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The Mindful Leadership Podcast with Shahana Banerjee

The Mindful Leadership Podcast with Shahana Banerjee

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What makes a great leader? Think of the best leader you’ve ever had. What makes them so memorable to you? What did they do? Did they believe in you before you even believed in yourself? Did they take a chance on you when you weren’t ready yet? Want to know why they did it? We dig into the why through deeply personal stories of great leaders who: ✅ Are Powered by their Purpose, ✅ Anchored in their Authenticity and ✅ Connect who they are to how they lead in good times and bad, at crossroads and crises ✅ who Challenge status quo & existing paradigms ✅ and Do different things ... differentlyJust Human Leadership Advisors Economía Gestión Gestión y Liderazgo
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  • S4e02 Unrelenting Curiosity with Tiger Tyagarajan

    S4e02 Unrelenting Curiosity with Tiger Tyagarajan
    Feb 28 2026
    In this episode of the Mindful Leadership Podcast, Shahana Banerjee sits down with Tiger Tyagarajan, the former CEO of Genpact, to explore the transformative power of curiosity in leadership. Tiger shares his journey from a risk head at GE Capital to leading a global technology powerhouse, emphasizing a "treasure hunt" approach to learning from everyone around him. The conversation delves into the importance of building a legacy through leader-creation, the value of the scientific method in business, and why curiosity and trust remain the most vital human skills in an AI-driven world. Key Takeaways - The Treasure Hunt for Knowledge: Instead of seeking a single mentor, treat learning as a constant quest to gather insights and "clues" from every person and situation you encounter. - Don't Shut Down Ideas Prematurely: Even if you believe an idea is wrong, allowing it to "bloom" can build trust and help others reach the right conclusion through their own discovery. - Falling in Love with Problems: True innovation and joy in business come from falling in love with the problem before falling in love with a solution. - The Leader's True Legacy: A leader’s success should be measured by the strength of the institution and the success of the leaders they left behind years after their departure.- Destabilization Breeds Innovation: Intentionally moving top talent to different teams creates the healthy instability necessary for new ideas to flourish. - The Power of Expressing Ignorance: Admitting what you don't know breaks down hierarchies and encourages experts within a team to share their knowledge more freely. - Curiosity as a Competitive Advantage: In an AI world that exploits existing patterns, human curiosity is the essential tool for exploring new breakthroughs. About Tiger Tyagarajan:Tiger spent 30+ years of his career as a C-suite leader driving digital and business transformation in the global enterprise space. He played a pivotal role in pioneering a new global business services model and founded and built a division of General Electric (GE Capital International Services) that became Genpact.He spent the first 15 years of his career with Unilever in sales and marketing leadership roles and then at Citibank and GE Capital in risk, operations and business leadership roles in financial services. After serving as Genpact’s President and Chief Executive Officer from 2011 to 2024, he transitioned to his successor and now serves as a Senior Advisor. He is also on the boards of Jabil, a global manufacturing solutions provider; MathCo, a data, analytics and AI solutions provider for CPG, Retail and Life Science companies; Inetum, a French HQ Tech Services firm, HealthEdge,a digital healthcare software company.Tiger is a Senior Advisor to Avalt, Bain Capital, BCG, Brighton Park Capital, Bridge Green, Innospark, Aqqrue (Agentic Finance) and HTEC, mostly focused on digital technology, Gen AI, AI/ML and SAAS business investments. In addition, he is the Chair of the Advisory Board of ABSL, a global nonprofit network representing the business services sector.About ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shahana Banerjee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠:Shahana is a Strategic Advisor, Certified Executive Coach and member of the elite Forbes Coaches Council. She helps leaders navigate through challenging points of inflection in their business, in their teams, their careers and their own leadership journey. Setup a 30 minute free intro call with her at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://justhuman.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about her executive coaching services at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://justhuman.io/coaching/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠About ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Just Human⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠:Just Human (a boutique people consulting firm) is a growth accelerator for our clients. With over 5 decades of global HR experience, we partner with clients to maximize business results through human centered, ecosystem based people solutions. Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://justhuman.io/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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  • S4e01 How To Be Bold with Ranjay Gulati

