The Leadership Equation Podcast
The Leadership Equation Podcast
Podcast Description
In today’s fast-evolving business landscape, one constant remains: people and capability building. These dynamic forces drive organizational success. While strategies, markets, and technologies shift, transforming people and capabilities remains the cornerstone of sustained impact. In a world fixated on quick fixes, The Leadership Equation dives deep into institutional transformation with leaders who have shaped global organizations. Join us to uncover timeless principles that bridge vision and execution and unlock lasting success.
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This podcast focuses on themes of leadership, capability building, and organizational transformation, with episodes covering vital topics such as the future of work in the age of AI, building institutions that last, and balancing data with intuition in decision-making.
In today’s fast-evolving business landscape, one constant remains: people and capability building. These dynamic forces drive organizational success. While strategies, markets, and technologies shift, transforming people and capabilities remains the cornerstone of sustained impact. In a world fixated on quick fixes, The Leadership Equation dives deep into institutional transformation with leaders who have shaped global organizations. Join us to uncover timeless principles that bridge vision and execution and unlock lasting success.
What does it really take to build a world-class Global Capability Centre, one that transcends cost savings and starts influencing enterprise value?
In this episode, we get honest about the tough truths and deeper levers of GCC evolution, from flat organisation dreams to tall structures, from push-and-pull growth cycles to the power of local leadership in global networks.
In This Conversation we discuss:
Why organisation design can make or break your GCC
Navigating the India vs global grading conundrum
The subtle trap of promotions and hierarchy inflation
EVP decoded: A three-layer framework (finances, emotion, intellect)
Push vs Pull models in scaling: What changes when the global team starts to ”pull”?
How to move beyond transactional value to real enterprise impact
Why India GCCs can be mini-multiverses, and how local leaders must act as the glue
Innovation, digital transformation, and why RPA changed the game in 2015
The evolving metrics of success: From cost arbitrage to revenue enablement
Featured Insight:
”Unless India leaders are at the table, their voice doesn’t travel. Pull only happens when that seat is earned, and used well.”
Whether you're leading, scaling, or supporting a GCC, this episode is your mirror and manual. Tune in and reflect on:
Are you building a cost center or a capability center?
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