Brain Box - The Leadership Podcast
Brain Box - The Leadership Podcast
Kaushik Bose
Ep. 103 | From War Zones To Boardrooms: The One Skill Nobody Teaches You | Brain Box
23 minutes Posted Apr 2, 2026 at 1:00 pm.
Intro0:43 - War costs1:25 - Boardrooms vs. war zones3:05 - Dominance as a mask for weakness5:03 - Loving assertiveness as the "third way" 8:27 - Gandhi's Ahimsa - energy when the desire to harm is gone9:08 - Emotional x-ray vision12:10 - "Leadership is a conversation and most leaders are having the wrong one"15:14 - Consulting firm case study 16:42 - Hiring decisions and cultural fit17:58 - Dan Sullivan's advice19:13 - Key leadership behaviors22:03 - Communicating with those you disagree with22:14 - Closing🔗 Website: www.lovingassertiveness.comIf you wish to explore Loving Assertiveness for yourself, visit the website to download a free collection of practice scripts. It's specifically designed to help you "practice" building bridges across challenging differences and to begin putting the ideas from this conversation into practice, with guidance."--------------------------------------------------------------------Brain Box Catalysts: Global Top 10 PR & Personal Branding Agency: https://www.brainboxcatalysts.com #thoughtleadership #PersonalBranding #pr #marketing #sales #startup #entrepreneurship #founder #podcast #leadership #leadershippodcast #brainboxpodcast
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Get smarter on Personal Branding & PR every week → https://newsletter.brainboxcatalysts.com/What do post-conflict war zones and Fortune 500 boardrooms have in common? More than you think.In Episode 103 of BRAINBOX, I sit down with Omar Khan - executive coach, author of "Loving Assertiveness," and a man who has navigated difficult conversations across 50 countries and some of the world's most volatile settings.We go deep on why most leaders are having the wrong conversations, what anger is actually telling you, and how the same human dynamics that fuel wars play out silently inside your leadership team every single day.Timestamps:0:00 - Intro0:43 - War costs1:25 - Boardrooms vs. war zones3:05 - Dominance as a mask for weakness5:03 - Loving assertiveness as the "third way" 8:27 - Gandhi's Ahimsa - energy when the desire to harm is gone9:08 - Emotional x-ray vision12:10 - "Leadership is a conversation and most leaders are having the wrong one"15:14 - Consulting firm case study 16:42 - Hiring decisions and cultural fit17:58 - Dan Sullivan's advice19:13 - Key leadership behaviors22:03 - Communicating with those you disagree with22:14 - Closing🔗 Website: www.lovingassertiveness.comIf you wish to explore Loving Assertiveness for yourself, visit the website to download a free collection of practice scripts. It's specifically designed to help you "practice" building bridges across challenging differences and to begin putting the ideas from this conversation into practice, with guidance."--------------------------------------------------------------------Brain Box Catalysts: Global Top 10 PR & Personal Branding Agency: https://www.brainboxcatalysts.com #thoughtleadership #PersonalBranding #pr #marketing #sales #startup #entrepreneurship #founder #podcast #leadership #leadershippodcast #brainboxpodcast