Are you leading a remote team scattered across cities or continents—and struggling to build trust, drive performance, or just keep things flowing?

Remote leadership isn't new for NGO leaders, but the challenges have evolved—and so must your leadership approach. Whether you're dealing with field offices you rarely see or trying to help your team stay focused in a world of distractions, this episode dives deep into the real solutions for leading at a distance.

My guest today Steven Puri of the Sukha Company will share his unique perspective from the film industry on how to build high performing teams while leading remotely.

• How hiring the right people solves 90% of your remote leadership challenges.
• Learn how to protect focus time and encourage deep work for breakthrough thinking.
• Get actionable tips to build trust and create team alignment—even across time zones.

Tune into this episode and walk away with practical strategies to lead a productive, mission-aligned remote team that thrives—no matter where they are in the world.

Resources Mentioned:

• The Sukha Company
• Steven Puri’s email - steven@thesukha.co

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Want to know how to lead better? It starts by understanding your leadership style. To find out yours, take my free quiz “What Is Your Leadership Style” - you’ll immediately find out your default style, how it may be impacting your team and a few practical ways to become an even better leader. Just click on the link fill out your quiz and click submit.

This podcast empowers international development and humanitarian NGO UN leaders to achieve high performance teams, fostering diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing, overcoming burnout and overwhelm, while maximizing impact and productivity.

Have you ever wondered why two people can experience the exact same moment—and walk away feeling completely different?

As a humanitarian or development leader, you’re tasked with managing people through uncertainty, change, and challenge. But what if your team’s biggest roadblock isn’t the workload or logistics—it’s the thoughts behind their emotions? This episode dives into the psychology behind emotional responses and how your mindset might be shaping your results more than you realize.

• How to interpret emotions as “road signs” that reveal hidden thoughts and beliefs.
• Learn a coaching technique to help your team shift from self-doubt to self-belief using curiosity.
• Gain clarity on how to lead with confidence by transforming the way you relate to both your emotions and your team’s.

Listen now to uncover the mindset shift modern leaders use to create confident teams and stronger outcomes—starting with one emotion at a time.

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What Is Your Leadership Style? Free Quiz:

Want to know how to lead better? It starts by understanding your leadership style. To find out yours, take my free quiz “What Is Your Leadership Style” - you’ll immediately find out your default style, how it may be impacting your team and a few practical ways to become an even better leader. Just click on the link fill out your quiz and click submit.

This podcast empowers international development and humanitarian NGO UN leaders to achieve high performance teams, fostering diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing, overcoming burnout and overwhelm, while maximizing impact and productivity.

Do you ever catch yourself thinking, “I already know this”? What if that exact thought is quietly sabotaging your leadership growth?

This episode explores one of the most damaging yet subtle mindsets that can derail even the most well-intentioned leaders: the assumption that you’ve already mastered the basics. Whether you’re managing a team, running a project, or simply trying to grow as a professional, ignoring the fundamentals could be costing you clarity, impact, and respect.

In this episode you'll discover:

• Why curiosity is more than just a trait—it’s a leadership superpower.
• Learn how to overcome the mental trap of “I already know that” to unlock deeper listening, more effective feedback, and real-time growth.
• Understand the importance of revisiting foundational skills like listening and questioning—especially if you think you’ve already got them mastered.

Listen now to uncover how embracing curiosity and relearning the basics can elevate your leadership to the next level.

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What Is Your Leadership Style? Free Quiz:

Want to know how to lead better? It starts by understanding your leadership style. To find out yours, take my free quiz “What Is Your Leadership Style” - you’ll immediately find out your default style, how it may be impacting your team and a few practical ways to become an even better leader. Just click on the link fill out your quiz and click submit.

This podcast empowers international development and humanitarian NGO UN leaders to achieve high performance teams, fostering diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing, overcoming burnout and overwhelm, while maximizing impact and productivity.

Are you unknowingly using a leadership style that’s demotivating your team—even when you think you’re being helpful?

In today’s episode, we explore how your default leadership approach might be limiting your team’s potential. If you're an NGO leader trying to shift out of emergency mode and into long-term, impactful leadership, this episode will help you understand the often overlooked balance between control and autonomy—and why it matters more than ever. And I demonstrate it through my latest favorite cooking show.

In this episode you'll discover:

• Learn the difference between directive and people-centered leadership styles and when to use each one effectively
• Discover how a cooking competition (yes, really) perfectly illustrates the consequences of poor leadership balance
• Gain actionable insight on how to lead with clarity, confidence, and calm—without micromanaging or disappearing

Tune in now to learn how to balance your leadership style and finally unlock your team’s full potential as a modern NGO leader.

