‘Ask Me Anything’ with Tushar Sharan

In this episode of the Ask Me Anything series, Tushar Sharan, Senior Vice President of Service Delivery for Jamaica and Colombia at HGS, shares candid insights about leadership beyond the boardroom. He explores his personal and professional mantras, values teamwork, and discusses how singing helps him unwind and manage stress. The episode offers a unique glimpse into the human side of leadership and balancing life with purpose.

What You’ll Learn 

The superpower Tushar wishes he had: the ability to read minds to better understand true thoughts and intentions behind words.

His personal mantra "live and let live" and professional mantra "I fail and we succeed," emphasizing humility, teamwork, and collective success.

How singing serves as an essential stress buster and helps maintain balance in his daily life.

Insights on leading with purpose and fostering collaboration and resilience within teams.

Inspiration to embrace vulnerability and empathy as key components of effective leadership

Transcript  

Unknown Speaker A: Welcome HGS listeners. We are back with another exciting episode in our brand new series, Ask Me Anything, where we invite our leaders for conversations beyond the boardroom and daily work. In this episode, we are chatting with Tushar Sharan, Senior Vice President of Service Delivery for Jamaica and Colombia at HGS. With his unique blend of strategic leadership and commitment to finding balance in everyday life, Tushar shares valuable insights on leading with purpose. Ready to dive in? Let's get to the chat.

Unknown Speaker B: If you could have one superpower, what would it be and why?

Tushar Sharan: The one superpower that I would like to have is to be able to read minds. And I believe there isn't anything more powerful than to be able to read the minds of people that you're talking to or people around you—to be able to find out what exactly they're thinking, what is behind what they are saying. So I think that's a superpower that I would definitely love to have.

Unknown Speaker B: What's the one mantra you live by?

Tushar Sharan: Yeah, so I have one mantra each for my personal and my professional life. On the personal front, I think my mantra is to live and let live. On the professional side, I believe in "I fail and we succeed," and I often say that to my team members, that unless it's a team, we can't succeed. So I fail and we succeed.

Unknown Speaker B: What do you do to unwind over the weekends?

Tushar Sharan: Yeah, so one of my hobbies is singing, and there isn't a bigger stress buster for me. Music itself is a huge stress buster for me. So to be able to sing songs that I like—I think that's something that I do to unwind. I also do it on weekdays at times when I've had a not too bad, not too good a day. So yeah, singing is something I do to unwind.

[The episode ends with Tushar singing a couple of lines from an Elvis Presley song.]

Unknown Speaker A: That’s it for today. We hope you enjoyed this episode and took away some valuable insights from our leader. Stay tuned for more episodes in our Ask Me Anything series where we dive deeper into the lives and leadership journeys of more inspiring HGS leaders. Thank you for tuning in. Don't forget to follow HGS on Spotify for more exciting and insightful conversations with the minds shaping our future.