Shakeel Bharmal lays out a practical playbook for relevance and performance. Begin with the customer’s customer to escape your own lens and create value that sticks.
Coach as your default leadership stance—“Leadership is 80% about being a coach.”
Make strategy a conversation that welcomes challenge and builds a stronger team, not just a document—“The real opportunity is digging into the genius in the room.”
Use AI to deepen thinking—ask it to interview you—while resisting “cut and paste” shortcuts.
For more information about Shakeel Bharmal, visit: https://www.shakeelbharmal.com/
For more information about Dan Pontefract, visit www.danpontefract.com
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Shakeel Bharmal lays out a practical playbook for relevance and performance. Begin with the customer’s customer to escape your own lens and create value that sticks.
Coach as your default leadership stance—“Leadership is 80% about being a coach.”
Make strategy a conversation that welcomes challenge and builds a stronger team, not just a document—“The real opportunity is digging into the genius in the room.”
Use AI to deepen thinking—ask it to interview you—while resisting “cut and paste” shortcuts.
For more information about Shakeel Bharmal, visit: https://www.shakeelbharmal.com/
For more information about Dan Pontefract, visit www.danpontefract.com
James Root of Bain & Company - Designing Work Around Six Archetypes
Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract
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James Root of Bain & Company - Designing Work Around Six Archetypes
James Root of Bain & Company unpacks "The Archetype Effect"—six distinct motivations that show up across roles, industries, and countries—and why a one-path ladder misses most of the value. We explore how to design work around what people actually care about, not what old systems assume.
We get practical: keep the ladder for Strivers while building credible paths for Artisans, Explorers, Givers, and Pioneers. We also push back on generational clichés and discuss how country context and career era shape what matters.
Finally, we look at older-worker design, the rise of interesting work and autonomy, and the importance of intentional knowledge capture so wisdom keeps moving. James points to Bain’s quick worker-archetype quiz as a low-stakes way for teams to compare notes and improve collaboration.
More information about James Root: https://www.bain.com/insights/books/the-archetype-effect/
More information about Dan Pontefract: https://www.danpontefract.com/
Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract
Shakeel Bharmal lays out a practical playbook for relevance and performance. Begin with the customer’s customer to escape your own lens and create value that sticks.
Coach as your default leadership stance—“Leadership is 80% about being a coach.”
Make strategy a conversation that welcomes challenge and builds a stronger team, not just a document—“The real opportunity is digging into the genius in the room.”
Use AI to deepen thinking—ask it to interview you—while resisting “cut and paste” shortcuts.
For more information about Shakeel Bharmal, visit: https://www.shakeelbharmal.com/
For more information about Dan Pontefract, visit www.danpontefract.com
