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Welcome to episode number 8. Today I am talking with Lisa Glassner who has been recommended to me as an inspiring leader by one of her team members. She is someone who doesn’t just talk about mindfulness, she really lives it! Both in the way that she finds habits for her own well-being in a busy working life as well as in the interaction with her team by giving them... View Article

In this episode, I talk with Katja Schleicher, whom I met at a conference many years ago. Katja has been working in TV productions, advertising, PR, corporate communications and has been running her own company for 15 years, working on a pan-european level We talk about:  Recommendations for first-time leaders:  Before even raising your hand in your company that you want to lead a team, go through some thought work by... View Article

In this episode, I talk with Judith Sterl. She is the Head of Marketing and Communications of the German Accelerator. We talk about:  What helped her in her first leadership role: namely thinking about behaviors of  managers she had worked with in the past that she liked and didn’t like in order to developed her own style out of that as well as speaking with more senior colleagues. “Secret codes”... View Article

In this episode, I talk with Nicolas Deville. He is the founder of OfficeBots.io, a completely remote start-up. We talk about:  The art of delegation & being ok with the idea that someone else will do tasks differently  Putting yourself in the shoes of the team members: how would they like to be led, what drives that person, what’s their goal?  Walking meetings – just go out of the office... View Article

In this episode, I am interviewing Johann Remefort. He is the Managing Director at Techstars for the BSH Future Home Accelerator in Munich. We talk about:  Johann’s first leadership experience: during university he was leading a customer support team for people having difficulties connecting to the internet. How he discovered as a techie his strengths in the interaction with people Johann’s company as a founder, Seesmic, where he was leading... View Article

In this episode, I am interviewing Sandra Zemke. She is a former consultant and works at a large DAX company in Germany. We talk about: Her leadership journey from an IT project manager motivating people in a big matrix organisation without a hierarchical responsibility to her first leadership role managing right away 25 team members spread across 3 countries.  Concrete tips for first-time leaders on how to structure your routines... View Article

In this episode, I talk with Sarah Gevirtz, who is an HR director in the high tech industry in Silicon Valley. We talk about: How her first team with less than 5 direct reports gave her the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of how to lead a team and pay attention to the humanness  Her leadership responsibility now with 6 direct reports and more than 20 people in her team... View Article