Leadership In Crisis

Relationships are important in life. They make us feel safe and help us deal with stress. Relationships aren’t only important in your personal life, though. As a business leader, you should also build professional relationships. Relationship building from a business standpoint can help you get new customers, retain current customers and manage your reputation. And  it gives a best employee connect to make things work and keep all stakeholders happy with the better outcomes….  I know many people may be wondering, what am I talking about……. This is your host – Swamy Sriperumbudur and you are listening to “LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS”, and we have invited a special guest Alan Stukalsky, Chief Digital Officer , Randstad North America.  Alan Stukalsky oversees all facets of Randstad’s technology strategy and implementation in the U.S. and Canada. He looks to steer technology that drives innovation, generates economies of scale and develops best practices for all Randstad businesses.  In this capacity, Alan unifies the power of innovation, technology and marketing to accelerate the integration of digital tools and platforms into the channels, processes and operating models that drive our client and talent experiences.  He is passionate about raising awareness of STEM careers with primary, secondary and college level students and actively participates in STEM-related activities, including work with Junior Achievement, Georgia State University, STE(A)M Truck and more. He is Chair of the Board of STE(A)M Truck.  

Starting a business comes with inherent challenges and pitfalls. However, even when you’re off to a good start, keeping a company running successfully isn’t for the faint of heart. Many small businesses encounter issues that prove to be insurmountable, leading to business closure and dashed dreams. So How can we help these business owners & CEOs, This is your host – Swamy Sriperumbudur and you are listening to “LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS”, and we have invited a very special guest Sean Robertson   Sean F. Robertson's "North Star" is to set businesses and organizations up for success with the skills sets he has. He is passionate about showing you how to establish your goals, for both your company and your personal life. With that, he does the work to deliver on your goals while teaching you to do it on your own.  Sean is known as the "Greatest Of All Time" for a premier business consulting firm where he delivered the smallest to the largest companies, and in some areas invented new approaches for consulting businesses. Sean is THE TOP expert in developing leadership in for-profit and non-profit organizations; as well as being a renowned expert in financial acumen and building profit for companies. Uniquely, Sean also has a deep background in imparting knowledge at a tier-1 university, a military top gun school, and 1:1 change mentoring/coaching, he has done numerous leadership trainings, here just a few to share. He trained more than 3000 leaders, and 75+ CEOs / Presidents 18,000 hours of Project Management time And many more. Sean welcome to Leadership In Crisis.

The COVID-19 pandemic has combined years’ worth of transformation, transition and change into only a few months. Despite the devastating health crises, many employers and employees have seen a glimpse of the opportunity of this disruption; a potential new way of working. The biggest challenge leaders face in navigating the shift from surviving uncertainty and disruption to thriving, is their ability to transform themselves to lead in the agreed way. How can leaders simply transform coming out of the pandemic as they seek to achieve digital transformation. This is your host – Swamy Sriperumbudur and you are listening to “LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS”, and we have invited a very special guest Bhavana Bartholf Bhavana Bartholf is an award-winning leader and sought-after expert in the field of providing vision and accelerating Digital Transformation for corporations across industries worldwide. In 2022, Bartholf was recognized by The Charlotte Business Journal Women in Business Achievement Award - 25 Outstanding Women. In 2021, Bartholf was recognized by the National Diversity Council as one of the Top 100 Women in Technology (2021 & 2022) and has been named one of the 2021 “Power 50” Women in Leadership. Bartholf has over a 20-year diverse career with Microsoft across their customer success, sales, marketing, consulting, and support businesses. Today, she is responsible for advancing technical sales strategies across solution areas to enable digital transformation for Fortune 500 companies. Bartholf currently serves as a Board Director for WEX Inc and NC State College of Engineering Foundation. She has served for six years on the board of The Gift of Adoption, a non-profit that provides adoption assistance through grants. ​In 2022, she delivered her first-ever TEDx talk at TEDXWaterStreet in New York, “The Secret to Self-Advocacy”.

The Covid19 pandemic set off nearly unprecedented churn in the US labor market leading to great resignation. And many companies are struggling to keep their employees. As many of us might be things reasons for the same, one of the main reason which is resonating in the leadership circle is purpose driven life. Employees expect their jobs to bring a significant sense of purpose to their lives. Employers need to help meet this need, or be prepared to lose talent to companies that will. This is your host – Swamy Sriperumbudur and you are listening to “LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS”, and we have invited a very special guest Christy Maxfield Christy Maxfield is the founder of Purpose First Advisors and specialist in business model validation, financial modeling, business operations, marketing and sales alignment, competitive differentiation, and business planning. She has coached and consulted with more than 100 early-stage bioscience, information technology, and consumer/manufactured products entrepreneurs. In 2017 she founded Purpose First Advisors to work with growth-focused business owners to build sustainably profitable businesses. Christy has designed and taught entrepreneurship courses at the University of Missouri St. Louis and Washington University in St. Louis. She also co-created and co-hosted the Entrepreneurially Thinking podcast, which elevates and celebrates entrepreneurs, particularly women and entrepreneurs of color. She has a Bachelor’s in Political Science degree from Montclair State University and a Master of Business Administration from Webster University. She is a Certified Human Team Activator helping leaders understand and activate the 6 Facets of Human Need to create top-performing, self-actualized teams. WEBSITE: www.purposefirstadvisors.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christymaxfield/