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What Is Your Leadership Style? Free Quiz:

Want to know how to lead better? It starts by understanding your leadership style. To find out yours, take my free quiz “What Is Your Leadership Style” - you’ll immediately find out your default style, how it may be impacting your team and a few practical ways to become an even better leader. Just click on the link fill out your quiz and click submit.

This podcast empowers international development and humanitarian NGO UN leaders to achieve high performance teams, fostering diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing, overcoming burnout and overwhelm, while maximizing impact and productivity.

Have you ever wondered how much of your daily frustration comes from assumptions—not reality?

In this episode, we dive into the unconscious stories we tell ourselves that shape how we act, react, and lead. These mental narratives may seem harmless, but they often influence our decisions, damage our confidence, and limit our leadership growth.

In this episode you'll discover:

• A powerful question that can instantly shift your perspective and decision-making.
• How small mindset shifts can unlock new outcomes in your professional and personal life.
• Try a simple weekly exercise to identify and challenge limiting stories so you can lead more intentionally.

Listen now to uncover how challenging one internal story could change everything in your leadership journey.

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What Is Your Leadership Style? Free Quiz:

Want to know how to lead better? It starts by understanding your leadership style. To find out yours, take my free quiz “What Is Your Leadership Style” - you’ll immediately find out your default style, how it may be impacting your team and a few practical ways to become an even better leader. Just click on the link fill out your quiz and click submit.

This podcast empowers international development and humanitarian NGO UN leaders to achieve high performance teams, fostering diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing, overcoming burnout and overwhelm, while maximizing impact and productivity.

How might you be sabotaging your ability to develop a high performance team, without even realizing it?

In this episode, we challenge the belief that time and patience are what’s holding you back from empowering your team. The real issue? You might be leading from your present self, not your future self — and it’s affecting your growth as a modern humanitarian leader.

In this episode you'll discover:

• Why lack of vision — not time — is the true block to leadership development.
• Learn how acting from your future self can transform how your team shows up.
• Understand how small daily decisions can help you build the confident, independent team you’ve always wanted.

Press play now to shift your leadership mindset and finally start building the team you’ve envisioned for your future.

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What Is Your Leadership Style? Free Quiz:

Want to know how to lead better? It starts by understanding your leadership style. To find out yours, take my free quiz “What Is Your Leadership Style” - you’ll immediately find out your default style, how it may be impacting your team and a few practical ways to become an even better leader. Just click on the link fill out your quiz and click submit.

This podcast empowers international development and humanitarian NGO UN leaders to achieve high performance teams, fostering diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing, overcoming burnout and overwhelm, while maximizing impact and productivity.

Are you unknowingly the reason your team won’t take initiative?

If you’re a modern humanitarian or development leader frustrated with your team’s lack of proactivity, the problem might not be them—it could be how you've unknowingly trained them. This episode explores how your leadership style may be limiting your team’s growth and autonomy.

• The subtle ways you may be creating a productivity bottleneck without realizing it
• Learn how to retrain your team to become more solution-oriented and confident
• Understand the difference between top-down and coaching leadership styles—and when to use each for better outcomes

Listen now to start shifting your leadership approach and empower your team to step up with more autonomy and innovation.

What Is Your Leadership Style? Free Quiz:

Want to know how to lead better? It starts by understanding your leadership style. To find out yours, take my free quiz “What Is Your Leadership Style” - you’ll immediately find out your default style, how it may be impacting your team and a few practical ways to become an even better leader. Just click on the link fill out your quiz and click submit.

This podcast empowers international development and humanitarian NGO UN leaders to achieve high performance teams, fostering diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing, overcoming burnout and overwhelm, while maximizing impact and productivity.

Could the way you're asking questions be quietly holding your team back?

If your team feels dependent, unmotivated, or stuck in old patterns, it might not be a skills issue—it could be your leadership questions. This episode explores how the quality of your questions, not just your instructions, may be the hidden factor limiting your team's development and confidence.

• Discover 5 clear signs your questions are unintentionally demotivating your team
• Learn what makes a low-quality question—and how to instantly shift it into a high-quality one
• Understand the neuroscience-backed reason great questions can boost productivity and reduce stress

Listen now to learn how asking better questions can unlock your team’s potential—and make your leadership feel a whole lot easier.

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What Is Your Leadership Style? Free Quiz:

Want to know how to lead better? It starts by understanding your leadership style. To find out yours, take my free quiz “What Is Your Leadership Style” - you’ll immediately find out your default style, how it may be impacting your team and a few practical ways to become an even better leader. Just click on the link fill out your quiz and click submit.

This podcast empowers international development and humanitarian NGO UN leaders to achieve high performance teams, fostering diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing, overcoming burnout and overwhelm, while maximizing impact and productivity.