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Leading With Respect

Leading With Respect

Written by: Bobby Bakshi
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Leading With Respect by Bobby Bakshi explores how respect shapes leadership, culture, and business success — through candid conversations with executives and thought leaders.

Respect isn’t just a value — it’s a business advantage.

In Leading With Respect by Bobby Bakshi, you’ll hear insightful, unfiltered conversations with executives, culture builders, and change-makers who are redefining leadership in today’s workplaces. Together, we explore how respect drives trust, engagement, and results — across teams, organizations, and industries.

Each episode connects back to The RESPECT Quotient™ framework — Recognize, Empathize, Stretch, Prioritize, Empower, Commit, and Transform, created by Bobby Bakshi Consulting LLC, offering practical lessons you can apply as a C-suite leader, manager, Head of HR/People & Culture, or culture champion.

Bobby Bakshi is a leadership development consultant, culture transformation expert, and a Microsoft alum. Through his work and conversations, he helps organizations bridge divides and lead with respect at every level. He works globally, with an emphasis on U.S. companies with India operations.

Whether you’re a CEO, people leader, or simply passionate about building respectful workplaces, this podcast will give you tools and inspiration to lead with impact.

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Episodes
  • Respect Is About Attention

    Respect Is About Attention
    Jan 14 2026

    Ferose V R is a dear friend, mentor, a leader I admire deeply, and one of the most grounded storytellers I know.

    Ferose currently serves as a Senior Vice President at SAP, leading the SAP Academy for Engineering based in the Bay Area. But titles, as Ferose reminded me, don’t tell the full story.

    In fact, he opened our conversation with what he calls his “love introduction:"

    “We all introduce ourselves typically with where we work. But who are we if we remove the titles from us? My love introduction is… I love potatoes, books, and my immediate family.” He then spoke about his son, his wife of 25+ years, and Coco, their companion dog for his son who is on the autism spectrum.

    And just like that, Ferose set the tone for what became one of the most human, wise, and uplifting conversations I’ve had on the podcast.

    Read the full article on LinkedIn.
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    25 mins
  • Rip Currents and The Age of AI | Episode #029 | Bobby Bakshi

    Rip Currents and The Age of AI | Episode #029 | Bobby Bakshi
    Jan 12 2026

    Why “therapy/companionship” is now Gen AI’s #1 use case — and what leaders must do next This morning on my beach walk, I had an “aha.”

    I was thinking about rip currents.

    Not as a beach safety topic— but as a metaphor for the world we’re living in right now.

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    7 mins
  • Respect Beyond Being Polite | Episode #028 | Azurée Montoute-Lewis

    Respect Beyond Being Polite | Episode #028 | Azurée Montoute-Lewis
    Jan 7 2026

    Azurée Montoute-Lewis (Global Chief People Officer, Burson) shares how respect manifests in measurable ways across regions, generations, and real-world cultural challenges.

    I recently sat down with Azurée S. Montoute-Lewis, MBA, SPHR, Global Chief People Officer at Burson, a global communications agency with a truly international footprint.

    She offered one of the most grounded definitions of workplace respect I’ve heard.

    Not soft. Not abstract. Not “be nice.”

    Actionable.

    Her definition: Respect is intentional treatment rooted in intrinsic human value
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    22 mins
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