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Why are women asked eight times before running for office? Discover the truth about balancing motherhood and a public service career.

In this episode, we explore the journey of Pinder, a councillor who faced discrimination early in her career when told to leave her job due to pregnancy. She recounts how she navigated these leadership challenges, moving from an HR background to winning three consecutive council elections and fighting an 18-month parliamentary campaign.

This conversation highlights the sacrifice required to serve the community and why systemic barriers still persist. We discuss the importance of integrity, the lessons learned from her mother, and why we need more women in politics to shape health policy and lead with genuine statesmanship.

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - The Manager Who Told Me to Quit Because I Was Pregnant
0:32 - Lessons in Service From My Mother
1:16 - The Real Sacrifice of Politics
1:38 - Holding My Seat While Colleagues Lost Theirs
2:34 - From HR and an MBA to Public Life
3:17 - The 2AM Knock on My Mother's Window
4:01 - From Branch Secretary to Councillor
5:09 - "She's a Mother, We'll Lose" - Proving Them Wrong
5:45 - Winning Three Elections in a Row
8:18 - My Mother's Words From Her Hospital Bed
9:25 - Standing for Parliament: Bedford & Kempston 2024
10:12 - Knocking on 11,000 Doors
11:51 - The Day My Campaign Manager Quit
13:10 - My Advice for Women Entering Politics
15:24 - Doing an MBA During Lockdown
16:05 - Campaigning 20 Days After Losing My Mum
17:47 - Where Has Statesmanship Gone?
19:27 - The Sacrifice Nobody Talks About
21:13 - The 2AM Call That Had Nothing to Do With Votes
22:05 - Defining Politics in One Sentence
23:44 - The Most Important Thing Politics Taught Me
24:44 - Is Politics Harder for Women?
25:20 - Why You Have to Ask a Woman 4-8 Times to Stand
26:57 - Hiding My Pregnancy to Get Selected
28:21 - Why We Need Women Shaping Health Policy
32:07 - My Message to Young Leaders

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What if the very thing making leaders successful is also the thing destroying them? In this powerful conversation, leadership coach Janet Jones shares 30 years of wisdom from coaching nearly 100 top executives across the globe — including Unilever India. We dive into ego, burnout, psychological safety, the lies leaders tell themselves, and why the best leaders are the ones willing to look inside.

If you're a leader, aspiring leader, or someone navigating a tough boss — this episode is for you.

⏱️ CHAPTERS:
0:00 - The Hidden Cost of Ego in Leadership
2:06 - How Janet Started Coaching Back in 1995
4:09 - How Coaching Has Evolved Over 30 Years
5:26 - The Biggest Surprise After Coaching 100+ Leaders
8:18 - Janet's Personal Tough Times & What She Learned
10:09 - Beating Cancer & The Power of Inner Work
12:01 - Warning Signs of Burnout (6 Months Before It Hits)
13:10 - What Top Leaders Really Look Like Behind Closed Doors
14:38 - The One Pattern That Breaks Most Leaders
16:18 - Coaching Across Cultures: UK, France, Korea & India
17:53 - Do People Really Leave Managers, Not Companies?
19:07 - The Loneliness at the Top
20:10 - Why Psychological Safety Has Become a Buzzword
22:16 - Confidence, Trust & Leading From Values
23:22 - Inside the Unilever India Transformation
25:07 - When Ego Helps vs When It Destroys Leaders
26:45 - Why Most Leaders Can't Handle Honest Feedback
29:15 - When a Leader Isn't Fit to Lead
32:41 - The Most Common Lie Leaders Tell Themselves
33:44 - Why Leaders Secretly Want a 'Yes Team'
34:51 - Can Coaching Fix a Toxic Leader?
36:39 - The Truth About Power & Positional Authority
37:55 - The Biggest Gap in Leadership Training Today
42:15 - Advice for Young Leaders Starting Out
42:52 - What Coaching Has Taught Janet About Herself

🔗 CONNECT WITH Janet Jones:
→ Visit Janet's website https://www.cxpc.co.uk

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Have you spent years in the corporate world feeling unempowered and dreaming of starting your own business? In this episode of The Rohit Gautam Show, we sit down with Victoria Sheer, who left a 12-year corporate career to become a full-time entrepreneur. Victoria shares her transformative journey and reveals how her company, 12Brave (https://12brave.com/) , helps senior professionals build successful side businesses without quitting their day jobs. We dive deep into overcoming mindset blocks, using AI to survive as a solopreneur, and why having a "Plan B" business is essential in today's unpredictable job market. If you're ready to turn your existing skills into a thriving side hustle, this conversation is your ultimate starting point!

CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Introduction & Victoria's Corporate Journey
3:15 - Leaving Corporate for Entrepreneurship
6:30 - What is 12Brave?
10:45 - Overcoming Blocks to Starting a Business
14:20 - The Reality of Being a Solopreneur
17:50 - Leveraging AI and Automations
21:10 - Finding the Right Business Idea
25:30 - Employee Needs a Plan B
28:45 - Final Advice

Thank you for tuning into The Rohit Gautam Show! If you found value in this conversation, please like, subscribe, and share this video with someone who needs the push to start their entrepreneurial journey.

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Why Most Leaders Fail at Giving Feedback

Researchers analysed 600+ studies and found that feedback made performance worse 1 in 3 times. Not neutral. Worse.

In this episode, I break down the three specific ways feedback fails and share a simple framework (T-F-F: Timing, Focus, Feedforward) that changes how leaders communicate.

