Shows
Go4LeadershipEP45 - Why drawing a clear vision is so essential for success. Interview with Irina Poddubnaia.Irina is a SAAS founder and a business consultant who specializes in Performance Enhancement and Operations and Processes Optimization. She helps design systems out of the right people, processes, and tools. Through the course of the last few years, she has helped over many small and large companies deliver outstanding results. As an Ecommerce Project manager and scrum coach, she helped ecommerce brands sort their hiring, onboarding, fulfillment, customer support and daily operations workflows. This helped them increase their business velocity and they had more time to only take care of the products Marketing and productivity. Irina ha...
2022-07-1427 min
Go4LeadershipEP44 - Why succession management is key for success. Interview with Brandon Holland.Brandon is a Town Manager in North Carolina by trade, but also the host of the Lead Well Podcast, a college instructor and highly sought after speaker that talks about leadership and motivation. He earned a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Appalachian State University, is an ICMA Credentialed City Manager and member of the John Maxwell Team, and has a burning passion for helping others succeed.
2022-05-1121 min
Go4LeadershipEP43 - Key reasons to taste every moment of your career. Interview with Billy KeelsBefore becoming a real estate entrepreneur, KeePon Cashflow’s founder Billy Keels worked in the corporate world. In fact, he was one of the best “corporate soldiers” you’d ever want to meet.During his corporate career Billy put his leadership and relationship-building skills to good use to help clients get to the root of issues that were holding them back from full success. Billy earned his stripes as a true problem-solver, a skill he carried into his new entrepreneurial life. What made him popular with employers who sent him across the globe to meet with Fort...
2022-05-0423 min
Go4LeadershipEP42 - If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together! Interview with Steven Mac GregorDr. Steven MacGregor is Honorary Professor of Health and Wellbeing at the Glasgow School of Art and External Advisor for McKinsey & Company. He has helped improve the workplace health and sustainable leadership of tens of thousands of professionals worldwide at organisations including Salesforce, Santander, and Telefónica. He is the author of Sustaining Executive Performance and Chief Wellbeing Officer, which is also a podcast and a former national Duathlon Champion (triathlon for bad swimmers) who has trained with Olympic track athletes, Tour de France cyclists, and Ironman champions. His new book, The Daily Reset (www.dailyreset.me) ce...
2022-04-2730 min
Go4LeadershipEP41 - Why perfection is the enemy of execution? Interview with Patrick ParkerPatrick B. Parker is an accomplished Tech Executive turned Founder with domestic and international experience in operations, custom software development, multi channel product distribution, and marketing involving both start-up and growth operations. He has bootstrapped companies he founded to millions ($MM) in ARR and has raised venture capital to build out teams, to refine product features and user experiences, and to execute go-to-market (GTM) strategies. Patrick has built award-winning products and led major growth initiatives in both the public and private sectors. He is a proven operations strategist with a track record of building successful businesses. If you want...
2022-04-2024 min
Go4LeadershipEP40 - Don't be afraid to fail. Interview with Gianpaolo FavaGianpaolo Fava is an International Affairs and Business graduate experienced in leadership, corporate strategy, innovation and customer relations. Committed to nature conservation, sustainability and community service.Currently, he help SAP design and drive it’s transformation strategy in the midmarket segment for innovation and automation.Gian has also a podcast called "Conocimiento Tribal" (Tribal Knowledge) focused on helping Spanish speakers become better leaders by improving their self-management skills and emotional intelligence.Learning from other people/cultures is the cornerstone of his innovation and simplification style. It also allows me to always grow as a...
2022-04-1324 min
Go4LeadershipEP39 - Why to be patient at the beginning of your career? Interview with Markus FellerMarkus Feller has strong leadership skills and in-depth experience in innovation, business transformation and change management. This enables him to easily identify both business and organizational opportunities as well as challenges. He excel at getting buy-in and alignment for these initiatives at all levels and pragmatically transforming them into value-added solutions for customers and the company in due time. Using his extensive network and strong communication skills, he effectively use these success stories to position teams and the company internally and externally.
