Leadership Made Easy

Here you'll find the shownotes: https://www.berndgeropp.com/episode015 Learn how to recognize and avoid the top 10 of the most common mistakes made by leaders and managers in small companies as well as in the corporate world. We already spoke about the first five of them. In this episode we talk about the other five mistakes, you need to avoid: Acting unfairly and unjustly! Not standing by your word! Only trusting numbers, data and facts! Demand zero mistakes! Giving employees no opportunities to develop! Are you ready to become the leader you've always wanted to be? Subscribe to my leadership community of likeminded leaders and managers and get regular advice, tips and inspiration. Just go to berndgeropp.com/subscribe

Here you'll find the shownotes: https://www.berndgeropp.com/episode014 Learn how to recognize and avoid the top 10 of the most common mistakes made by leaders and managers in small companies as well as in the corporate world. In this episode we start with the five of them: Avoiding making decisions Being not engaged or committed Not listening Micromanaging A conceited view of yourself Are you ready to become the leader you've always wanted to be? Subscribe to my leadership community of likeminded leaders and managers and get regular advice, tips and inspiration. Just go to berndgeropp.com/subscribe

Here you'll find the shownotes: https://www.berndgeropp.com/episode013 With Jill Schiefelbein I talk about the biggest mistakes which happen when people give feedback in the workplace. Our topics today: How can managers successfully criticese without being rude or offending? How can they still make a clear statement? What do you need to take care of when doing a formal performance review? How can an employee criticise his or her boss without hurting the relationship? Are you ready to become the leader you've always wanted to be? Subscribe to my leadership community of likeminded leaders and managers and get regular advice, tips and inspiration. Just go to berndgeropp.com/subscribe

Here you'll find the shownotes: https://www.berndgeropp.com/episode012 As a manager, you need to know how to give feedback. It's your job to help your employees to develop and to improve. They need constructive feedback for this – both positive and negative. Our topics today: Formulate Feedback in an „I" statement Give Feedback, especially criticism, preferably in privat. Make it specific and contructive. Don't give too much feedback at once. Give feedback promptly, but only if the other person is open to it. Are you ready to become the leader you've always wanted to be? Subscribe to my leadership community of likeminded leaders and managers and get regular advice, tips and inspiration. Just go to berndgeropp.com/subscribe

Here you'll find the shownotes: https://www.berndgeropp.com/episode011 Self awareness is most important for a good leader. Having the ability to recognize what you are good at and where you're not so good at is crucial. Today I interview Jessica Pettitt about this topic. Our topics today: What is Self Awareness? How can we become more self aware? How can we build high performing teams? Are you ready to become the leader you've always wanted to be? Subscribe to my leadership community of likeminded leaders and managers and get regular advice, tips and inspiration. Just go to berndgeropp.com/subscribe

Here you'll find the shownotes: https://www.berndgeropp.com/episode010 How can you make a clear statement without hurting people's feelings? Take care that you appreciate good work, but tell clearly what needs to be improved. Our topics today: What you need to avoid when giving feedback. Why feedback purely focused on respect is not enough. How helpful feedback really sounds. Are you ready to become the leader you've always wanted to be? Subscribe to my leadership community of likeminded leaders and managers and get regular advice, tips and inspiration. Just go to berndgeropp.com/subscribe

Here you'll find the shownotes: https://www.berndgeropp.com/episode009 Today we talk about the image of leadership. How can you develop your professional imprint and become the leader that you deserve to be? I invited the expert on this topic for an interview: Sylvie di Giusto Our Topics today: What can you do to make a great first impression as a person and especially as a leader? What is the "A-B-C-D" of your imprint? There is no "one size fits all" formula and no typical dress code anymore. So, what can you do? Are you ready to become the leader you've always wanted to be? Subscribe to my leadership community of likeminded leaders and managers and get regular advice, tips and inspiration. Just go to berndgeropp.com/subscribe

Here you'll find the shownotes: https://www.berndgeropp.com/episode008 Variable compensation is often referred to as performance based salary or performance related pay. What is the underlying idea behind it? Does it really work? Well, it depends... Our Topics today: Does performance based bonus work for small companies? What are the objectives of performance based payments? How compensations structures in big companies look like. Objective discussions turn into income negotiations. When can bonus systems be useful? Are you ready to become the leader you've always wanted to be? Subscribe to my leadership community of likeminded leaders and managers and get regular advice, tips and inspiration. Just go to berndgeropp.com/subscribe

Here you'll find the shownotes: https://www.berndgeropp.com/episode007 As a manager you impact the employee motivation and employee commitment in your company – but in ways other than what you may think... Our Topics today: Can you buy employee motivation? The crux with bonus payments. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. 5 points to get motivated employees. Are you ready to become the leader you've always wanted to be? Subscribe to my leadership community of likeminded leaders and managers and get regular advice, tips and inspiration. Just go to berndgeropp.com/subscribe

Here you'll find the shownotes: https://www.berndgeropp.com/episode006 What's needed to create a vision statement and what's needed for the vision to work?I'll give you 5 crucial points which make a great business vision. Our Topic today: In the previous episode we spoke about why you should have a true business vision. Today we'll focus on what makes a great business vision and what's needed for the vision to work successfully. Are you ready to become the leader you've always wanted to be? Subscribe to my leadership community of likeminded leaders and managers and get regular advice, tips and inspiration. Just go to berndgeropp.com/subscribe