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Shar Banerjee | ACCESS+ Leaders Inc.

Intentional hyper growth for leaders & their teams

High-performance growth coach & trainer 💙 | The ultimate hub for revenue leaders & their teams 🚀 | Side effects include teams that brag & organizational WOW 😮 | Host of Books That Built Me – a podcast for leaders 🎒

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This Thanksgiving, think Ship.

Mika, my client's, father was a ship captain. Every time the ship left the port, he gathered the entire crew. Not just the officers. Not just the decision-makers or the crew alone. Everyone. He told them three things, every single time: Here is where we’re going Here is what we’re doing And here is the part you play Simple. Ritualized. Consistent. “My dad wanted everyone on that ship to feel the mission, not just know it.” That was the moment she realized why her own Tuesday team meetings...

2 days ago • 2 min read

There is a moment in every leadership journey that no one warns you about. Not the promotion. Not the bigger title. Not the team growth. It is the moment someone who used to manage you now wants to work for you. That is where Mira found herself. A new opportunity opened, she was stepping into a bigger role, and suddenly her former manager, Elin, reached out. Warm. Supportive. Genuinely excited. "I would love to work with you again," she said. On paper it looked ideal. In Mira's stomach it...

9 days ago • 2 min read

You finally delegate something .... but then it boomerangs back.Half-finished. Kind of right. Needs more work. And kills the time you thought you saved. That’s when most leaders quietly mutter the words that kill growth: “It’s faster if I just do it myself.” The "delegation" trap When Al, a leader I coach, took on a bigger team, he promised himself he’d stop doing everything.“Lead more, do less,” he told me. Annnd it lasted about a week. Soon his calendar was an hour-by-hour obstacle...

17 days ago • 1 min read

Most career conversations are awkward, uninspiring, and end with vague promises nobody remembers. We’ve all been there ... sitting across from a well-meaning leader as they ask: “So, where do you see yourself in five years?” Eye roll. Most people don’t know where they’ll be in five months, let alone five years. And even if they do know, they’re not about to say it in case it doesn’t line up with what the company wants to hear. That question is outdated. It’s lazy. And it kills energy instead...

24 days ago • 2 min read

Most career coaching conversations start the same way: 👉 “I want more.”More recognition.A better title. Better pay. A promotion that finally matches the effort. But here’s the twist: when I ask, “What about the invisible promotion you’ve already given yourself?” … I usually get crickets. Because here’s the truth: before you ever get the official title, you have to live into the invisible one. You have to be playing the part before you get the part. It’s the audition before the casting. The...

about 1 month ago • 2 min read

You want: bigger thinking fresh ideas your team to unlock that untapped creative edge There’s just one thing standing in the way: your need for a plan. Because creativity and control don’t hold hands. You can’t chase originality while demanding guarantees. You can’t build something bold while clinging to what’s proven. One leader I recently coached nailed it in a single line: “If I’m trying to be original, I have to stop trying to be right.” BINGO. Your brain loves certainty (even when it's...

about 1 month ago • 1 min read

Loneliness has a sound.It’s not silence. It’s the echo. You speak, but no one answers back.You build, but no one’s built it before.You lead, but no one’s walked ahead. That’s what it feels like to be first.Not just first as a founder, but first in your family, first in your role, first to stitch together something no one else has made before. And here’s the kicker: science says your brain knows it, too. Loneliness doesn’t just feel heavy, it registers in the body as real pain. MRI studies...

about 2 months ago • 2 min read

You’re not failing. But you’re not fired up either. Your calendar’s packed. Your team’s steady. You’re respected, maybe even envied from the outside. And yet, something feels… beige. A little too smooth. A little too still. Like a pond with no ripples. Here’s what’s happening: you’re not in crisis but you’re also not in creation. Are you a thermostat, or a thermometer? Most leaders end up in what psychologists call "default mode" - the mental state our brains enter when we're not focused on...

about 2 months ago • 2 min read

Hollywood has a nasty habit: typecasting. Once you’ve played “quirky best friend” or “action hero #7,” that’s all directors see you as.It’s why Bryan Cranston spent years as the goofy dad in Malcolm in the Middle before shocking everyone as Walter White.Or why nobody saw Heath Ledger’s Joker coming - because in their heads, he was still the sweet guy from 10 Things I Hate About You. We all get typecast. Not just in movies. At work. You’ve grown. You’ve leveled up. You’ve taken on more risk,...

2 months ago • 1 min read

I’ve got a client who’s incredible under pressure. He’ll admit it, too. He doesn’t move until a deadline is bearing down like a freight train. Then? Boom. Focus. Decisions. Execution. A hero in the final hour. Sound familiar? He’s not lazy. He’s addicted to urgency. And honestly? It works. Think about every action movie ever. The hero doesn’t save the day three weeks in advance. They dismantle the bomb at 00:01. They cross the finish line just in time. That’s the drama. That’s the win. And...

2 months ago • 2 min read