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144: Middle Managers, Maximum Impact, with Natasha Kehimkar
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Resilience isn’t a solo grind or a wellness checklist—it’s a system that lives in people, teams, and the way an organization actually works under pressure.
We sit down with strategic advisor and executive team coach Natasha Kehimkar to reframe resilience as connection. When pressure spikes, leaders often go inward—exactly when community and connection matter most.
Natasha explains why belonging is a performance driver, how isolation quietly erodes collaboration and trust, and organizational resilience.
Most corporate playbooks cover finance, IT, and safety, but skip the messy middle where strategy fails: people. Natasha lays out the building blocks—aligned leadership behaviors, psychological safety, and shared learning frameworks—and makes a compelling case for investing in middle managers. This is your core, the layer that translates direction into daily action and carries most employees through change. We break down why training alone rarely sticks, how to scaffold learning with real scenarios and feedback, and ways to turn off‑the‑shelf content into habits that fit your context.
If you care about engagement, delivery speed, and reputation, you need a resilience strategy that goes beyond slogans. Walk away with a clearer blueprint for connection, alignment, and practical leadership development that strengthens your culture without soft‑pedaling performance.
Natasha Kehimkar is a strategic advisor, executive team coach, and organizational transformation expert. Natasha and her team at Malida Advisors enable leaders and organizations to level up and thrive, address unhealthy friction, and drive transformation through expert coaching, inclusive leadership, and high-impact people strategies.
You can learn more about Natasha on LinkedIn.
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Chapters
1. Framing Resilience & Personal Backstory (00:00:00)
2. Reflecting, Learning, and the Lemon Analogy (00:05:43)
3. Introducing the Resilience at Work Model (00:07:48)
4. Connection, Community, and Leader Isolation (00:10:58)
5. Vulnerability, Safety, and Trust Erosion (00:15:08)
6. Purpose, Values, and Self-Knowledge (00:19:08)
7. Mindset, Meaning, and Safer Self-Disclosure (00:22:48)
8. Assessments as Low-Risk Dialogue Tools (00:25:48)
9. Team Dynamics and Assumption-Busting (00:28:58)
10. Defining Organizational vs. Team Resilience (00:30:48)
11. The Core: Why Middle Managers Matter (00:33:18)
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