2022-04-0639 min
Go4LeadershipEP38 - Leadership – What really matters? Interview with Daniel F. PinnowDaniel F. Pinnow is a Pioneer of Systemic Leadership in the German speaking countries and a wellknown Leadership Expert and bestselling Author. He is the Founder & Managing Partner of the Academy of systemic Leadership an was, therefore, more than 15 years the Managing Partner & CEO of the "Akademie für Führungskräfte der Wirtschaft GmbH" in Überlingen and Bad Harzburg, Germany - one of the most famous experts in leadership and management science in German speaking countries.The experienced management trainer and leadership coach has been on the board of directors of the Cognos AG, one of Germa...
2022-03-1634 min
Go4LeadershipEP37 - Reach for the stars but keep your feet on the ground. Interview with Pieter HaasPieter Haas is Board member, Investor and Senior Advisor. Focus on consumer, digital commerce, retail, D2C.His life Philosophy: “Reach for the stars but keep your feet on the ground.”!Pieter Haas is a CEO/Board Member with a proven track record of running, and transforming a large, international retailer into a customer-focused, full online/ multichannel retailer empowering life in the digital world.He is a leader with a visionary, strategic, and "big picture" perspective in combination with a passion for detail and determination to execute. He leads by example based on a br...
2022-03-0929 min
Go4LeadershipEP36 - Leading Beyond Change. Interview with Michael SahotaMichael K Sahota, CEC, is a Thought Leader, Author and Speaker in the Agile Industry. Michael is the co-founder and CEO of SHIFT314 Inc. He has developed a unique IP to unlock success with Agile, Digital, Lean, and other new ways of working.Michael is professionally trained as an Engineer, has published papers on Artificial Intelligence, and M.Sc. in Computer Science. He has always been curious about how to make things work and has shifted this focus over his career from computers and software systems to people and organizational systems. Michael’s re...
2022-01-1926 min
Go4LeadershipEP35 - How to make transformation happen? Interview with Tobias BurkhardtTobias is an entrepreneur by conviction, a teacher by accident, and a creative by heart. He lives and breathes the life of a polymath: Jack of all trades, Master of Learning. Always experimenting with a better version of myself. His curiosity prevents him from having a straight career, forcing him to the Long Way Home. A journey that has taken him from anthropology, through beer and chocolate and politics, up to a world of digital technology and innovation. Only to end up founding a school for people who want to change things for the better. As the wind of...
2022-01-1224 min
Go4LeadershipEP34 - 5 Factors for How We Connect, Communicate, and Get Work Done. Interview with Brandon Carson Brandon Carson is an award-winning, innovative, and highly focused leader with a progressive record of accomplishment in learning strategy and execution. He is the founder of L&D Cares, dedicated to helping L&D professionals flourish and thrive. Also author of "L&D's Playbook for the Digital Age" and "Learning in the Age of Immediacy: 5 Factors for How We Connect, Communicate, and Get Work Done."• Extensive experience developing global talent development strategies • Experienced leadership in global human resource and learning organizations• Experience leading internal and external global teams, both local and remoteBrandon Carson h...
2021-12-2931 min
Go4LeadershipEP33 - Metamorphosis of leadership: Between cooperation and start up. Interview Anselm ZebnerGreat passion for marketing & customer service and product management.Reliable partnership at eye level for the benefit of all involved.Trust through transparency and openness.Give first & empowerment of others. Knowledge becomes more when it is shared.Anselm Zebner worked for 10 years in sales for leading consulting and IT service companies. He has a strong spirit for innovation, acquisition, and organizational improvement.He sold everything that can be sold in IT: software / SAP licenses; Consulting & implementation projects, partial and full scope outsourcing up to data center hardware.He worked with both medium-sized...
2021-12-2222 min
Go4LeadershipEP32 - Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders - Cracking the Leadership Code. Interview with Alain HunkinsALAIN HUNKINS helps high achieving people become high achieving leaders. Over his twenty-year career, Alain has worked with over 2,000 groups of leaders in 25 countries. Clients include Wal-Mart, Pfizer, Citigroup, General Electric, State Farm Insurance, IBM, General Motors, and Microsoft. In addition to being a leadership speaker, consultant, trainer, and coach, Alain is the author of CRACKING THE LEADERSHIP CODE: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders (Wiley, March 2020), which was endorsed by leadership luminaries Jim Kouzes, Barry Posner, and Marshall Goldsmith. A faculty member of Duke Corporate Education, Alain’s writing has been featured in Fast Company, Inc., Forbes, Chief Exe...
