Life Acumen @ Work Podcast: Recent Episodes
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.
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 path you’re on, is still the right one? Or maybe, you’ve considered stepping away, but are not sure, how to take that next leap?
In Focus
Have you ever paused to wonder, if the path you’re on, is still the right one? Or maybe, you’ve considered stepping away but are not sure how to take that next leap?
How often do you find yourselves stuck in a career rut, afraid to make a change?
What exactly is a career crossroads for an executive?
What does a career crossroads really feel like?
How do you navigate this moment? How do you choose the right path?
Related episodes:
Prevent burnout in the workplace.
Why effective feedback critical for leadership growth?
Podcast Description:
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.
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 Focus
How can leaders effectively break down the barriers that hinder candid feedback from their teams?
How can leaders create an open environment for feedback?
Collaborative and respectful communication a must for effective feedback
Modelling openness and vulnerability
Detachment from personal ego
Related episodes:
Why is burnout so pervasive in the workplace?
Why you must build bridges with your boss?
Is your manager undermining you?
Podcast Description:
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.
Published:
28 September 2024
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 experience burnout differently?
Why is burnout so pervasive and what triggers it?
What is Employability?
“Role overload”, “Role conflict” and “Role ambiguity
Burnout in the workplace - Five things stand out for me.
Related episodes:
How do I hone my persuasive communications skills?
Why you must build bridges with your boss?
Is your manager undermining you?
Podcast Description:
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.
Published:
19 September 2024
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 temporal proximity?
What are some techniques for increasing engagement?
What are some of the behaviors which come in the way of engaging persuasively with your stakeholders?
How to enhance a person’s sense of certainty?
What were the three key takeaways for KD in his coaching conversation?
Related episodes:
Why you must build bridges with your boss?
Is your manager undermining you?
Podcast Description:
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.
Published:
23 January 2024
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 there a weak link between job performance and promotion?
Great job performance by itself is insufficient and may not even be necessary for getting and holding positions in the c-suite?
it is imperative to manage and have a good equation with your boss. But why is It often an uneasy relationship?
Boss as a supporter and evaluator
Related episode:
KC’s manager is denting his confidence!
Podcast Description:
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 show, 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.
Published:
9 February 2023
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 some of those specific things that start to get in our heads when we hit the 40’s?
What does your definition of success look like?
Related episode:
My manager is denting my confidence!
Host:
Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. Vinod founded Life Acumen LLP with a mission to help corporate executives with purposeful integration of work & life; and help build high performance culture in organizations. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization.
Podcast:
On this podcast, Vinod shares perspectives from the coaching conversations he has had with corporate leaders focusing on the specific leadership challenges they faced in their work life.
Published:
26 January 2023
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 you in an off-balance state
Passing along second-hand criticism
Intimidation – turning a simple request in to a threat
Shoring your sense of control
Looking to your past achievements
Related episode:
How to overcome distraction and regain focus at work?
Host:
Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. Vinod founded Life Acumen LLP with a mission to help corporate executives with purposeful integration of work & life; and help build high performance culture in organizations. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization.
Podcast:
On this podcast, Vinod shares perspectives from the coaching conversations he has had with corporate leaders focusing on the specific leadership challenges they faced in their work life.
Published:
11 January 2023
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?
Does constant switching makes us slower?
How do we fix this urge to constantly switch?
What damage can Internet addiction do to us?
How do we develop the skill of sustained attention?
Is focus related to our happiness?
What is a flow state?
Related episode:
Why do we get distracted?
Host:
Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. Vinod founded Life Acumen LLP with a mission to help corporate executives with purposeful integration of work & life; and help build high performance culture in organizations. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization.
Podcast:
On this podcast, Vinod shares perspectives from the coaching conversations he has had with corporate leaders focusing on the specific leadership challenges they faced in their work life.
Published:
29 December 2022
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 of year. Why choose new year to set resolutions?
