a third of employees' experience burnout intermittently, with nearly 25% feeling it recurrently or constantly. In Focus What is Burnout? Does, each one of us…
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How Do I Hone My Persuasive Communication Skills?
Persuasion is not to be seen as tricking or forcing other people to your point of view, it is to be seen as understanding what engages and opens other people up to new ideas and insights. In Focus How do you define persuasion? How does engagement influence persuasion? What is physical and…
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Why you must build bridges with your boss?
Many middle managers make the mistake of relying too much on their job performance, consequently leave too much to chance and fail to effectively manage their careers. In Focus Are modesty and quiet work not virtues in the corporate world? But doesn’t good performance help you secure your job? Is...
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Why do you feel dissonance despite having career success?
Recent research on people’s life satisfaction by social scientists suggests, that in general, life satisfaction follows a “U” shape. It starts at the upper range in youth, bottoms out in 40s, and then picks up again in older age. In Focus Why do you feel anxious despite being successful? What are...
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Is your manager undermining you?
Bad managers are the top cause of unhappiness in the workplace. According to a survey by an HR consulting firm, more than 50% employees leave their jobs to get away from a bad boss. Everyone who’s had a bad manager knows what it can do to your stress levels and job satisfaction. In Focus Keeping...
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How to overcome distraction and regain focus at work?
Is multitasking a strength? Are human beings good at it? Or is this a delusion that majority of us have fallen for? In Focus: Where do we start in this distracted world to regain focus? How can you slow down in a world which takes pride in speed? What are the costs attached to constant switching?...
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Making and keeping new year's resolutions!
There is usually a lot of optimism this time of the year as the world slows down and people get time to reflect about what actually matters. Amid this hope what resolutions are people making for the new year and how to keep them. In Focus: Many people set personal and professional goals this time...
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Why is our attention span decreasing?
A study by Professor Michael Posner at the University of Oregon found that if you are focusing on something and you get interrupted, on average it will take twenty-three minutes for you to get back to the same state of focus. Another study of office executives found that most of them never get an...
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Why candor in organizations so important?
Candor is not just about telling the truth. It requires openness, sincerity and some degree of vulnerability. Lack of candor is not just remaining silent, it’s deceit by omission, which means that an element of honesty and truth is intentionally ignored IN FOCUS: When we say there is lack of…
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Why many of us give up new year's resolutions?
IN FOCUS: Many people set personal and professional goals this time of year. Why choose new year to set resolutions? New year’s resolutions can be as fleeting as fireworks, one study found that about 25% give up after 2 weeks and only about 12% actually achieve their goal. Why is that most of us...
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Is critical feedback important for high-performance?
POINT OF VIEW: There seems to be a belief among managers that critical feedback is essential to push out complacency and drive performance in employees. But behind this belief we may be overlooking a fundamental question “Should managers point to weaknesses or nurture employee’s strengths to…
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Can human beings be reliable raters of other human beings?
POINT OF VIEW: 360-degree reviews are well entrenched in performance review systems of companies, then why the skepticism around their utility? Does our evaluation of others tainted by our own understanding of abstract qualities like "assertiveness", "business acumen" etc? Does it mean 360-degree...
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Do feedback reviews help employees perform at their best?
IN FOCUS: What is the issue with feedback reviews? Isn’t it that we humans crave feedback? If feedback is perceived as a threat, how do managers point to employees when they are not performing well? And push them to do better? Won’t employees prefer the manager tell them something that they are...
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Why leaders need to be mindful how they are treating employees?
IN FOCUS: What is workplace incivility? And what kinds of behaviors in the workplace can be seen as uncivil? Why is workplace incivility so prevalent? If leaders know that treating employees with respect is critical, why is then they struggle to demonstrate it? Do leaders need to tread carefully…
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How to handle our inner critic?
POINT OF VIEW: Many successful executives get worn down with putting on a mask of confidence while burdened with internal feelings of incompetence. How can they navigate this duality? The inner critic in high achieving executives can be quite strong. How can one treat his or her inner critic?...
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Better things happen when we view ourselves as work in progress
POINT OF VIEW: What can one do to alleviate the negative effects of Impostor syndrome? How can people with Impostor Syndrome, overcome intense performance pressure, they build on themselves? Related Episodes: #9: The Pitfalls of Impostor Syndrome #15: How to handle our Inner Critic? #13:...
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Reprogramming our internal compass to overcome impostor syndrome
POINT OF VIEW: Learning Vs. Performance Mindset Identifying consequences through series of “what” questions Reframing and correcting negativity bias – simple techniques to overcome imposture Related Episodes: #14: Better Things Happen When We View Ourselves As Work-In-Progress #15: How to handle...
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How to overcome impostor syndrome?
IN FOCUS: What can one do to alleviate the negative effects of Impostor syndrome? How can people with Impostor Syndrome, overcome intense performance pressure, they build on themselves? How can one program his or her internal compass to overcome Impostor Syndrome? People having Impostor Syndrome...
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How do leaders with impostor syndrome impact their organizations?
POINT OF VIEW: Does perfectionism play a role in Impostor Syndrome? The underlying traits that researchers connect with Impostor syndrome; perfectionism and Neuroticism; seem to be a dangerous combo. You seek perfection, but you’re also neurotic, which probably makes you anxious, when you don’t...
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What is Impostor Syndrome? Is it Real?
POINT OF VIEW: What is Imposter Syndrome? Is it real? What are some common thoughts and feelings, exhibited by people who seem to have Imposter Syndrome? Do events and experiences, in an individual’s formative years, have a bearing on developing Impostor syndrome in adulthood? Related Episodes:...
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The pitfalls of impostor syndrome
IN FOCUS: In a survey of senior corporate executives on what are some of their deep-seated fears, researchers found that the biggest fear among these c-suite executives was the fear of being discovered to be incompetent, also known as the “impostor syndrome.” Host: Vinod Wadhwani is an executive...
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Why high-achievement oriented employees do not "speak up" in the work-place?
IN FOCUS: Increase in fear of speaking up in the work place is a worrying trend as it may not only hamper innovation, productivity and performance but could also lead to circumstances that may cause more corporate debacles in times to come. In this episode we will discuss How do speaking up and...
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Vinod Wadhwani is long-time executive coach, who works with corporate leaders to help them in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization. On this podcast, he shares perspectives from the coaching conversations he has had with corporate leaders focusing on the specific leadership challenges they faced in their work life.
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