    S4e01 How To Be Bold with Ranjay Gulati
    Jan 18 2026
    LAUNCHING SEASON 4 with Ranjay Gulati, eminent scholar and Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University, and best selling and award winning author of Deep Purpose and How to be Bold, recognized by Thinkers 50.CAN YOU SPOT REAL COURAGE? Try this 👇🤔 Which of these symbolizes courage to you?🔺Rushing into a burning building to save livesor🔺Publishing a book and opening yourself up to global judgement and criticism 🔺Serving as a medic and saving lives in a war zoneor🔺Being vulnerable at work. Letting your team see the real you🔺Bungee jumping, sky diving, parasailing or🔺Being a whistleblower You are smart. You know the answer. Each of these instances takes extraordinary courage.🤔The thing about courage though…We primarily think of physical courage as THE defining form of courage We set an unrealistic threshold of what is courageous We reserve our adulation and recognition for the highest forms of physical courage, while unintentionally undervaluing the everyday courage that ultimately changes the world🤔Why is that a problem?👉 It makes courage inaccessible to most👉 It undervalues the very daily acts of courage that go on to shape the mega acts of courage we ultimately applaudThat’s why I love Ranjay’s book. It demystifies courage and makes it accessible to all. It is also practical as it helps you explore your own sources of courage.His epiphany, as I hope is true for you too is “I too can be courageous”This wisdom packed episode with Ranjay is the perfect launch for our Season 4 of The Mindful Leadership Podcast ‼️🔥 In this episode we dig into what happens when DEEP PURPOSE meets INDOMITABLE COURAGE, why leaders and organizations anchor around their purpose, how they create impact through meaningful action and so much more.You will be glued till the end, I promise‼️About Ranjay Gulati:Ranjay Gulati is the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration and a distinguished organizational sociologist. He is the author of several books including Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies (HarperCollins, 2022) and How to Be Bold: The Surprising Science of Everyday Courage (Harper Business, 2025).His pathbreaking research, which focuses on unlocking organizational potential and unleashing human potential, has shown how winning companies—those that prosper both in good times and bad—drive growth and prosperity. At the same time, his research has inspired individuals to unlock possibilities by aligning their own personal purpose with that of their organizations.The Economist, the Financial Times, and the Economist Intelligence Unit have listed him as among the top handful of business school scholars whose work is most relevant to management practice. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his scholarly research and teaching, including recognition by Thinkers50 as a top management scholar and the CK Prahalad Award for Scholarly Impact on Practice in 2024. Professor Gulati holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University and lives in Newton, Massachusetts with his wife and two children.About ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shahana Banerjee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠:Shahana is a Strategic Advisor, Certified Executive Coach and member of the elite Forbes Coaches Council. She helps leaders navigate through challenging points of inflection in their business, in their teams, their careers and their own leadership journey. Setup a 30 minute free intro call with her at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://justhuman.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about our executive coaching services at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://justhuman.io/coaching/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠About ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Just Human⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠:Just Human (a boutique people consulting firm) is a growth accelerator for our clients. With over 5 decades of global HR experience, we partner with clients to maximize business results through human centered, ecosystem based people solutions. Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://justhuman.io/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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  • S3e04 Building Better Leaders with Jonathan Kirschner

    S3e04 Building Better Leaders with Jonathan Kirschner
    Oct 31 2025

    This episode is a mega dose of inspiration with Jonathan Kirschner, Founder & CEO of AIIR Consulting and AIIR analytics, a kindred spirit, fellow podcaster, coach, hockey champ and psychology buff. He is on a mission to make the world a bit better through leadership excellence.

    In this episode, we dig into the power of value based leadership, why leaders lose their way and so much more:


    ✅ How he overcame a ‘learning disability’ and went from “the kid least likely to be CEO” to building a company that helps thousands of leaders grow


    ✅ How his personal challenge became a goal, … and the goal became his Purpose


    ✅ How his art teacher’s unique blend of support and challenge shaped his leadership


    ✅ His WHY for founding AIIR in grad school


    ✅ Case : This leaders’ career is stalling. He just doesn’t know it yet. He tries harder and harder, but nothing is working… Is it his skills, his values or his cognitive schema? A truly insightful story.


    ✅ Case : This leader brings an overwhelming sense of urgency and depth of expertise to engineer a transformation. But he fails. Why? What did he need to do differently? Another insightful story.


    ✅ What is one question that can help a leader who has lost their way, but doesn’t know it yet?


    ✅ A leadership lesson he learnt the hard way


    ✅ His impact


    ✅ A very fun Rapid Fire‼️ Think Jonathan is the one who brought the 🔥 ‼️


    You won’t want to miss this‼️


    About Jonathan Kirschner:

    Jonathan Kirschner, Psy.D. Jonathan Kirschner is the Founder and CEO of AIIR Consulting, a global business psychology firm, and AIIR Analytics, a leadership assessment and analytics organization. Both companies help organizations outperform through exceptional leadership. Jonathan developed the AIIR® coaching methodology, numerous assessment tools, and AIIR's Coaching Zone® technology platform. In addition to his role as CEO, he is an executive coach for CEOs, author, and he regularly speaks, researches, podcasts, and writes on the topic of leadership. Jonathan holds a BA in Psychology and Religion from NYU and a Doctorate in Clinical and Business Psychology from Widener University.


    About ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shahana Banerjee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠:

    Shahana is a Strategic Advisor, Certified Executive Coach and member of the elite Forbes Coaches Council. She helps leaders navigate through challenging points of inflection in their business, in their teams, their careers and their own leadership journey. Setup a 30 minute free intro call with her at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://justhuman.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Learn more about our executive coaching services at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://justhuman.io/coaching/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


    About ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Just Human⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠:

    Just Human (a boutique people consulting firm) is a growth accelerator for our clients. With over 5 decades of global HR experience, we partner with clients to maximize business results through human centered, ecosystem based people solutions. Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://justhuman.io/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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    54 m
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