2021-12-1525 min
Go4LeadershipEP31 - What the next generation expects from organisational development, future leaders and new work. Interview with Stephanie LindnerStephanie Lindner advises and supports teams and organizations in the areas of change management, innovation, and leadership. Current projects include Promotion of organizational innovation through collaboration and idea management workshops, conception and moderation of a management conference with a focus on modern leadership skills and mindset, the conception of a management development program for board members, and promotion of organizational change through employee surveys and their follow-up processes.
2021-12-0824 min
Go4LeadershipEP30 - How Oracle is transforming to innovate faster and adapt in an ever-changing world. Interview with Stefanie KempStefanie Kemp has been Country Leader Germany at Oracle since June 2020.Before joining Oracle, Stefanie held various positions as Vice President forBusiness Transformation and Digitization. In her 30-year IT career, she alsoheld CIO positions at RWE and the Vorwerk Group. She was named CIO of theyear and received the Global Exchange Award. In addition to her role atOracle, she sits on various committees, including as a member of thenon-executive committee at eco - Association of the Internet Industry. Shealso advocates more femininity in information technology and in leadershippositions. She is particularly proud of the "Ladies in Tech" special awardfor her...
2021-07-2135 min
Go4LeadershipEP29 - Develop Today’s Team for Tomorrow’s World of Work. Interview with Eric ShepherdEric Shepherd is an accomplished leader of international businesses and associations focused on talent, assessments, and success. Eric recently stepped away from a CEO role where he worked to build a SaaS company into a multi-million-dollar international assessment software business. Eric has also led industry and standards initiatives to promote best practices for assessments, learning, and interoperability. He currently serves as Chair of the IEEE P1484.20.2 working group developing Recommended Practice for Defining Competencies. Eric has previously served on Boards and working groups for:HR Open Standards that defines interoperability standards for HR technology.Association of Test Publishers and the...
2021-07-0723 min
Go4LeadershipEP28 - Igniting the agile journey. Interview with Daniel FriedmannAs an agile practitioner, coach, and expert speaker, Daniel inspires & supports organizations to implement agile working methods and to foster a more user-centric and agile working style. By pioneering the application of agile working methods in product & service development as Business Owner of an “intrapreneur” team at Bosch, he became an agile enthusiast striving for change of corporate mindset and leadership style. Daniel has a variety of working experiences in the agile arena:Ensuring user-centricity by applying agile methods like Design Thinking, Lean Start-Up, Scrum & Kanban. Furthermore, implementing scaled agile frameworks in corporate organizations and excelling daily operations by building & coac...
2021-06-3033 min
Go4LeadershipEP27 - Executive Ownershift, Creating Highly Effective Leadership Teams. Interview with Dan NorenbergAs an executive advisor, coach, and consultant, Dan Norenberg designs and delivers growth experiences for executive teams that improve leadership performance and organizational results through a transformative process called Executive Ownershift®.From his experience, most executive teams are a collection of highly talented and experienced leaders, yet very few of these teams perform at their best.When leadership teams don’t play at their best, it puts their entire company at risk.His work starts with the executive leadership team because they are the moral and performance barometer for the whole company. When leaders truly want to change and improve the...
2021-06-2333 min
Go4LeadershipEP26 - Start with why the agile transformation. Interview with Thomas JuliThomas is a Human Business Architect and coach for Agile business and project transformation with more than 25 years of experience in various industries. He is the founder and curator of Motivate2B and currently accompanying Allianz Germany as an Agile Transformation Coach. His motivation and goal are to help human business become the new global normal by 2030.His latest book 'Human Business' was published in German by Haufe Verlag in November 2020. A copy of the English manuscript is available upon request and in return for feedback. He also authored 'Leadership Principles for Project Success' (CRC Press, New York, 2011).He is...
