The Kiruba Show: Podcast With Achievers: Recent Episodes
Kiruba Shankar
This is the central place where all of Kiruba Shankar's podcasts reside. It contains the 'Movers and Shakers' podcast with achievers and the 'First Book' Podcast with global best-selling authors.
In this edition of the First Book Podcast, we speak with Prakash Iyer, best-selling author of three books, a leadership coach for CEOs and a professional speaker. He was until recently the Managing Director of Kimberly-Clark Lever and was earlier the Managing Director and CEO of Infomedia India Limited. Prior to that, Prakash was Executive Director at PepsiCo, responsible for the company’s operations in South India and Sri Lanka.
I have read all of his three books, The Habit of Winning, The Secret of Leadership and You Too Can. Prakash is a master storyteller and I like the simplicity of stories in his books that have a powerful impact.
In this Podcast, I have an interesting conversation with him and you can find invaluable nuggets of information for both wannabe authors and published authors. We discuss a myriad of subjects such as what motivated him to start writing, how he made the time in spite of being the CEO of large companies, how he overcame the dreaded 'manuscript slushpile' to win a publisher, what marketing tips he used to make his books into bestsellers and how his books helped him to become a successful global professional speaker.
The FirstBook Podcast is India's first and only podcast dedicated to helping first-time authors. In this podcast series, we have conversations with bestselling authors and business leaders to understand how they successfully cracked their first book. This conversation helps us to get a sneak peek into their journey as an author.
This podcast is done in association with NotionPress, one of India's largest publishing ecosystem with over 88,000 members and they distribute books in over 100 countries.
Let's dive into the conversation with Prakash Iyer.
Hello and Welcome to the Movers and Shakers Podcast, a global leadership show where we speak with passionate achievers in order to dissect the DNA of their success.
This podcast is produced in association with The Hindu Businessline, one of India's most respected business newspapers and its campus edition, BL on Campus.
In this edition, we have a conversation with Dr.Mohammad Qayoumi, the Chief Advisor to Afghanistan President, Mr.Mohammad Ghani Ahmadzai. He advises the President on economic, educational and infrastructure matters.
He was previously the President of San Jose State University and prior to that, President of California State University, East Bay. He was born in Afghanistan and he has the distinction of being the first person of Afghan descent to head a major U.S. university.
He has worked in university administration for more than 30 years and has a background in both engineering and business.
I met Dr.Qayoumi in Ipoh, Malaysia where both of us were speakers at the Pangkor Dialogue event, considered to be the Davos of the East.
In this interesting discussion, we covered a lot including leadership through difficult times in war-torn Afghanistan. The lessons he states is
applicable for each of us as we overcome our own challenges.
Let's now listen to the conversation with Dr.Mohammad Qayoumi.
Hello and welcome to the FirstBook Podcasts India's first and only podcast dedicated to helping first-time authors. In this podcast series, we have conversations with bestselling authors and business leaders to understand how they successfully cracked their first book and learn important book authoring techniques. This conversation helps us to get a sneak peek into their journey as an author.
Let's listen to the conversation with Alcatraz Dey
In this episode, we have an interesting conversation with Devdutt Pattanaik, India’s best-known mythologist. I love how he connects mythology with management and leadership. Imagine a person who has authored 30 books and many of them bestsellers tell you about his tips, techniques, and secrets of becoming a better author!! This is a fantastic conversation and I would rate this among my favorite conversations I’ve had with authors. This podcast contains a treasure trove of advice. Let's jump in straight to the conversation with Devdutt Pattanaik.
The First Book Podcast is done in association with NotionPress, one of India's largest publishing ecosystem with 85,000 members.
The FirstBook Podcasts India's first and only podcast dedicated to helping first-time authors. In this podcast series, we have conversations with bestselling authors and business leaders to understand how they successfully cracked their first book and learn important book authoring techniques. This conversation helps us to get a sneak peek into their journey as an author.
Let's listen to the conversation with Devdutt Pattanaik.
In this edition of Movers & Shakers, we speak with Prakash Iyer, best-selling author of three books, a leadership coach for CEOs and a professional speaker. He was until recently the Managing Director of Kimberly-Clark Lever and was earlier the Managing Director and CEO of Infomedia India Limited. Prior to that, Prakash was Executive Director at PepsiCo, responsible for the company’s operations in South India and Sri Lanka.
I have read his first two books, The Habit of Winning and The Secret of Leadership. I liked both his books for the simplicity of stories with impactful lessons. Prakash is a master storyteller and it clearly comes across in his latest book, 'You Too Can' where he profiles successful entrepreneurs. I turned the tables on him and asked him a lot of questions and you will surely like his answers.
The Movers and Shakers Leadership Podcast is where we speak with passionate achievers in order to dissect the DNA of their success. This podcast is produced in association with The Hindu Businessline newspaper and its campus edition, BL on Campus.
Let's listen to this interesting conversation with Prakash Iyer.
In this edition, we speak with Ali Vakil, Director of Vakil Housing. He is also the Master Trainer at Calm Achiever where he specializes in training executives on the Getting Things Methodology popularized by David Allen.
One one of the things I'm impressed with Ali and his brother Arif, are the many things they have been able to do with passion. The Vakil brothers love art and spirituality and have combined the two to publish three Sufi Comic books
The Movers and Shakers Leadership Podcast is where we speak with passionate achievers in order to dissect the DNA of their success. This podcast is produced in association with The Hindu Businessline newspaper and its campus edition, BL on Campus.
Let's listen to Ali Vakil on what we can learn from 'Getting Things Done'methodology and how we can juggle many things in our lives successfully.
In this edition, we speak with Fredrik Haren, a global professional speaker and an author who specializes in business creativity. He has delivered over 2000 presentations, lectures and workshops in over 60 countries on 6 continents. He is a CSPGlobal Fellow which is among the highest positions for a professional speaker.
He is the author of nine books, including “The Idea Book” that was included in “The 100 Best Business Books of All Time”.
I have a lot of respect for Fredrik and someone who I look up to. He is an epitome of a 'Giver', someone who takes joy in mentoring and helping others. Fredrik has been the key influencer in starting the Professional Speakers Association of India.
Fredrik is a Swedish national and is now settled in Singapore. He owns two islands in Sweden and one in the Philippines. His 'Ideas Island' is quite popular where he lets creative people stay there to pursue their ideas.
The Movers and Shakers Leadership Podcast is where we speak with passionate achievers in order to dissect the DNA of their success. This podcast is produced in association with The Hindu Businessline newspaper and its campus edition, BL on Campus.
I met Fredrik in Ipoh, Malaysia for an International conference where both of were speakers. We met on the sidelines of the event for this conversation. Let's listen in.