On People-First: Leadership Conversations, host Anne Frewin sits down with senior leaders who know what it means to lead well. Each conversation traces how they became the leader they are today, how they show up for their teams and what mistakes have taught them the most along the way. The goal is simple: give other leaders real, lived experience they can learn from and apply in their own work.
Gallup research shows managers account for at least 70% of the variance in a team’s engagement. Managers influence how people show up at work more than any policy, perk, or program. That same influence determines whether a strategic initiative, a new system, a process change, or a growth push, succeeds. Most initiatives don’t fail because the strategy was wrong. They stall because the people responsible for carrying them out don’t have the mindsets and behaviors to lead their teams and empower their employees.
Why should people listen to it? Who is the podcast for?
People-First: Leadership Conversations is for leaders who want to do it better. Each episode features a director-level or higher leader. Listeners get honest, practical stories they can apply to their own teams, not theory or corporate jargon. Whether you are a director, manager, executive or emerging leader, this podcast is for you. It also suits HR and talent professionals and anyone who cares about building a workplace where people want to stay and do their best work.
The quality of leadership is the biggest lever an organization has for retention, performance and culture. Hearing real leaders explain the choices, habits and systems that create engaged teams gives listeners lessons that usually take years to learn firsthand. The show’s promise says it best: Real Leaders. Real Lessons. Engaged Teams.
Featured episode: The Courage to Be Disliked with guest Kaveri Subbarao Nauhaus
In the inaugural episode of People-First: Leadership Conversations, Kaveri Subbarao Nauhaus shares how staying observant, keeping a growth mindset and saying yes shaped her leadership. The conversation covers the courage to be disliked, candid feedback delivered with compassion, accountability without fear, leading change by asking the people closest to the work and why relationships come first. Her advice to leaders: invest in the relationship.
Kaveri is the Chief Executive Officer of Bernstein Shur. It is a New England–headquartered full-service law firm serving clients across the U.S. and internationally. With more than two decades of experience as a lawyer and business executive, she is recognized for combining strategic vision, legal expertise and leadership to drive growth and inspire high-performing teams.
Before joining Bernstein Shur, Kaveri spent eight years as Global Executive Director of Strategic Growth & Litigation Practice at AmLaw 200 firm Clark Hill PLC. In this role, she led initiatives to increase revenue, profitability and practice performance. Her career spans senior leadership roles across law, corporate strategy and marketing. She has been Chief Marketing Officer and Corporate and Media/Entertainment Attorney at Cohen & Grigsby (now Dentons), Chief Strategy Officer and General Counsel at Velocity Broadcasting and Elias/Savion and founder of Gallasia, Inc., where she provided interim executive leadership to global companies. She began her career in marketing at Exxon Mobil.
Kaveri earned her undergraduate degree from Wheaton College, her JD from American University’s Washington College of Law and an Executive Management and Leadership Certificate from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
Biography
Anne Frewin is a speaker, facilitator, founder and Chief Engagement Architect at Employee Centric Leadership, LLC. With more than 15 years implementing Lean principles, Frewin has trained nearly 500 leaders at global organizations like IDEXX, Abbott and ADM, as well as healthcare organizations across the Northeast – seeing firsthand how leadership behaviors shape the environment, for better or worse. Frewin translates that conviction into practice through her proprietary LEAD Mindset Model – Lead with Courage, Embody Trust, Anchor with Clarity and Drive Improvement – giving leaders a clear path from intention to action. She holds dual master’s degrees in healthcare administration and organizational leadership. Leadership behaviors shape the environment. Every moment matters.
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