In this episode of the Leaders in Talent Podcast, Adriaan Kolff sits down with Yasar Ahmad, one of the most influential voices in global recruitment, for a deep, unfiltered conversation on what actually builds high-performance teams and scalable companies.

This is not theory. It’s real leadership under pressure, from bootstrapping and crisis management to culture design, candidate experience, and decision-making frameworks that scale.

If you lead people, build companies, or hire talent, this episode is your operating manual.

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01:22 Introduction: Yasar Ahmad and the conversation ahead

02:27 Entrepreneurship, anxiety, and the early years of building a company

08:23 Radical transparency and the hardest l ...