- New years 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 fail at sticking to new year’s resolutions?
- How do we get our new year resolutions become a reality?
Related Episode:
Why do we get distracted? Host:
Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. Vinod founded Life Acumen LLP with a mission to help corporate executives with purposeful integration of work & life; and help build high performance culture in organizations. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization.
Podcast:
On this podcast, Vinod shares perspectives from the coaching conversations he has had with corporate leaders focusing on the specific leadership challenges they faced in their work life.
Published:
16 December 2022
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 hour of uninterrupted work in a typical day. If this goes on for months and years, it scrambles your ability to figure out who you are and what you want. I believe one of the valuable gifts you can give yourself is focus, taking time to be more fully present.
Can our attention be easily manipulated, do we have a fragile free will, why we feel so distracted so much of the time. We will be talking about these questions and many more in this episode. So, let’s dive straight into it.
IN FOCUS:
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Why is it important to pay attention to our attention?
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Why do so many of us, feel so distracted so much of the time in the first place?
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Is distraction an integral part of our existence as human beings?
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Why is it now that we are acutely feeling that our ability to focus has diminished?
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Does distraction have upside?
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What is mind wandering?
Related Episodes:
19: Why candor in workplace so important? Why is it so hard? How do you change that?
Podcast Description:
Perspectives on topics having to do with leadership, work-life, and transitions. Host: Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach helping corporate executives with purposeful integration of work & life and helping build high-performance culture. In this podcast series he shares insights on thriving in an increasingly VUCA world. He is the founder of Life Acumen LLP
Published:
26 November 2022
IN FOCUS:
- When we say there is lack of candor in organizations. What does it mean?
- Why is candor so important in the workplace?
- How can organizations encourage candor in employees?
- Is there some structure which organizations can follow to start creating an environment of psychological safety?
- Can employees also help in creating a culture of positive candor?
- What steps can team members take to promote productive dialog and debate, the foundations of positive candor?
Related Episodes:
#17.1: Can human beings be reliable raters of other human beings?
#16: Why leaders need to be mindful how they are treating employees?
Podcast Description:Perspectives on topics having to do with leadership, work-life, and career transitions. Host: Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach helping corporate executives with purposeful integration of work & life and helping build high-performance culture. In this podcast series he shares insights on thriving in an increasingly VUCA world. He is the founder of Life Acumen LLP.
Published:1 February 2021
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 fail at sticking to new year’s resolutions?
How do we get our new year resolutions become a reality?
What kind of goal should one set to increase its chances of success?
How can one break bad habits and start replacing them with required actions?
Related Episodes:
#17.1: Can human beings be reliable raters of other human beings?
#16: Why leaders need to be mindful how they are treating employees?
Podcast Description:
Perspectives on topics having to do with leadership, work-life, and transitions. Host: Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach helping corporate executives with purposeful integration of work & life and helping build high-performance culture. In this podcast series he shares insights on thriving in an increasingly VUCA world. He is the founder of Life Acumen LLP
Published:
10 January 2021
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 drive performance?”
What is the issue with feedback reviews if they are used to improve performance?
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?
Won’t employees prefer the manager tell them something that they are doing wrong rather than what they are doing right?
Related Episodes:
17.1: Can human beings be reliable raters of other human beings?
9: The Pitfalls of Impostor Syndrome
12: How to Overcome Impostor Syndrome?
Podcast Description:
Perspectives on topics having to do with leadership, work-life, and transitions. Host: Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach helping corporate executives with purposeful integration of work & life and helping build high-performance culture. In this podcast series he shares insights on thriving in an increasingly VUCA world. He is the founder of Life Acumen LLP.
Published:
2 January 2021
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 reviews are meaningless and companies will eventually move away from them?
Isn’t it that 360-degree reviews uncover a person’s blind spots?
How can we make 360-degree reviews more meaningful?
Related Episodes:
17: Do feedback reviews help employees perform at their best?