2021-06-0935 min
Go4LeadershipEP25 - The magic of recruiting - How to find the perfect match. Interview with Antje Welzandt- 25 years of recruiting experience, hands-on and strategic as a decision makerConducted and trained - 10,000 end of job interviews, completed thousands of career counseling hours- international and intercultural experience- Experience as an external headhunter and internal lead recruiter and regional recruiting head- Recruiting established as a business partner model, markets and candidate pipelines built- worked in and with start-ups, SMEs and international corporations- Knowledge of trends and markets in recruiting- Industry focus: software & technology, consulting, automotive, mechanical engineering
2021-06-0235 min
Go4LeadershipEP24 - Leading to Learn. People Centered Practices to Develop a Culture of Learning. Interview with Katie AndersonKatie Anderson is an internationally recognized leadership coach, consultant, speaker, and author of the bestselling book Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Lessons from Toyota Leader Isao Yoshino on a Lifetime of Continuous Learning, Katie has over 20 years of expertise in developing people-centered learning cultures across a range of industries and is best known for inspiring individuals to live and lead with intention. She has worked with leaders of organizations such as Roche, Facebook, Toyota and regularly keynotes international events. Katie received her BA with honors from Stanford University and a Masters of Philosophy in public health from Sydney University...
2021-05-2624 min
Go4LeadershipEP23 - Connecting you to your infinite source of wisdom, resilience and creativity.Interview with Peter GriffithsPeter is a leadership coach, creativity and innovation consultant, co-founder of the Mind Takeaway, and co-host of the Mind Takeaway podcast. Peter is committed to helping individuals, teams, and organizations embrace originality, realise their creative potential, and adopt a human-centric approach to organisational leadership. Over the last two decades, Peter has served as a people manager for large-scale organizations around the world, including Orange Telecom in the United Kingdom and Zurich International Life in the United Arab Emirates. He is also a Certified Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner and Certified CLARITY Coach. Throughout his career, Peter has discovered how to maximize...
2021-05-1938 min
Go4LeadershipEP22 - Personal growth and how it impacts your influence as a leader. Interview with Lou Everett and Sherri McManusLou Everett and Sherri McManus of The Lou Everett Group are known for their highly effective coaching, teaching, and speaking on the importance of personal growth and how it impacts our Influence as a Leader. With more than four decades of combined experience in training, coaching, and leadership, they also have received training and mentoring from well-known and successful coaches and teachers from the likes of Tony Robbins, Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, John Maxwell, Jack Canfield, Paul Martinelli, and are Certified Leadership Coaches and Corporate Trainers.
2021-05-1227 min
Go4LeadershipEP21 - Stop Managing, Start Leading - Leadership Reinvented. Interview with Hamza KhanHamza Khan is a multi-award winning marketer & entrepreneur. He’s the Managing Director of Student Life Network, Canada’s most comprehensive resource hub dedicated to helping and empowering millions of students across the country. He co-founded both Splash Effect, a boutique marketing & creative agency, as well as SkillsCamp, a soft skills training company. He is an instructor at Seneca College and Ryerson University, teaching courses on digital marketing and social media. Through his consulting, writing, teaching and speaking, Hamza empowers people and businesses to transform ideas into action.
2021-05-0524 min
Go4LeadershipEP20 - Why building up a network is essential for any leadership path. Interview with Matthias ReuterMatthias Reuter was appointed as the Head of Leadership Excellence in April 2019. Responsibilities include developing enterprise level leaders and transforming leadership to master digital transformation. Over the last 3 years Matthias was the Global Learning and Transformation Manager at Siemens in the lead for learning consulting and solutionsco-creating digital capability building across the company. Prior he was holding various positions in corporate learning, people and organizational development leading large scale rollouts and innovative learning architectures. Before he started at Siemens as a management consultant Matthias gained more than 5y of professional experience in Sales, Marketing and Service Business. While still at...
2021-04-2829 min
Go4LeadershipEP19 - The power of resilience leadership. Interview witth Dr. Taryn StejskalDr. Taryn Marie is the #1 Resilience and Leadership expert, for both leadership and life. She is the former Head of Executive Leadership Development at Nike, Global Leadership Development at Cigna, and founded Resilience Leadership Institute, where she serves as the Chief Resilience Officer (CRO).Leveraging over a decade of research on resilience, Dr. Taryn Marie gave birth to the empirically-based framework, The Five Practices of Particularly Resilient People, for executive coaching, top-team effectiveness, high potential leadership programs and workshops, and inspirational keynote addresses.Dr. Taryn Marie is a sought-after coach for executives, athletes, musicians, students, and actors who are looking...
