The Mindful Leadership Podcast with Shahana Banerjee

Networking is superficial, transactional, and all about self promotion (ugh), I thought. I couldn’t have been more wrong‼️🤯 Pat loves networking. I hate it.  It made for an exciting podcast full of busting myths,  stories and tips to network with authenticity. Here are just a few. 🚫 MYTHS ABOUT NETWORKING‼️ 🚫 Myth : Networking is superficial, and transactional ✅ Reality : Nope! The goal of net...

“I went from general contractor in construction to orthopedic trauma surgeon”‼️ Meet Dr Charisse Sparks: 🔺Child prodigy  🔺Math and science lover 🔺Basketball player 🔺General contractor in construction  🔺Business owner 🔺Harley rider 🔺Fellowship trained, Board Certified Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon  🔺Chief Medical Officer  🔺Patent applicant 🔺Board Director  Phew❗️ I am waiting for the movie b...

What would you do if you had only a 20% chance to live? Listen to Steve’s moving story of finding out that he had bone cancer… at 16. You can only come away inspired at his grit and determination, and how he chose to shape his life, living as if there’s no tomorrow.  In this episode, we talk to my friend and fellow entrepreneur, Steve Courington, Founder of Enable Growth, and former Head of Talent...

Have you ever worked in a place that had NO women’s restrooms? Weirdly, both Reshma and I have! There are so many ways in which we exclude women, without meaning to. As we swapped stories and reminisced about our early years, 2 things clearly stood out. 1. It takes a special kind of leader, to consciously chose the difficult option, even when they could’ve taken the easier one. They chose to break...

“There are 25,000 orthopedic surgeons in the US, only 6-8% are women, and less than 2% are people of color.” Pioneering female surgeons, orthopedic industry professionals, their partners and allies, supported by evolving technologies, are paving the way to a more inclusive future. In this episode of the Mindful Leadership podcast, we dive into a mega dose of inspiration with Amy Turk , Director of...

“We thought we would be fired! Didn’t matter how good we were, … it was just a matter a time.” Katie Says, reflecting on the pivotal moment that led her, and her co founder Erica, to start their creative agency, Fancy, and take back control over their careers, and lives. I’ll be honest - as an HR person, it really hurt to hear this soul searching moment. In this episode of the Mindful Leadership p...

Have you ever met a great leader, …who isn’t a wonderful grounded human being as well? As intuitive as it sounds, it is unfortunately rare. Even though people leaders account for 70% of the variance in engagement (Gallup), 76% of US respondents either currently have or have recently had a toxic boss (Monster), and 75-90% of employees across different countries don’t believe their manager supports...

You walk into an intimidating room. You look around and meet the kind eyes of this leader. He gives you 100% of his attention, and hangs onto every word you say. He sees you. He hears you. He has your best interests at heart. You feel it without even knowing him! That’s the kind of leader and guest on this episode of the Mindful Leadership podcast. Meet Kevin Harley, former CHRO of Illumina and Fo...

Great bosses help us thrive. Bad bosses are soul crushing. They have a enduring impact on us, especially early in our career. What does a great boss look like? In this episode, we talk to one of the best bosses I’ve ever worked with, Joydeep Bose. He is the Managing Director and Global Head of Human Resources at Olam* - a relentless advocate of his people, a well loved leader, a mentor, a friend,...

Do you know of anyone who has contacts from 90-100 countries on their phone? Well…now you do! Meet Josh Ghaim - Founding Partner, Ignite Venture Studio, my good friend, innovator and inventor, a well loved leader and mentor to many.  Learn more about his story, from being born in the middle of war, to volunteering in refugee camps and how it shaped him as a leader, and his journey to becoming the...