9: The Pitfalls of Impostor Syndrome
12: How to Overcome Impostor Syndrome?
Podcast Description:
Perspectives on topics having to do with leadership, work-life, and transitions. Host: Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach helping corporate executives with purposeful integration of work & life and helping build high-performance culture. In this podcast series he shares insights on thriving in an increasingly VUCA world. He is the founder of Life Acumen LLP
Published:
28 December 2020
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 doing wrong rather than what they are doing right?
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 these abstract qualities?
Does it mean 360-degree reviews are meaningless and companies will eventually move away from them?
Isn’t it that 360-degree reviews uncover a person’s blind spots?
How can we make 360-degree reviews more meaningful?
Related Episodes:
#16: Why leaders need to be mindful how they are treating employees?#9: The Pitfalls of Impostor Syndrome
#12: How to Overcome Impostor Syndrome?
Podcast Description:
Perspectives on topics having to do with leadership, work-life harmony and transitions. Host: Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach helping corporate executives with purposeful integration of work & life and helping build high-performance culture in organizations. In this podcast series he shares some reflections from his coaching conversations with corporate executives on leading in an increasingly VUCA world. He is the founder of Life Acumen LLP
Published:
21 December 2020
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 on how they are treating their employees?
What can leaders do to demonstrate respect?
Related Episodes:
#8: Why high-achievement oriented employees do not "speak up" in the work-place?
#9: The Pitfalls of Impostor Syndrome
#12: How to Overcome Impostor Syndrome?
Host:
Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach, he founded Life Acumen LLP with a mission to help corporate executives with purposeful integration of work & life; and help build high performance culture in organizations. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization.
Podcast:
Life Acumen at Work - In this podcast series, Vinod explores topics having to do with leadership, transitions and work-life harmony. The views, opinions and anecdotes; he shares in this podcast are primarily reflections from his coaching conversations with corporate leaders, the coaching agendas that evolve from these conversations and subject matter research.
Published:
24 November 2020.
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?
Related Episodes:
14: Better Things Happen When We View Ourselves as Work in Progress
13: Reprogramming Our Internal Compass to Overcome Imposture
9: The Pitfalls of Impostor syndrome
Host:
Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. Vinod founded Life Acumen LLP with a mission to help corporate executives with purposeful integration of work & life; and help build high performance culture in organizations. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization.
Podcast:
Life Acumen at Work - In this podcast series Vinod explores topics having to do with leadership, transitions and work-life harmony. The views, opinions and anecdotes; he shares in this podcast are primarily reflections from his coaching conversations with corporate leaders, the coaching agendas that evolve from these conversations and subject matter readings.
Published:
14 October 2020
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: Reprogramming Our Internal Compass to Overcome Imposture
Host:
Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. Vinod founded Life Acumen LLP with a mission to help corporate executives with purposeful integration of work & life; and help build high performance culture in organizations. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization.
Podcast:
Life Acumen at Work - In this podcast series Vinod explores topics having to do with leadership, transitions and work-life harmony. The views, opinions and anecdotes; he shares in this podcast are primarily reflections from his coaching conversations with corporate leaders, the coaching agendas that evolve from these conversations and subject matter readings.
Published:
7 October 2020
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 our inner critic?
9: The Pitfalls of Impostor Syndrome
Host:
Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. Vinod founded Life Acumen LLP with a mission to help corporate executives with purposeful integration of work & life; and help build high performance culture in organizations. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization.
Podcast:
Life Acumen at Work - In this podcast series Vinod explores topics having to do with leadership, transitions and work-life harmony. The views, opinions and anecdotes; he shares in this podcast are primarily reflections from his coaching conversations with corporate leaders, the coaching agendas that evolve from these conversations and subject matter readings.
Published:
26 September 2020
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 put on a mask of confidence though internally tend to have deep feelings of incompetence. How to navigate this duality?