Change is the new constant. we used to experience disruptions followed by periods of stability, but now the change is increasingly perpetual, pervasive, and exponential. Leading during a time of transition has become the norm as technology, globalization and new competition disrupt established business models. So how leaders around the world are leading through a time of transition. This is your host – Swamy Sriperumbudur and you are listening to “LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS”, and we have invited two very special guests Mark Johnson & Whynde Kuehn Mark Johnson is Southwest Ohio Regional Vice President, and Strategic Data Management & Analytics Executive Leader at Fusion Alliance. Mr. Johnson’s distinguished career spans more than 40 years in the IT industry, with a deep concentration in data management and analytics over the most recent 25. At Fusion Alliance Mr. Johnson is responsible leading Fusion’s engagement with major clients to accelerate data-driven digital transformation. In addition, Mr. Johnson serves as Editorial Board Chair for the Chief Data Officer Magazine – cdomagazine.tech – and as Co-Chair MIT CDO IQ Symposium Program. Whynde Kuehn is the Founder and Managing Director of S2E Transformation, helping organizations bridge the gap between strategy and execution. She has extensive experience in enterprise transformation and planning and she is a passionate advocate for using business architecture to enable effective strategy execution and digital transformation.  Whynde is a long-time business architecture practitioner, educator, author, recognized global thought leader, and community builder, with extensive experience applying the discipline at leading Fortune 500 and global enterprises, governmental and non-profit organizations, and a range of entrepreneurs, social enterprises, and cross-sector initiatives. She is the Founder of Biz Arch Mastery, a dedicated online platform and community that helps professionals master the art and science of business architecture. She is also a Fellow with the Institute for Digital Transformation, Co-Founder at Business Architecture Associates, Senior Consultant for Cutter Consortium, and Co-Founder, Vice President, and Academic Chair of the Business Architecture Guild. Whynde is author of the book Strategy to Reality, being published in 2022.

Hello every one – happy new year 2022, I hope this new year brings wealth, health and abundance of happiness for all my listeners from around the world. We thought this new year 2022 will be different hmmm but it is not as we all have to welcome our new unwanted friend omicron and this covid19 is continue to live as part of our life and we need to learn to live with it – looks life for a long time. However looks like technology is going to be invading into our lives more than before. You all might have heard a lot about, Virtual reality, now called “the metaverse,” will be a thing in 2022. So will be the smart home. This is your host – Swamy Sriperumbudur and you are listening to “LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS”, and we have invited a very special guest Rashim Mogha, a technology & business leader from Silicon Valley. CA Rashim is an influencer, a thought leader, a best-selling author, a speaker, and a technology and business leader. Rashim is a prominent women in tech evangelist and a frequent speaker at global conferences. Her thoughts on leadership, innovation, women in technology, and enablement strategies have appeared in publications like Forbes, Association for Talent Development (ATD), and Thrive Global. At Skillsoft, Rashim is responsible for driving innovation and growth in her role as GM, Leadership and Business Solutions. Her role concentrates on leading the content, platform, customer success, sales, and marketing teams to deliver compelling experiences to our customers. Prior to Skillsoft, Rashim held leadership roles at companies like VMware, Amazon Web Services, Oracle, and Automation Anywhere, where she built high-performing education teams and launched innovative solutions to support over $2 billion businesses. Rashim is founder of eWOW (empoweredWomen of the World)- an intellectual platform that empowers leaders to discover, visualize and actualize their success. Recognized by Business Chief USA as a woman to watch, Rashim is a recipient of Women Empowerment: Game Changer, Woman of the Year, Women Tech, and Silicon Valley Woman of Influence awards and was inducted in Alameda county hall of fame in 2020.

We are at a juncture of facing challenges un-parallel in history and these problems are global in nature, such as climate change, gender parity, security, and many more. In a hyper connected world, the sources of these challenges are multi-dimensional, and span across borders which requires global solutions. And finding solutions to these unprecedented challenges fundamentally requires new ways of thinking. Many of these global solutions can only be possible when there is a Peace & harmony in the world. finding solutions to these unprecedented challenges fundamentally requires new ways of thinking. This is your host – Swamy Sriperumbudur and you are listening to “LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS”, and we have invited a very special guest and PEACE LEADER Steve Killelea Steve Killelea combines a highly successful career in technology with a philanthropic focus on peace and sustainable development to shed new light on issues, from terrorism and conflict to economics and prosperity. He founded the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) in 2007, as an independent not for profit global research institute analyzing the intertwined relationships between business, peace, and economic development. Steve’s funding and thought leadership behind the Institute would see him recognized as one of the World’s 100 Most Influential People on reducing the onset of armed violence. He is also the founder of the Global Peace Index, the world’s leading quantitative measurement of global peacefulness, ranking 163 countries, and independent territories. Steve currently serves on the President’s Circle for Club de Madrid, the largest forum of democratic former Presidents and Prime Ministers working to strengthen democracy. In 2010, Steve was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for his service to the community through the global peace movement, and in 2016 was awarded the Luxembourg Peace Prize. Steve is also the author of 'Peace in the Age of Chaos: The Best Solution for a Sustainable Future'.

