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The Mindful Leadership Podcast with Shahana BanerjeeAuthor: Just Human Leadership Advisors
What makes a great leader? Think of the best leader youve ever had. What makes them so memorable to you? What did they do? Did they believe in you before you even believed in yourself? Did they take a chance on you when you werent ready yet? Want to know why they did it? We dig into the why through deeply personal stories of great leaders who: Are Powered by their Purpose, Anchored in their Authenticity and Connect who they are to how they lead in good times and bad, at crossroads and crises who Challenge status quo & existing paradigms and Do different things ... differently Language: en Genres: Business, Management Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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S3e04 Building Better Leaders with Jonathan Kirschner
Episode 4
Friday, 31 October, 2025
This episode is a mega dose of inspiration with Jonathan Kirschner, Founder & CEO of AIIR Consulting and AIIR analytics, a kindred spirit, fellow podcaster, coach, hockey champ and psychology buff. He is on a mission to make the world a bit better through leadership excellence. In this episode, we dig into the power of value based leadership, why leaders lose their way and so much more:✅ How he overcame a ‘learning disability’ and went from “the kid least likely to be CEO” to building a company that helps thousands of leaders grow ✅ How his personal challenge became a goal, … and the goal became his Purpose✅ How his art teacher’s unique blend of support and challenge shaped his leadership ✅ His WHY for founding AIIR in grad school ✅ Case : This leaders’ career is stalling. He just doesn’t know it yet. He tries harder and harder, but nothing is working… Is it his skills, his values or his cognitive schema? A truly insightful story.✅ Case : This leader brings an overwhelming sense of urgency and depth of expertise to engineer a transformation. But he fails. Why? What did he need to do differently? Another insightful story.✅ What is one question that can help a leader who has lost their way, but doesn’t know it yet?✅ A leadership lesson he learnt the hard way✅ His impact✅ A very fun Rapid Fire‼️ Think Jonathan is the one who brought the 🔥 ‼️You won’t want to miss this‼️About Jonathan Kirschner:Jonathan Kirschner, Psy.D. Jonathan Kirschner is the Founder and CEO of AIIR Consulting, a global business psychology firm, and AIIR Analytics, a leadership assessment and analytics organization. Both companies help organizations outperform through exceptional leadership. Jonathan developed the AIIR® coaching methodology, numerous assessment tools, and AIIR's Coaching Zone® technology platform. In addition to his role as CEO, he is an executive coach for CEOs, author, and he regularly speaks, researches, podcasts, and writes on the topic of leadership. Jonathan holds a BA in Psychology and Religion from NYU and a Doctorate in Clinical and Business Psychology from Widener University.About Shahana Banerjee:Shahana is a Strategic Advisor, Certified Executive Coach and member of the elite Forbes Coaches Council. She helps leaders navigate through challenging points of inflection in their business, in their teams, their careers and their own leadership journey. Setup a 30 minute free intro call with her at https://justhuman.ioLearn more about our executive coaching services at https://justhuman.io/coaching/About Just Human:Just Human (a boutique people consulting firm) is a growth accelerator for our clients. With over 5 decades of global HR experience, we partner with clients to maximize business results through human centered, ecosystem based people solutions. Visit us at https://justhuman.io/