The inner critic can be quite hard in people with Impostor Syndrome. How can one suppress the inner critic?
Related Episodes:
10: What is impostor syndrome? Is it real?
11: How do leaders with impostor syndrome impact their organizations?
Host:
Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. Vinod founded Life Acumen LLP with a mission to help corporate executives with purposeful integration of work & life; and help build high performance culture in organizations. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization.
Podcast:
Life Acumen at Work - In this podcast series, Vinod explores topics having to do with leadership, transitions and work-life harmony. The views, opinions and anecdotes; he shares in this podcast are primarily reflections from his coaching conversations with corporate leaders, the coaching agendas that evolve from these conversations and subject matter readings.
Published:
25 September 2020
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 achieve perfection. Seems like a vicious cycle?
How do leaders with negative imposture syndrome, impact their organizations?
Related Episodes:
12: How to Overcome Impostor Syndrome?
10: What is Impostor Syndrome? Is it Real?
Host:
Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. Vinod founded Life Acumen LLP with a mission to help corporate executives with purposeful integration of work & life; and help build high performance culture in organizations. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization.
Podcast:
Life Acumen at Work - In this podcast series, Vinod explores topics having to do with leadership, transitions and work-life harmony. The views, opinions and anecdotes; he shares in this podcast are primarily reflections from his coaching conversations with corporate leaders, the coaching agendas that evolve from these conversations and subject matter readings.
Published:
23 September 2020
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:
#11: How Do Leaders with Impostor Syndrome Impact their Organizations?#12: How to Overcome Impostor Syndrome?
Host:
Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. Vinod founded Life Acumen LLP with a mission to help corporate executives with purposeful integration of work & life; and help build high performance culture in organizations. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization.
Podcast:
Life Acumen at Work - In this podcast series, Vinod explores topics having to do with leadership, transitions and work-life harmony. The views, opinions and anecdotes; he shares in this podcast are primarily reflections from his coaching conversations with corporate leaders, the coaching agendas that evolve from these conversations and subject matter readings.
Published:
23 September 2020.
Disclaimer:
No representation or warranty, express or implied, is given and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by or on behalf of Life Acumen LLP or by any of its designated partners, its directors, employees, agents or any other person as to the accuracy, completeness or correctness of the information contained in this podcast or any other oral information made available and any such liability is expressly disclaimed.
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 coach and facilitator. Vinod founded Life Acumen LLP with a mission to help corporate executives with purposeful integration of work and life, and help build high performance culture in organizations.
Podcast: Life Acumen at Work - In this podcast series he explores topics having to do with leadership, organization culture, work-life harmony and career transitions, among other things. The views, opinions and anecdotes; he shares in this podcast are primarily reflections from his coaching conversations with corporate leaders, the coaching agendas that evolve from these conversations and subject matter readings.
Published: 14 July, 2020.
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 high achievement orientation stack against each other and Are high achievement-oriented employees a risky asset for organizations in the long run.
Host:
Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. Vinod founded Life Acumen LLP with a mission to help corporate executives with purposeful integration of work and life, and help build high performance culture in organizations. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization.
Podcast:
Life Acumen at Work - In this podcast series he explores topics having to do with leadership, organization culture, work-life harmony and career transitions, among other things. The views, opinions and anecdotes; he shares in this podcast are primarily reflections from his coaching conversations with corporate leaders, the coaching agendas that evolve from these conversations and subject matter readings.