2021-04-2136 min
Go4LeadershipEP18 - A WANT Culture and business ethics will pay off. Interview with Heribert SchmitzProf. Dipl.-Ing. Heribert SchmitzExecutive Leadership ConsultingHonorary Professor Hochschule Furtwangen University Adjunct Professor Northwest University Xi'an ChinaMember of several Advisory Boardsformer Vice President of Hewlett-Packard Corporation and Chairman of the Management Board and later of the Supervisory Board Hewlett-Packard in Germany former Vice President and Member of the Executive Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in GermanyHis main subjects and concerns are around Leadership, Corporate - Culture, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility and it's influnce on the motivation of the workforces and on the competiveness of companies and the societies with regard to performance, flexibility and innovation.He...
2021-04-1429 min
Go4LeadershipEP17 - 8 Paradoxes of Leadership Agility: How to Lead and Inspire in the Real World. Interview with Chuen Chuen YeoChuen Chuen is a multi-award-winning leadership coach and strategic partner for numerous Fortune 500 company leaders. She firmly believes that executives can accelerate their leadership growth by developing an agile mindset to reach their highest potential. I’m thrilled to welcome Chuen Chuen to today’s Go4Leadership Podcast.
2021-04-0729 min
Go4LeadershipEP16 - Why you should start asking questions? Interview with Frank CarbajalFrank Carbajal is Founder and President of EsTiempo and coauthor of Building the Latino Future: Success Stories for the Next Generation. An inspiring collection of success stories from the country’s most prominent Latinos, Building the Latino Future offers insight and advice for Latinos in any industry who want to succeed spectacularly.Frank was a part of the Ken Blanchard network of keynote speakers. Frank Carbajal also provides small business owners, CEOs, executives, managers and directors, with the framework and tools necessary to achieve their personal best.Frank holds an MA, with an emphasis in Human Resources Management. Currently, Frank is...
2021-03-2419 min
Go4LeadershipEP15 - How to get the things done and why you should love your community. Interview with Blair SheppardBlair Sheppard joined PwC in 2012 as Global Leader, Strategy and Leadership. Blair leads the team that is responsible for articulating PwC’s global strategy across 158 countries and the development of the current and next generation of PwC leaders. He is also Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Blair spent the majority of his career at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. During his tenure, Blair held several roles, including Associate Dean for Executive Education, during which Fuqua created one of the world’s first blended degrees, the Global Executive MBA, and founding CEO an...
2021-03-1742 min
Go4LeadershipEP14 - Why it is essential to listen to your team and walk the talk? Interview with Tim SchütteTim Schütte has a strong commercial and strategic background, which he acquired at companies such as Sennheiser, Microsoft, and most recently at Compart AG as Chief Global Sales Manager. He has extensive management experience in software, technical and service-related companies and a broad range of proven successes as a part of growing companies. I’m thrilled to welcome Tim to today’s Go4Leadership Podcast.
2021-03-1023 min
Go4LeadershipEP13 - Leading by example is the key to success. Interview with Karsten KollatI’m thrilled to welcome Karsten to today’s Go4Leadership Podcast.
2021-03-0323 min
Go4LeadershipEP12 - Leadership starts with self-leadership and awareness. Interview with Brit B. GrossSHARE EXPERIENCE - CONSULT SUCCESSFULLYBrit has been advising companies and executives on communication and change management since 2004. As a coach and trainer, she set impulses for successful and sustainable change in medium-sized and international companies.These strengths support her:Positive attitude ... which has determined my interest in people for more than 40 years.Good listening ... which often picks up nuances and the unsaid.Critical view ... that recognizes often hidden resources and higher-level relationships.Linguistic skill ... with which I get to the heart of things and make complex issues understandable.Special training and further education ... which are a solid basis for my...
2021-02-2324 min
Go4LeadershipEP11 - How to become a reflected leader with Sven Krüger [Interview]I’m thrilled to welcome Sven to today’s Go4Leadership Podcast.
