Dropping your armour
Dropping your armour is a podcast where we will listen to stories from thinkers, doers, and dreamers on what it means to be human in the modern workplace. Tune in to come face to face with fearless leadership in all its glory, messiness, and authenticity. //Host: Neha Sharma // Producer: Saskia Stengele & Philipp Fricke // Research & Scientific Foundation: Carrie Schlauch //
Episodes
25 episodes
Spotlight on Talent Selection with Dr. Richard Hossiep
In this spotlight episode, Tolga shines a light on talent selection with Dr. Richard Hossiep. Richard is the co-founder and managing director of Applysia, a company that supports clients across industries with their unique assessment software. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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49:23
Hannah Teutscher - Movement Innovator and Fitness Rebel
This episode is a conversation between Neha and former dancer/current movement teacher Hannah Teutscher. Both Hannah and Neha reflect on the impact of dance and movement in their lives and how movement helps connect our minds to our bodies and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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46:50
Spotlight on Leadership Development Journeys (LDJ) with Yang Zhang
In this spotlight episode, Tolga shines a light on leadership development journeys with Yang Zhang, a leadership and development coach and facilitator. What are leadership development journeys? What are the different parts of leadership develop...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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40:53
Prakruti Nanda on the neuroscience of trauma
In this episode, Neha talks to long-time friend Prakruti Nanda, a neuroscientist with a particular interest in trauma and its impact on our brains (as well as the rest of our body). Starting from what was the collective trauma of the COVID-19 p...
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1:06:28
Dinesh Saparamadu on Entrepreneurship for societal good
In this episode, host Tolga catches up with Dinesh Saparamadu, founder of the hSenid Group of Companies, whom Tolga worked with during the 2008 global financial crisis. Dinesh has built multiple companies over the years, and he and Tolga discus...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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52:20
Spotlight on Friendship & Business with Joachim Stempfle & Chad Luxenburg
No organization evolves faster than its leaders. In today’s spotlight episode, new host Tolga Mahlke talks to two leaders, Joachim (Joe) Stempfle and Chad Luxenburg, the founders of atrain-scitrain. Their “wild ride” of meeting as teenagers, fo...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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49:02
Neha introduces the new host Tolga
We are happy to announce that we have a new member of the Dropping your armour team: Tolga Mahlke. He will be sharing the host duties with Neha from now on. If you want to know a little more about who is Tolga, we created a short introduction f...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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3:17
Spotlight on Wellness at Work with Holly Pederzolli
Welcome to a spotlight episode on wellness in the workplace. Neha and Holly Pederzolli, a licensed clinical therapist, talk about their own struggles and successes with managing distractions, disconnecting, and dealing with stress so they can w...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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46:44
Patrick Andrews on being a "barefoot" lawyer rethinking corporate structures
In this episode, Neha talks with Patrick Andrews, a lawyer, facilitator, and entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in advising businesses and not-for-profits on their corporate structures and governance. Patrick goes by the description ...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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1:00:56
Brian Stoll on what it means to drop your armour
Welcome to our special end-of-year episode, where Neha talks with past colleague and current professional peer Brian Stoll. Together they reflect on what it means to them to drop your armor – at work, at home, and with friends. As part of this ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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57:17
Spotlight on Buddhism with Maurice Jonquet van Brunschot
In connection to the episode on creating a compassionate world (link), where we briefly touched on the philosophy of Buddhism, this spotlight episode explores this topic further. Today our guest host Joachim Stempfle is talking with Maurice...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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47:09
Dr. Paul Gilbert on creating a compassionate world
Guest host Joachim Stempfle speaks with Compassion Focused Therapy founder Paul Gilbert. Paul shares how his early training and experiences helped him appreciate the importance of compassion and explains how Compassion Focused Therapy is linked...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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59:51
Spotlight on Emotional Agility with Andreia Lungulescu
This is a Spotlight episode, where the goal is to shine a light on certain topics together with an expert and explore it through different lenses. In this episode, we discuss emotional agility: What it is, why it’s important, and how to develop...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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48:37
Maysoun Ramadan on the importance of health
Neha has a moving conversation with Maysoun Ramadan, who has forged a long career in the healthcare industry. In this conversation, Maysoun describes how her values have informed and motivated her life and her work and helped her address her ow...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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46:35
Marie-Louise Howett on the myth of "having it all"
A conversation with Marie-Louise Howett, the Chief Human Resources Officer at Cint. With more than 20 years of experience, Marie-Louise reflects on her career and the choices she made that stretched her out of her comfort zone and have brought ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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50:33
Asma Ahmed on neuro diversity
In this episode, you'll hear the story of Asma Ahmed. She's a clinical psychologist based in Karachi, Pakistan who's an active member of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Welfare Trust. Asma works intensely with children and people with autism and t...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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26:39
Spotlight on Transformation with Joachim Stempfle (Part 2)
Our spotlight episodes aim to provide a deep, comprehensive view of key topics. For our first spotlight episode, Neha talks with Joachim Stempfle about transformation. Bringing together ideas from philosophy, psychology, and business a...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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26:27
Spotlight on Transformation with Joachim Stempfle (Part 1)
Our spotlight episodes aim to provide a deep, comprehensive view of key topics. For our first spotlight episode, Neha talks with Joachim Stempfle about transformation. Bringing together ideas from philosophy, psychology, and business a...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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37:52
Jochen Goeser on agile transformation
In this episode, we hear from Jochen Goeser. With a background in economics, Jochen worked in consulting for many years, where his curiosity for people helped him develop powerful change management solutions. Today, he brings this knowledge and...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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42:48
Julio Maria Muhorro on integrity
In this episode our guest Julio Maria Muhorro, a young entrepreneur from Mozambique and founder of "Sharing Knowledge International" dives together with Neha into the topic "integrity".Following this energizing conversation, you can lea...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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49:51
Mansi Jasuja on a conscious society
In this episode, Neha talks to Mansi Jasuja, a phenomenal person who brings love, joy, humor, and color to everything she does. She is a coach, a mother, an activist, and she brings all of that to her work at
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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48:13
Shruthi Bopaiah on the importance of experience in learning
In this episode, you’ll hear the story of Shruthi Bopaiah. Shruthi is the Head of Client Engagement and Communications at Bridgeweave, an AI fintech company. Previously, she was Global Head of Internal Communication at Infosys, one of the bigge...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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42:39
What is Dropping your armour?
In this short Intro, I will explain what you can expect from the podcast "Dropping your armour".As always please send your feedback to droppingyourarmour@atrain.com Neha
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:29
Timm Urschinger on letting go of control
Timm Urschinger from LiveSciences and Teal Network and talk about control and how it manifests in our lives and leadership. We start by following Timm in his life’s journey and along the way, discuss the manner in which our inner world...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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39:28
Sonja Sinz on Inclusive Leadership
In this episode of Dropping Your Armour, we have with us Sonja Sinz, who is a coach, entrepreneur, a cat mom, and above all, a truly inspiring person who is full of joy and on a mission to make the world more human, creative and sustainable. Sh...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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36:40