Published: 20 June, 2020
Insight: When people close to us face adversity, how do we give them a button to press? While it seems obvious that friends want to support friends going through a crisis, there are barriers that block us. Host: Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. In 2017, Vinod founded Life Acumen LLP with a mission to help corporate executives with purposeful integration of work and life, and help build high performance culture in organizations. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization. In his professional career, Vinod had the privilege of working alongside some fantastic colleagues – subordinates and peers, crew members, fellow seamen, financial analysts, investment bankers, consultants, bosses and boards. And from them all he absorbed powerful lessons on leadership, humility, client centricity and making a difference. He has over 30+ years of experience in leadership roles in his corporate career and have advised several companies on mergers and acquisitions, equity funding, financial restructurings. In his current role as the Founder and Managing Partner of Life Acumen LLP, he gets his highs out of making a small difference in the lives of corporate executives by uniquely integrating their work and life dimensions through integrated leadership interventions, bespoke executive coaching and leadership analytics. Podcast: Life Acumen at Work - In this podcast series he explores topics having to do with leadership, organization culture, work-life harmony and career transitions, among other things. The views, opinions and anecdotes; he shares in this podcast are primarily reflections from his coaching conversations with corporate leaders, the coaching agendas that evolve from these conversations and subject matter readings. If you wish to explore more on some of the themes discussed in this episode, you could refer to; Alive - a book by Paul Read; Man’s Search for Meaning - a book by Viktor Frankl; Option B - a book by Sheryl Sandberg; Learned Optimism - a book by Martin Seligman; Good to Great - a book by Jim Collins; Mindset – The New Psychology of Success, a book by Carol Dweck. Excerpts from Sheryl Sandberg’s commencement key note speech to the class of 2016 at the University of California, Berkeley. Published: 8 June, 2020. Disclaimer: This podcast contains material proprietary to Life Acumen LLP. Except in the general context of evaluating the capabilities of Life Acumen LLP, no reliance should be placed for any other purposes whatsoever on the contents of this podcast or on its completeness. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is given and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by or on behalf of Life Acumen LLP or by any of its designated partners, its directors, employees, agents or any other person as to the accuracy, completeness or correctness of the information contained in this podcast or any other oral information made available and any such liability is expressly disclaimed
Insight: Building resilient communities starts by raising resilient children. Building resilience in children depends on the opportunities children have and the relationships they form with parents, caregivers, teachers, and friends. Host: Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. In 2017, Vinod founded Life Acumen LLP with a mission to help corporate executives with purposeful integration of work and life, and help build high performance culture in organizations. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization. In his professional career, Vinod had the privilege of working alongside some fantastic colleagues – subordinates and peers, crew members, fellow seamen, financial analysts, investment bankers, consultants, bosses and boards. And from them all he absorbed powerful lessons on leadership, humility, client centricity and making a difference. He has over 30+ years of experience in leadership roles in his corporate career and have advised several companies on mergers and acquisitions, equity funding, financial restructurings. In his current role as the Founder and Managing Partner of Life Acumen LLP, he gets his highs out of making a small difference in the lives of corporate executives by uniquely integrating their work and life dimensions through integrated leadership interventions, bespoke executive coaching and leadership analytics. Podcast: Life Acumen at Work - In this podcast series he explores topics having to do with leadership, organization culture, work-life harmony and career transitions, among other things. The views, opinions and anecdotes; he shares in this podcast are primarily reflections from his coaching conversations with corporate leaders, the coaching agendas that evolve from these conversations and subject matter readings. If you wish to explore more on some of the themes discussed in this episode, you could refer to; Alive - a book by Paul Read; Man’s Search for Meaning - a book by Viktor Frankl; Option B - a book by Sheryl Sandberg; Learned Optimism - a book by Martin Seligman; Good to Great - a book by Jim Collins; Mindset – The New Psychology of Success, a book by Carol Dweck. Excerpts from Sheryl Sandberg’s commencement key note speech to the class of 2016 at the University of California, Berkeley. Published: May 30, 2020. Disclaimer: This podcast contains material proprietary to Life Acumen LLP. Except in the general context of evaluating the capabilities of Life Acumen LLP, no reliance should be placed for any other purposes whatsoever on the contents of this podcast or on its completeness. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is given and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by or on behalf of Life Acumen LLP or by any of its designated partners, its directors, employees, agents or any other person as to the accuracy, completeness or correctness of the information contained in this podcast or any other oral information made available and any such liability is expressly disclaimed.