What you will learn:
• Why your brain cannot process feedback under stress
• The difference between feedback that describes behaviour and feedback that attacks identity
• Marshall Goldsmith's feedforward method, tested on 1 million+ leaders

Chapters:
00:00 A Leader's Painful Feedback Mistake
01:41 Why Traditional Feedback Fails
02:52 Feedback Often Makes Things Worse
04:07 Common Ways Feedback Fails
04:21 Story One: The Wrong Moment
06:09 Story Two: The Wrong Target
08:22 Story Three: The Wrong Direction
09:29 Feed Forward vs. Feedback
10:50 The Power of Feed Forward
12:12 The TFF Framework: Timing, Focus, Feed Forward
14:00 What Leaders Should Do Differently
15:02 Recap & Takeaways

Sources:
• Kluger & DeNisi (1996), meta-analysis of 600+ feedback studies
• Buckingham & Goodall, "The Feedback Fallacy" (Harvard Business Review, 2019)
• Marshall Goldsmith, feedforward method
• Center for Creative Leadership, SBI model

New episodes every Tuesday.

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Welcome to The Rohit Gautam Show.

Business. Leadership. The Human Mind.

I am Rohit Gautam, a leadership coach with experience working with executives, founders, and teams. For the past few years, I hosted Curiosulus Chronicles, a podcast about leadership and coaching. The questions got bigger. The name could not keep up. So I rebuilt it.

This is what the show is about:

0:00 Why I started this show
0:10 Who I am
0:30 What this show covers
1:00 Who this show is for
1:25 How to get started

What to expect:

Solo episodes (10-15 min): One idea, broken down. No filler.
Conversations (30-45 min): Deep interviews with leaders, founders, coaches, and psychologists.

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Are robots really taking our jobs, or are they just changing how we work? In this episode of Curiosulus Chronicles, host Rohit sits down with Delhi-based CTO Arjun (23+ years across software, data engineering, and AI) to unpack what’s hype, what’s real, and how to future-proof your career.

We break down Arjun’s three-layer framework: Automation → Augmentation → Ideation, and apply it to fundamental roles: resume screening, customer support/BPO, entry-level programming, creative work, blue-collar robotics, and leadership. We also delve into trust & safety, why a data-driven culture matters more than “adding AI,” and offer practical advice for both fresh graduates and mid-career professionals.

What you’ll learn

• The difference between automation (high risk of replacement), augmentation (AI as a power tool), and ideation (human-led strategy).
• Which jobs are most at risk (clerical/BPO, basic coding) and which will grow (multi-disciplinary engineers who can review, test, design, and use AI).
• Why trust, risk, and governance matter as much as raw AI capability.
• How leaders should build a data-driven org (break data silos, invest in data quality, then layer AI/agents).
• Career advice for freshers and the 5–10 year cohort who need to reskill now.

Guest

Arjun, CTO & AI specialist; ex-software engineer, data engineer, consultant, mentor. Recent coursework in quantum computing & machine learning (IISc Bangalore), master’s in Data Science (University of Arizona).

Key takeaways

• Clerical/standardised tasks face the fastest automation; multi-skill, context-aware roles get amplified.
• Engineers who understand requirements, design, testing, and review AI output will thrive.
• Don’t bolt on A, fix your data first (lakes/warehouses, governance, quality).
• Leaders must define the “why” for AI before funding projects.

Links & mentions

• “Frontier models” (e.g., ChatGPT and others)
• Agentic AI & workflow orchestration
• Data lakes/warehouses & breaking data silos

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The Nurturing Quotient: Leading with Heart in a Changing World | Ft. Rajesh Ramakrishnan & Nirupama Subramanian

In today's rapidly evolving world, leadership is no longer just about strategy and skills – it's about the heart. Join us for an illuminating conversation with acclaimed authors Rajesh Ramakrishnan and Nirupama Subramanian as they introduce their groundbreaking concept, "The Nurturing Quotient" (NQ).

Keywords:
Nurturing Quotient, Rajesh Ramakrishnan, Nirupama Subramanian, leadership, leadership development, modern leadership, empathetic leadership, conscious leadership, future of work, self-nurturing, nurturing others, leadership skills, emotional intelligence, transformational leadership, leadership success, CEO insights, leadership qualities, pandemic impact on leadership, Minouche Safik, McKinsey study, workplace culture, employee well-being, purpose-driven leadership, mentorship, coaching, empowerment, vulnerability in leadership, compassion, awareness, humility, openness, patience

#TheNurturingQuotient #LeadershipDevelopment #ModernLeadership #EmpatheticLeadership #FutureOfWork #NurturingSelf #NurturingOthers #LeadershipSkills #EmotionalIntelligence #ConsciousLeadership #RajeshRamakrishnan #NirupamaSubramanian #CEOInsights #LeadershipQualities #WorkplaceWellbeing #PurposeDrivenLeadership #Podcast #BusinessLeadership #HumanCenteredLeadership

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Inside the Mind of a Digital Leader | Oliver Morrison, CEO of Filter

In this powerful episode of Curiosulus Chronicles, we sit down with Oliver Morrison, CEO of Filter and co-founder of Personalised WP, to explore how leadership, innovation, and humility intersect in today’s digital landscape.

Oliver shares his evolution from starting an agency during a life-changing period (new marriage, new baby, new business!) to building one of the UK’s leading remote-first digital agencies. Learn how he balances strategic vision with emotional intelligence, and how Filter continues to deliver cutting-edge digital experiences for brands like JD Wetherspoon, Crystal Palace FC, and more.

🔑 We also unpack:
- Leadership in the age of AI and rapid tech change
- Courageous client conversations & values-driven decisions
- The power of distributed teams and remote-first culture
- How Personalised WP is redefining user experiences in WordPress
- Why sleep, simplicity, and consistency are underrated leadership tools
- Oliver’s advice to rising digital leaders

Whether you're in tech, leadership, or entrepreneurship, this episode is packed with relatable insights and real-world wisdom.

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