Pushing Beyond the Obvious

Pushing Beyond the Obvious

Mukesh Gupta: Author, Blogger, Podcaster, Change Agent. Entreprenuer by Nature, Employee by Choice

Episodes 96
Avg. Duration 43m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 5.0 (3)
Since Mar 2013
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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The Paradox of Modern Leadership

Jan 26, 2026 3m

Premise: Life and work are never static; they operate on an emotional roller coaster where peaks of success are inevitably followed by valleys of struggle. Far too many leaders view their teams as…

How to Be an Inspirational Leader?

Jan 20, 2026 10m

Premise We have been conditioned to believe that inspiration is a mantle we must put on, a performance we must give to drive our teams toward excellence. We treat “being inspirational” as a line item…

The Play Advantage – Why Fun is the New Frontier of High Performance Leadership

Jan 18, 2026 11m

Premise For decades, the standard leadership playbook has been built upon an ironclad, yet increasingly fragile, triad: vision, strategy, and execution. While these pillars are foundational, they are…

Here is Why You Are Stuck in Middle Management..

Jan 15, 2026 48m

Premise In this podcast episode, we host India’s biggest and best Executive Coach Shital Kakkar Mehra. She has trained more than 1000 CxO’s and more than 40000 leaders about how to develop their…

The Single Most Important Question You’re Not Asking Your Team

Jan 12, 2026 6m

Premise: A recent article in the MIT Sloan Management Review carried a title that should stop every leader in their tracks: “Your people are not all right.” It speaks to a widespread reality of…

The Last Legal Competitive Advantage You Are Allowed!

Jan 09, 2026 9m

In most scenarios, the default instinct for solving problems is additive. We add more features to a product, more resources to a team, more complexity to a process. We operate under the assumption…

How to be Remarkable and Stand Out as a Leader

Jan 07, 2026 8m

Premise: Standing out starts with choosing to see, think, and act differently from the default, and then designing your work, relationships, and systems around that choice. This means intentionally…

A Practical Guide to Building an Engaged Team

Jan 06, 2026 19m

Teams that are engaged perform better, collaborate more, and stay longer. I often talk about how employee engagement sits at the heart of every high-performing team. The real question is: how do…

How to Be Creative as a Team

Jan 05, 2026 13m

Premise:  In today’s fast-paced world, every organization and leader feels the relentless pressure to innovate. We’re taught to hunt for that game-changing idea, that single “Eureka!” moment that…

The Hidden Leadership Skill: Leading for Evolution

Jan 05, 2026 13m

Premise: Almost all leaders today lead in an environment that is ripe with disruptions and ever changing competitive landscape. The challenges of leading in this constantly evolving landscape are…

Building The Confidence to be VISIBLE with Sheena Yap Chan

Jan 03, 2026 49m

Premise: Confidence doesn’t always come naturally, especially when you grow up rarely seeing people like you represented in leadership, media, or success stories. In a world where visibility often…

What Quentin Tarantino Can Teach Leaders About their Jobs

Dec 30, 2025 4m

In this short narration, Quentin Tarantino talks about the role of a director and it is a classic definition of what we need to do as leaders to become a leader worth following. Very early in his…

How to Trick our Mind and Body to do What We Want

Dec 29, 2025 5m

Introduction: The Vicious Cycle of Feeling “Stuck” Have you ever felt completely stuck? Maybe it’s a low mood you can’t shake, or a physical exhaustion that makes every task feel impossible. When…

Don’t Solve Problems. Develop Problem Solvers

Dec 23, 2025 23m

Premise The real job of a leader is not decision-making. It is decision capability-building and this can be done by creating better leaders from those that they lead. Bad leaders manage how work is…

PBTO: Goldratt’s Rules of Flow – Delivering Projects on-time on-budget and on-spec and driving up profitability

Feb 26, 2024 49m

This is the recording of a live conversation I had with Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag to explore how the principles from the Theory of Constraints can be applied to multi-project environments (Digital…

PBTO: Stepping into a World of Exponential Possibility with Sophie Krantz

Feb 13, 2024 56m

In this episode of the podcast, we host the inimitable and unapologetically ambitious, Sophie Krantz. We had a conversation about leadership and the need for economic growth and opportunity. We…

PBTO: Asking the Right Questions and Questioning the right things with Dr. Alan Barnard

Feb 06, 2024 1h

In this conversation with @DrAlanBarnard, we explore how the principles of the Theory of Constraints (originally created by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt) can be used to not only drive significant business…

PBTO: The Art of Leading in the Age of AI with Damien Cummings

Jan 29, 2024 58m

In this interesting conversation, an accomplished CEO and digital transformation leader, Damien Cummings shares his perspective on the art of leading in uncertain times. He shares how leaders need to…

PBTO: Learning How to Communicate to Inform, Inspire and Connect People with Col Fink

Jan 21, 2024 56m

In this interesting conversation, Speaker, Author and Advisor (and Public speaking coach)  @ColFink  shares his perspective on the importance of clear and effective communication for leaders. He also…

PBTO: The Art of Leading with Pankaj Rusia

Jan 15, 2024 56m

Premise: In this first episode of a new series, which will be focused on leadership, we host a practicing leader – Pankaj Rusia. He currently works for SAP as the Head of Customer Success for the SAP…

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