What does it truly mean to protect and empower your team? In this episode, Tanveer shares a remarkable - and unexpected - real-world leadership story that challenges how most leaders think about their role.

Inspired by a series of candid conversations with business leaders across North America and Europe, this episode cuts to the heart of what separates leaders who drive real impact from those who simply manage outcomes.

Listen to Leadership Espresso Shot 81 to hear something that will genuinely make you rethink how you show up for the people you lead.

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Over the past few years, we’ve seen a perceptual pendulum swing from leaders opening speaking out on a number of social and political issues, to many of those same leaders now being conspicuously quiet.

While this might seem reasonable in the face of increasing social divisiveness and economic uncertainty, my guest Matthew Kohut makes the case that this retreat into silence may carry a far higher cost than leaders realize.

Matthew is a communication strategist who joins me on this episode of “Leadership Biz Cafe” to talk about his book, ”Speaking Out: The New Rules of Business Leadership Communication” and what those new rules for speaking out are, along with a practical communication framework that can help leaders know when they should speak out, how to do it, and why it’s critical to their organization and its stakeholders.

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15 years ago, I got an email from Guy Kawasaki that would change the course of my life. He had a new book out and said if I wanted to interview him for a podcast, he’d be game. The only problem … I didn’t have a podcast.

But being able to have a one-on-one conversation with a successful leader and entrepreneur like Guy is not an opportunity one passes up. And so, this podcast “Leadership Biz Cafe” was created and I could never have imagined the journey and growth this podcast would lead to.

Over the past 15 years and 199 episodes, I’ve been able to have conversations with renowned thought leaders like Marshall Goldsmith, Tom Peters, Stephen M.R. Covey, and Robin Sharma, and a create platform that has reached leaders around the world.

And through such a long and successful journey, you pick up a few hard-earned lessons of what it takes to not only succeed, but persist no matter what uncertainties lie ahead.

That’s why I’ve decided for this milestone episode of this podcast to share the unexpected lessons I learned along the way - about why purpose matters more than certainty when starting new initiatives, why curiosity is a more effective leadership tool than waiting for the fog to clear, and the one thing that separates leaders who build something enduring from those who stall before they ever begin.

Listen now to discover what 15 years of podcasting taught me about leading with purpose.

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