2021-02-1626 min
Go4LeadershipEP10 - Increasing your productivity, innovation and body language with Brian McCarthy [Interview]I’m thrilled to welcome in today’s Go4Leadership Podcast Brian McCarthy.Link to Brians Website:https://www.performing-ideas.com/blog/audienceanalysis
2021-02-0240 min
Go4LeadershipEP09 - What you can learn from military for your leadership development with Zoe Dunning [Interview]I’m thrilled to welcome in today’s Go4Leadership Podcast Zoe Dunning.
2021-01-2025 min
Go4LeadershipEP08 - Mastering your business with Manuj Aggarwal [Interview]I’m thrilled to welcome in today’s Go4Leadership Podcast Manuj Aggarwal.
2021-01-0721 min
Go4LeadershipEP07 - Interview with the leadership whisperer Constanze Holzwarth [Interview]I’m thrilled to welcome in today’s Go4Leadership Podcast Dr. Constanze Holzwarth. Constanze is a well-known Executive Consultant, Trainer, and Coach and a very experienced Executive whisperer. Constanze was studying Physiology in Regensburg Germany and kicking off her career. She worked 6 years as a Psychotherapist before she came Consultant, Trainer, and Coach for the Senior Executives of Siemens. After 10 years of gaining deep experiences of leaders, she started her independent She deals with all topics around • Leadership Consulting • Coaching & Online-Coaching • Workshop-Moderation • Keynote Speaking And I feel very honored and privileged to have her today in the show to ask her abou...
2020-11-1919 min
Go4LeadershipEP06 - How to become a sales legend with Ideval A. Crespo Munhoz [Interview]I’m thrilled to welcome in today’s Go4Leadership Podcast Ideval Munhoz.Ideval is a well-known Executive Leader in Brazil and a very unique Sales Leader. He has a demonstrated track record of leading successful sales teams and organizations following a customer-focused approach. Ideval has tremendous communication skills as he is communicating with a lot of different people on a national and international basis.Ideval is a visionary leader and oversees the development of the and market and future solutions that clients desperately need. We both have travelled the world and worked side by side. I feel personally very priv...
2020-11-0420 min
Go4LeadershipEP05 - How to become a leader with Federico Casas-Alatriste [Interview]Our guest today in the Go4Leadership Podcast is Federico Casas-Alatriste. Federico is a sought-after speaker, legendary it executive, and father of many impressive profitable growth strategies. Federico was born in Mexico and after studying Business Administration and Industrial Relations he kicked off his career within the family business.Since 1992 he holds several Executive Positions for example in IBM, PWC and Coopers & Lybrand before he became Managing Director of T-Systems.Federico’s role as Managing Director of a global IT company with more than 1000 people making more than 50m€ in revenue was outstanding. He was the mastermind behind one of the...
2020-10-2219 min
Go4LeadershipEP04 - Leadership is a journey to help those around us rise [Tools]Leadership is a journey to help those around us rise. But how to embrace change?1. Learn something new every day2. Take small steps; small steps, BIG impact3. Be adaptable
2020-10-0504 min
Go4LeadershipEP03 - How to handle failures [Tools]How to handle failures? Why are failures a big opportunity? How can we start with simple actions?
2020-10-0503 min
Go4LeadershipEP02 - How to overcome lack of Leadership & Accountability (Ford Example) [Tools]How to overcome lack of Leadership & Accountability (Example of Ford)
2020-10-0506 min
Go4LeadershipEP01 - Richard Brandson - Losing my Virginity [Books]Hello and welcome to the Go4Leadership podcast. Today with a Go4Leadership Book Review. My Name is Daniel and today I will let you know about my learnings from the book “Losing My Virginity” by Richard Branson.•Book: 608 pages•Published: Virgin Books (7. Mai 2009)•Language: EnglischIn the Podcast, you will get information about(1)The Author Sir Richard Branson(2)A short book summary(3)The Plot and my Learnings
2020-10-0514 min
Go4LeadershipIntroducing The Go4Leadership PodcastWelcome to the Go4Leadership podcast, where your hosts Daniel Delank and Gerd Halfwassen interview leaders to learn their tips, systems, and insights how to became the leader they are today. Additionally there will be powerful tools and methods introduced combined with insights from relevant business books. In episode 0, Daniel and Gerd discusses why they started the Go4Leadership podcast & what you can expect to get from it.
2020-09-0609 min