The Climb: Confident Leader Podcast
The Climb: Confident Leader Podcast
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Feel stuck, unseen, or unsure of your next step? You’re not alone. The CLIMB brings you honest stories and practical insights from leaders who’ve been there and made it. We’re on a mission to build a confident new wave of leaders. Each episode offers mindset shifts, practical tools, and inspiration to help you rise with purpose.
Tune in, be inspired, and help us grow the movement by sharing with your circle. Let’s raise the next generation of influencers together. Start your climb today because your story is just getting started. #NextGenLeaders #confidentleaders #rahulkaransharma
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The podcast focuses on themes of personal growth, leadership transformation, and mindset shifts. Episodes discuss various topics such as overcoming burnout, building confidence, navigating global expansion, and preparing for career success, with examples including discussions on leadership challenges faced by women in tech and the secrets behind scaling businesses sustainably.
Ranked among the Global Top 1.5% of podcasts, The CLIMB Leadership Development & Confident Leader Podcast helps aspiring leaders, accidental managers, and executives build the confidence to lead with impact. Hosted by Rahul Karan Sharma, Leadership Advisor to Staffing CEO’s, each episode features CEOs, founders, executive coaches, and bestselling authors sharing practical insights on leadership, executive presence, decision-making, AI, workplace culture, and high-performing teams. Your title may open the door. Your leadership determines whether people follow. Welcome to The CLIMB.
You explained it clearly. So why aren't people listening or taking action?
For leaders, communicating the message is often the easy part. Getting people to trust it, buy into it, and act on it is much harder—especially when you don't have the authority to simply tell them what to do.
In this episode of The CLIMB: Leadership Development & Confident Leader Podcast, Rahul Karan Sharma sits down with entrepreneur, author, and human behavior expert Joe Rocky Jr. to explore how to influence people without authority, communicate with different personalities, build trust, and turn a message into action.
And Joe challenges a piece of advice almost every leader has heard:
“Treat others the way you want to be treated.”
What if that's part of the problem?
Leaders can unknowingly communicate based on how they think, what motivates them, and what worked for them. But the person on the other side may think, respond, and make decisions very differently.
Rahul and Joe explore:
- How to influence people without title or authority
- Why people don't listen—even when your message makes sense
- Why the Golden Rule can become a leadership blind spot
- How curiosity and better questions create influence
- Why assumptions can weaken communication and trust
- How to communicate with different personalities
- Why listening can be more powerful than speaking
- How ownership creates stronger buy-in during change
- How genuine relationships can strengthen teams and performance
One idea captures the conversation:
Authority may get you compliance. Influence earns commitment.
Because leadership isn't simply about making people hear your message.
It's to understand people well enough that the message matters to them.
So the next time your team isn't responding the way you expected, instead of asking:
“Why aren't they listening?”
Try asking:
“Do I understand them well enough for my message to land?”
About Joe Rocky Jr. Joe Rocky Jr. is an entrepreneur, author, sales and human behavior expert, and owner of Elite Business Cruises. He has built 29 businesses and focuses his work on understanding what motivates people and strengthening relationships with employees and customers.
Connect with Joe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joerockey/About Rahul Karan SharmaRahul Karan Sharma is a Leadership Advisor to Staffing CEOs, organizational development strategist, keynote speaker, author, and host of The CLIMB. His work focuses on strengthening leadership capacity, accountability, and the organizational systems companies need to grow.
Connect with Rahul: https://linkedin.com/in/rahulkaransharma
#LeadershipDevelopment #InfluenceWithoutAuthority #LeadershipCommunication #ConfidentLeadership #TheCLIMB
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