BareLead

BareLead is a leadership podcast exploring the raw, unfiltered, unabashed truths of leadership. It focuses on the decisions, tensions, and responsibilities that shape how leaders actually lead. In this episode, Pooja Lalwani speaks with Tanushri (Tanu), former global finance leader and founder of BalanceWorks , about defiance in leadership - as the courage to challenge expectations, redefine succe...

BareLead is a leadership podcast exploring the raw, unfiltered, unabashed truths of leadership. It focuses on the decisions, tensions, and responsibilities that shape how leaders actually lead. In this episode, Pooja Lalwani speaks with Becky Baker, a branding and communications veteran and personal branding strategist, about positioning in leadership and why it is often misunderstood as visibilit...

BareLead is a leadership podcast exploring the raw, unfiltered, unabashed truths of leadership. It focuses on the decisions, tensions, and responsibilities that shape how leaders actually lead. In this episode, Pooja Lalwani speaks with Dr. Julia Stamm - entrepreneur, systems thinker, and expert at the intersection of technology, governance, and societal change; about AI, human agency, and why jud...

BareLead is a leadership podcast exploring the raw, unfiltered, unabashed truths of leadership. In this episode, Pooja Lalwani speaks with Claudia Hopman about judgment in leadership — and how leaders make decisions when certainty is unavailable. Claudia Hopman is an entrepreneur, executive coach, consultant, researcher, and founder of the Global Women Leadership Foundation. Alongside more than 30...

In this episode, Pooja Lalwani speaks with Morsal Osmani about alignment in leadership, and the tension between external success and internal disconnection. Morsal’s journey spans recruitment, entrepreneurship, and now mindset and energy coaching. It is shaped by ambition, early career pressure, identity shifts, and the gradual realisation that achievement and alignment are not always the same thi...

Description BareLead is a leadership podcast exploring the raw, unfiltered, unabashed truths of leadership. It focuses on the decisions, tensions, and responsibilities that shape how leaders actually lead. In this episode, Pooja Lalwani speaks with Suraiya M about integrity in leadership and what it demands when outcomes are not fully in your control. Suraya’s experience spans two decades in finan...

BareLead is a leadership podcast exploring the raw, unfiltered, unabashed truths of leadership. It focuses on the decisions, tensions, and responsibilities that shape how leaders actually lead. In this episode, Pooja Lalwani speaks with Heidi Custers about mentorship and what it actually requires beyond surface-level advice. Heidi’s career spans over two decades across strategy, transformation, an...

BareLead is a leadership podcast exploring the raw, unfiltered, unabashed truths of leadership. It focuses on the decisions, tensions, and responsibilities that shape how leaders actually lead. In this episode, Pooja Lalwani speaks with Vicky Hampson about discipline in leadership and what it actually requires beyond motivation. Vicky’s journey spans three decades across healthcare, sporting goods...

BareLead is a leadership podcast exploring the raw, unfiltered, unabashed truths of leadership. It focuses on the decisions, tensions, and responsibilities that shape how leaders actually lead. In this episode, Pooja Lalwani speaks with Hedwige Nuyens, Chair of European Women on Boards , about vulnerability in leadership and how it shapes decisions around visibility, environment, and when to pause...

BareLead is a leadership podcast exploring the raw, unfiltered, unabashed truths of leadership - the decisions, tensions, and responsibilities that shape how leaders actually lead. In this episode, Pooja Lalwani speaks with Ebere Kadiri, founder of Rise and Lead Women, about courage in leadership and what it actually looks like in practice. Ebere’s journey into leadership was not linear. From buil...

BareLead is a leadership podcast exploring the raw, unfiltered, unabashed truths of leadership - the decisions, tensions, and responsibilities that shape how leaders actually lead. In this episode, Pooja Lalwani speaks with Kim Nijland about boundaries in leadership and what it takes to hold them in complex, high-pressure environments. With over 20 years of experience as an HR leader across transf...

BareLead is a leadership podcast exploring the raw, unfiltered, unabashed truths of leadership - the decisions, tensions, and responsibilities that shape how leaders actually lead. In this episode, Pooja Lalwani speaks with Julia Langenhan about stewardship in leadership and what it means to lead as a custodian of something larger than yourself. Having built her career within global, legacy-driven...

BareLead is a leadership podcast exploring the raw, unfiltered, unabashed truths of leadership - the decisions, tensions, and responsibilities that shape how leaders actually lead. In this episode, Pooja Lalwani speaks with Manyana Schmitz about authenticity in leadership and what it means to lead without performing a version of yourself that doesn’t fit. Manyana’s journey spans from starting as a...

BareLead is a leadership podcast exploring the raw, unfiltered, unabashed truths of leadership - the decisions, tensions, and responsibilities that shape how leaders actually lead. In this episode, Pooja Lalwani speaks with Wendy Morée , founder of Moreequality BV, about audacity in leadership and the power of asking. Wendy’s journey begins with a small but powerful decision. She walked into an in...