Insight - In this episode, we explore the “mystical ability to improvise and finding strength together”. Find out how this attribute of resilience helped the survivors of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes withstand the gruelling seventy-two days ordeal. Host: Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. In 2017, Vinod founded Life Acumen LLP with a mission to help corporate executives with purposeful integration of work and life, and help build high performance culture in organizations. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization. In his professional career, Vinod had the privilege of working alongside some fantastic colleagues – subordinates and peers, crew members, fellow seamen, financial analysts, investment bankers, consultants, bosses and boards. And from them all he absorbed powerful lessons on leadership, humility, client centricity and making a difference. He has over 30+ years of experience in leadership roles in his corporate career and have advised several companies on mergers and acquisitions, equity funding, financial restructurings. In his current role as the Founder and Managing Partner of Life Acumen LLP, he gets his highs out of making a small difference in the lives of corporate executives by uniquely integrating their work and life dimensions through integrated leadership interventions, bespoke executive coaching and leadership analytics. Podcast: Life Acumen at Work - In this podcast series he explores topics having to do with leadership, organization culture, work-life harmony and career transitions, among other things. The views, opinions and anecdotes; he shares in this podcast are primarily reflections from his coaching conversations with corporate leaders, the coaching agendas that evolve from these conversations and subject matter readings. If you wish to explore more on some of the themes discussed in this episode, you could refer to; Alive - a book by Paul Read; Man’s Search for Meaning - a book by Viktor Frankl; Option B - a book by Sheryl Sandberg; Learned Optimism - a book by Martin Seligman; Good to Great - a book by Jim Collins; Mindset – The New Psychology of Success, a book by Carol Dweck. Excerpts from Sheryl Sandberg’s commencement key note speech to the class of 2016 at the University of California, Berkeley. Published: May 23, 2020. Disclaimer: This podcast contains material proprietary to Life Acumen LLP. Except in the general context of evaluating the capabilities of Life Acumen LLP, no reliance should be placed for any other purposes whatsoever on the contents of this podcast or on its completeness. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is given and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by or on behalf of Life Acumen LLP or by any of its designated partners, its directors, employees, agents or any other person as to the accuracy, completeness or correctness of the information contained in this podcast or any other oral information made available and any such liability is expressly disclaimed.
Insight – An important building block that makes resilience, is the propensity to make meaning of adversity. Research suggests, that resilient people do not see themselves as victims of circumstances, but devise constructs about their suffering to create some sort of meaning for themselves and for others.
Host: Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. In his last role in the corporate world, he was a Partner at Deloitte. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization. In his professional career, Vinod had the privilege of working alongside some fantastic colleagues – subordinates and peers, crew members, fellow seamen, financial analysts, investment bankers, consultants, bosses and boards. And from them all he absorbed powerful lessons on leadership, humility, client centricity and making a difference. He has over 30+ years of experience in leadership roles in his corporate career and has advised several companies on mergers and acquisitions, equity funding, financial restructurings. In his current role as the Founder and Managing Partner of Life Acumen LLP, he gets his highs out of making a small difference in the lives of corporate executives by uniquely integrating their work and life dimensions through integrated leadership interventions, bespoke executive coaching and leadership analytics.
Podcast: Life Acumen at Work - In this podcast series he explores topics having to do with leadership, organization culture, work-life harmony and career transitions, among other things. The views, opinions and anecdotes; he shares in this podcast are primarily reflections from his coaching conversations with corporate leaders, the coaching agendas that evolve from these conversations and subject matter readings. If you wish to explore more, on some of the themes discussed in this episode, you could refer to, Alive, a book by Paul Read; Man’s Search for Meaning, a book by Viktor Frankl; Option B, a book by Sheryl Sandberg; Optimists, a book by Martin Seligman; Good to Great, a book by Jim Collins; Mindset – The New Psychology of Success, a book by Carol Dweck. Excerpts from Sheryl Sandberg’s commencement key note speech to the class of 2016 at the University of California, Berkeley.
