The Warrior Poet – Details, episodes & analysis

Sri takes the show to Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴, where he and Rachel Wilson Rugelsjøen talk all things culture and leadership through the lens of Human Resources. 

🙉 They have the realest debate on psychological safety you'll find anywhere. 

Plus everyone's favorite topic: cold plunges 🥶

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Rachel is the founder and managing director of LevelUp HR, which "help[s] global corporates, SME’s and scale-up’s achieve, through your most valuable asset - your people."

Her experience spans over 20 years leading human capital at top-tier companies like Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, the Norwegian Oil Fund, Cognizant, and Barclays Capital — where she and Sri overlapped without knowing it! 

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highlights

"The leadership game has changed."

• How founders can build an effective culture
• Role of values in leadership
• Amazon's leadership principles
• Ownership and accountability
• Norwegian vs. UK vs. American perspectives on ownership
• Human nature and leadership challenges
• The evolution of leadership through history
• How to navigate instability 
• Nuances of team dynamics
• Cold showers and dopamine regulation
• Psychological safety: just a buzzword? 
• Trust as the foundation 

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Intro and/or outro music in most episodes is by Paul Sridhar. 🎧

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"Your work does not have a voice. You have to share what you're doing." —Jill Avey

Get the results you deserve — not the ones you hope for. Sri and Jill Avey discuss how to lead in complex corporate environments -- in ways that are authentic, moral, yet tangibly rewarding. 

Topics: 

• How to self-promote (in a non-cringy way 😬)
• Gender differences in leadership
• Positive intelligence theory 
• Navigating office politics 
• Networking productively
• How to build confidence
• 'Mental saboteurs' that hinder your progress

Jill is a successful corporate marketing executive formerly at Timberland and Propet USA. She has an MBA from Columbia Business School and is the founder of SisterSmart, which aims to help women succeed in attaining the executive positions they deserve.  

Find Jill here: 

• https://sistersmart.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillavey/

keywords: leadership, women in leadership, workplace relationships, radical candor, self-promotion, career development, communication skills, networking, personal branding, professional growth, leadership, courage, fear, positive intelligence, saboteurs, gender differences, women in leadership, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, collaboration

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Matt Wilson is as insightful and energetic as they get. With incredible candor about his own mistakes and personal life, Matt talks with Sri about what it takes to get to the next level in marriage, career, and entrepreneurship.

If you're feeling stuck, Matt helps you understand how to craft a mindset to get everything you want and leave your "unique footprint" in the world. 

Matt invents the phrase "occupationally constipated." (Is that you? 😬)

Matt Wilson advises elite CEOs and is an investor in over 40 companies. He has been a FinTech executive and founded a VC firm. Not only that, but Matt served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy. 

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Sri talks with founder and coach Adam Mutschler about how to master the 'inner game' when it comes to startups (and life).

They also manage to talk about cricket protein and ridding Midwest streams of invasive species :)  And Sri pretends "averagially" is a word 🙉

Adam has coached startup founders for over a decade. Adam himself is the founder of a VC-backed, TechStars startup company: Arch Pet Food, a sustainable and healthier approach to pet nutrition.

You can reach Adam at The Kedar Group and on LinkedIn here. 

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Sri and Evan Marks discuss how elite performers achieve their success. Spoiler: Mental performance.

Evan is a veteran trader of Wall Street turned mental performance coach. He is the founder of M1 Performance Group. He has coached top-tier CEOs, hedge-fund traders, and athletes. He takes the best in neuroscience and psychoanalysis and applies it to give his clients the ultimate edge. 

Wherever you are in your career and life goals, Evan shares pearls of wisdom here you won't want to miss. 

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Sri talks with Pat Dossett about how to forge your best life path.

We discuss: 

• High performers run on self-hate -- and how to run on compassion instead
• Pat's trip to Mexico to experience plant medicines + ongoing research into things like ibogaine and ayahuasca (aka psychedelics) 
• The science behind self-improvement
• Whether drinking more water really helps (hint: it does) 
• Coaching and why it's important
• Being the best teammate for yourself
• Cultivating inner awareness
• Choosing the path for you

Pat is a former Navy SEAL officer and is the cofounder of Madefor, a "step-by-step toolkit training you to thrive." (with Blake Mycoskie of TOMS Shoes)

He coaches elite performers on how to be their best. He is the author of The Madefor Method . 

Pat has an MBA from Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. 
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Suzanne Lesko (callsign: Xena) walks us through her framework for leadership, starting with resilience. 

We also talk about: 

• Toxic leaders
• Female empowerment in male-dominated domains
• Networking
• Powerful communication 
• Diverse work culture
• Healing (and the parasympathetic nervous system)

Suzanne's uses her Warrior Advisor brand to counsel companies on resilience and building strong teams. 

Find her at: 

• suzannelesko.com
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannelesko/

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It really sucks when you smile at someone and they pretend like you're not even there. 

Sri shares thoughts on being a leader on and off the field of play by bringing the magic to those around us. 

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Joe Musselman founded the Honor Foundation, which has assisted countless Navy SEALs apply their high-impact skillsets to the private sector. He also cofounded the VC firm Broom Ventures and founded Bravo Victor Venture Capital, which is focused on so-called 'dual-use' technology.

Broom Ventures is a venture capital fund that describes itself as follows: "
Broom Ventures invests in extraordinary founders. We provide capital and sweep the floors to help early stage technology companies achieve their full potential."

The Honor Foundation assists veterans of the Navy SEALs to transition to the private sector -- and assists companies in understanding the very unique and applicable skill sets that special operators have. 

Joe and Sri talk about the Human Operating System (HOS), how Joe picked himself up after his SEAL dream ended prematurely, and how to lead in highly innovative spaces. 

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EXPLICIT EPISODE: If you have kids in the car, we hope you’ll choose another.

Intro and/or outro music in most episodes is by Paul Sridhar ( Spotify ). 

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Intro and/or outro music in most episodes is by Paul Sridhar. 🎧

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