When deciding how to be good and act well, we often seek outside help. We often consult our Family, friends, respected elders in the community, and may seek direction from our spiritual leaders and this is good for all sorts of matters, including those related to business. We quiet often check our ethical guidance from our religious traditions & scriptures. This is your host – Swamy Sriperumbudur and you are listening to “LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS”, and we have invited a very special guest and seasoned management guru & my mentor Sir Gurucharan Das ji Gurcharan Das is an author, management guru and public intellectual, known for a much-acclaimed trilogy on the classical Indian ideal of life’s goals. India Unbound was the first, on artha or ‘material well-being’—it offers a personal account of India’s recent economic rise and is available in 19 languages and filmed by the BBC.; the second, The Difficulty of Being Good, on dharma, ‘moral well-being’, illuminates our day to day moral dilemmas through a meditation on the epic, Mahabharata; Kama: The Riddle of Desire, on the third goal, teaches how to cherish desire in order to live a rich, flourishing life. Mr Das graduated in philosophy with honors from Harvard University and later attended Harvard Business School (AMP) where he was featured in three case studies. He was CEO of Procter & Gamble India and Managing Director, Procter & Gamble Worldwide (Strategic Planning). At 50, he took early retirement to become a full-time writer. He writes a regular column for the Times of India and five Indian language papers, and contributes to Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Affairs. He is a speaker to some of the world’s largest corporations.

The global pandemic has brought about a true boom in startups, as the number of new companies around the world has significantly surpassed the indicators of last year. The Financial Times reports, citing official state statistics, that a boom in entrepreneurship in many countries has been recorded against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic of 2020: In the United States, in July 2020 the number of applications for starting a business reached its all-time highs of 551,657 00 an increase of 95% compared to the same period in 2019, according to the Census Bureau. This is your host – Swamy Sriperumbudur and you are listening to “LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS”, and we have invited a special guest and seasoned entrepreneur & my good friend  Mr.Kaushik Pillalamarri. As an innovation, technology, and strategy executive, Kaushik Pillalamarri has built a reputation for drive, focused business problem-solving, and motivational leadership in startup and growth settings across the US, Asia, Europe, and Australia. Known for adaptability and swift action, Kaushik has led corporate strategy, set product direction, secured partnerships including Amazon, and brought in talent crucial to execution. Well-versed in concept-through-development success, Kaushik’s career includes CEO, Group CEO, SVP of Data & Devices and Emerging Business, Director and Head of Product Management and Development, and Senior Product Lead roles at Smartiply, Universal Industries, Reliance Communications, Verizon Communications, and The Sabre Group, where he led technology commercialization, market analysis, M&A, business expansion, product strategy, cost-saving measures, P&L authority, and go-to market strategy.

Why is employee happiness important to us ? People used to believe that you didn’t have to be happy at work to succeed. But this does not holds good any more…, Let’s consider a few statistics to understand why: Happy employees stay in their      job four times longer than unhappy employees; Happy employees are 12% more productive; Happy employees commit twice as much time to their tasks; Happy employees have 65% more energy than unhappy employees. Clearly, having happy employees isn’t a bonus; it’s a necessity for every successful workplace. Productivity, motivation, dedication and retention all depend on it. I know many people may be immersed thinking about their own organization and asking a question to themselves if they are happy at work.…….hmmm…. hold your thoughts and listen to this podcast which talks all about how to be happy at work and why is happiness important to you and your employer…. This is your host – Swamy Sriperumbudur and you are listening to “LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS”, and we have invited a special & Happy guest – yes you heard right I said Happy Guest, you will know why later in this podcast, Dr. Tracy Brower  an award winning speaker and a great author to talk about her latest book - The Secrets to Happiness at Work Dr. Tracy Brower is a PhD sociologist studying work-life fulfillment and happiness. She is the author of The Secrets to Happiness at Work and Bring Work to Life. She is a principal with Steelcase’s Applied Research + Consulting group and a contributor to Forbes.com and Fast Company. Tracy is an award-winning speaker and has over 25 years of experience working with global clients to achieve business results. Tracy is an executive advisor to Like|Minded, Coda Societies and to the MSU Master Industrial Mathematics Program. Tracy’s work has been featured in TEDx, The Wall Street Journal, Work-Life Balance in the 21st Century (book), Globe and Mail (Canada), InsideHR (Australia), HR Director (UK), T3N (Germany), Real Estate Review Journal, Fortune.com, Inc. Magazine, HBR (France) and more. Tracy holds a PhD in Sociology, a Master of Management in Organizational Culture, and a Master of Corporate Real Estate with a workplace specialization.