Published: May 15, 2020.
Disclaimer: This podcast contains material proprietary to Life Acumen LLP. Except in the general context of evaluating the capabilities of Life Acumen LLP, no reliance should be placed for any other purposes whatsoever on the contents of this podcast or on its completeness. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is given and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by or on behalf of Life Acumen LLP or by any of its designated partners, its directors, employees, agents or any other person as to the accuracy, completeness or correctness of the information contained in this podcast or any other oral information made available and any such liability is expressly disclaimed.
Insight – The 3P's Which Prevent Recovery: Professor Martin Seligman, best-selling author and Professor of Psychology at University of Pennsylvania, after spending decades studying how people deal with setbacks, found that there are three self-limiting beliefs which he termed as the three P’s which can prevent recovery after adverse events.
Host: Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. In his last role in the corporate world, he was a Partner at Deloitte. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization. In his professional career, Vinod had the privilege of working alongside some fantastic colleagues – subordinates and peers, crew members, fellow seamen, financial analysts, investment bankers, consultants, bosses and boards. And from them all he learnt powerful lessons on leadership, humility, client centricity and making a difference. He has over 30+ years of experience in leadership roles in my corporate career and have advised several companies on mergers and acquisitions, equity funding, financial restructurings. In his current role as the Founder and Managing Partner of Life Acumen LLP, he gets his highs out of making a small difference in the lives of corporate executives by uniquely integrating their work and life dimensions through integrated leadership interventions, bespoke executive coaching and leadership analytics.
Podcast: Life Acumen at Work - In this podcast series he explores topics having to do with leadership, organization culture, work-life harmony and career transitions, among other things. The views, opinions and anecdotes; he shares in this podcast are primarily reflections from his coaching conversations with corporate leaders, the coaching agendas that evolve from these conversations and subject matter readings. If you wish to explore more, on some of the themes discussed in this episode, you could refer to, Alive, a book by Paul Read; Man’s Search for Meaning, a book by Viktor Frankl; Option B, a book by Sheryl Sandberg; Optimists, a book by Martin Seligman; Good to Great, a book by Jim Collins; Mindset – The New Psychology of Success, a book by Carol Dweck. Excerpts from Sheryl Sandberg’s commencement key note speech to the class of 2016 at the University of California, Berkeley.
Published: May 11, 2020.
Disclaimer: This podcast contains material proprietary to Life Acumen LLP. Except in the general context of evaluating the capabilities of Life Acumen LLP, no reliance should be placed for any other purposes whatsoever on the contents of this podcast or on its completeness. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is given and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by or on behalf of Life Acumen LLP or by any of its designated partners, its directors, employees, agents or any other person as to the accuracy, completeness or correctness of the information contained in this podcast or any other oral information made available and any such liability is expressly disclaimed.
Insight – Staunch Acceptance of Reality: A common belief about resilience is that it stems from an optimistic nature. That’s true, but only as long as, such optimism doesn’t distort your sense of reality. In extremely adverse situations, rose-colored thinking can actually spell disaster
Host: Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. In his last role in the corporate world, he was a Partner at Deloitte. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization. In his professional career, Vinod had the privilege of working alongside some fantastic colleagues – subordinates and peers, crew members, fellow seamen, financial analysts, investment bankers, consultants, bosses and boards. And from them all he learnt powerful lessons on leadership, humility, client centricity and making a difference. He has over 30+ years of experience in leadership roles in my corporate career and have advised several companies on mergers and acquisitions, equity funding, financial restructurings. In his current role as the Founder and Managing Partner of Life Acumen LLP, he gets his highs out of making a small difference in the lives of corporate executives by uniquely integrating their work and life dimensions through integrated leadership interventions, bespoke executive coaching and leadership analytics.
Podcast: Life Acumen at Work - In this podcast series he explores topics having to do with leadership, organization culture, work-life harmony and career transitions, among other things. The views, opinions and anecdotes; he shares in this podcast are primarily reflections from his coaching conversations with corporate leaders, the coaching agendas that evolve from these conversations and subject matter readings. If you wish to explore more, on some of the themes discussed in this episode, you could refer to, Alive, a book by Paul Read; Man’s Search for Meaning, a book by Viktor Frankl; Option B, a book by Sheryl Sandberg; Learned Optimism, a book by Martin Seligman; Good to Great, a book by Jim Collins; Mindset – The New Psychology of Success, a book by Carol Dweck. Excerpts from Sheryl Sandberg’s commencement key note speech to the class of 2016 at the University of California, Berkeley.
Published: May 11, 2020.
Disclaimer: This podcast contains material proprietary to Life Acumen LLP. Except in the general context of evaluating the capabilities of Life Acumen LLP, no reliance should be placed for any other purposes whatsoever on the contents of this podcast or on its completeness. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is given and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by or on behalf of Life Acumen LLP or by any of its designated partners, its directors, employees, agents or any other person as to the accuracy, completeness or correctness of the information contained in this podcast or any other oral information made available and any such liability is expressly disclaimed.
Episode – What Makes Resilience - Full Episode: This episode is about the capacity of the human spirit to persevere. In this episode we look at, what makes resilience. We explore the mind-set of recovery and the challenges of regaining confidence and we discuss what it takes to create, resilient communities and companies. While looking at resilience it is essential to look at both the nature of individual resilience and what makes some organizations as a whole more resilient than others.
Host: Vinod Wadhwani is an executive coach and facilitator. In his last role in the corporate world, he was a Partner at Deloitte. Vinod leverages over three decades of leadership experience in investment banking, management consulting and merchant navy to help corporate leaders in seeking new perspectives, while focusing on tangible benefits to them and their organization. In his professional career, Vinod had the privilege of working alongside some fantastic colleagues – subordinates and peers, crew members, fellow seamen, financial analysts, investment bankers, consultants, bosses and boards. And from them all he learnt powerful lessons on leadership, humility, client centricity and making a difference. He has over 30+ years of experience in leadership roles in my corporate career and have advised several companies on mergers and acquisitions, equity funding, financial restructurings. In his current role as the Founder and Managing Partner of Life Acumen LLP, he gets his highs out of making a small difference in the lives of corporate executives by uniquely integrating their work and life dimensions through integrated leadership interventions, bespoke executive coaching and leadership analytics.
Podcast: Life Acumen at Work - In this podcast series he explores topics having to do with leadership, organization culture, work-life harmony and career transitions, among other things. The views, opinions and anecdotes; he shares in this podcast are primarily reflections from his coaching conversations with corporate leaders, the coaching agendas that evolve from these conversations and subject matter readings. If you wish to explore more, on some of the themes discussed in this episode, you could refer to, Alive, a book by Paul Read; Man’s Search for Meaning, a book by Viktor Frankl; Option B, a book by Sheryl Sandberg; Optimists, a book by Martin Seligman; Good to Great, a book by Jim Collins; Mindset – The New Psychology of Success, a book by Carol Dweck. Excerpts from Sheryl Sandberg’s commencement key note speech to the class of 2016 at the University of California, Berkeley.
Published: May 6, 2020.
Disclaimer: This podcast contains material proprietary to Life Acumen LLP. Except in the general context of evaluating the capabilities of Life Acumen LLP, no reliance should be placed for any other purposes whatsoever on the contents of this podcast or on its completeness. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is given and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by or on behalf of Life Acumen LLP or by any of its designated partners, its directors, employees, agents or any other person as to the accuracy, completeness or correctness of the information contained in this podcast or any other oral information made available and any such liability is expressly disclaimed.