LME028 - What do you wish you knew, before becoming a successful leader?

Today I talk with Mike Ashie from the YouTube channel: "Leadership with Mike" about tips for first-time managers. Find his YouTube channel Leadership with Mike here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX_oT8liQty9EL7ZJVpz3RA Find the Shownotes here: https://www.berndgeropp.com/tips-for-first-time-managers-with-mike-ashie

When I founded my first company, a high-tech start-up, together with a partner more than 25 years ago, I had a completely wrong idea of ​​managing people. In this post, I'll talk about how I learned to delegate and give you tips on how you can learn it, too. Find the shownotes here: https://www.berndgeropp.com/how-i-learned-to-delegate/ If you'd like to watch the video, check it out here: https://youtu.be/y1PJpAMeuyg Subscribe to my leadership impulses here: https://www.berndgeropp.com/subscribe/  

A manager always works in a sandwich position. I explain my struggles with it and why I decided to leave the corporate world more than 10 years ago. Shownotes: berndgeropp.com/quit-job Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/QnTTgi1nPSs

One-one-one meetings create trust: Why do you need them? What do you actually talk about and how often should you do one-on-ones? Shownotes: https://www.berndgeropp.com/one-on-one-meetings Video: https://youtu.be/QPsUBZsCFps

When you are new in your manager role, you surely don’t want to make any unnecessary mistakes, don’t you? You want to become a good manager. To meet the challenges of your new role, I will give you my five best practical tips to become a good leader. You'# find the shownotes here: https://berndgeropp.com/episode030 If you like to watch the highly entertaining YouTube-video-version, click here: https://youtu.be/_wlwpSXVfp0

Goal setting with employees is not easy. How can you be successful with it? Here are my 5 most important tips you should know! Find the Shownotes here: berndgeropp.com/set-goals-with-employees  

Today I invited 5 leaders with different backgrounds. I wanted to know from them, what they wish they knew, before becoming successful leaders. You'll find the shownotes wiht all the links to the participants here: https://berndgeropp.com/what-do-you-wish-you-knew

As a leader you should have one-on-one meetings with your direct reports regularly. But how do you introduce one on ones to your direct reports? How does such an one-on-one meeting work? How do you get started and what exactly should you say in such meetings? You'll find the shownotes of this episode here: https://www.berndgeropp.com/one-on-ones/ If you'd like to watch the video, click here: https://youtu.be/ojlIF1asmTU    

Today we talk about why it needs not just one but two entrepreneurs to build a successful business and why it is essential that these two have dramatically different roles. I talk about this with Mark C. Winters who is the co-author of the book rocket fuel. If you are an entrepreneur or you work for a small business, this interview may be an eye opener for you.  Click here for the shownotes: https://berndgeropp.com/episode026

How can you control the chaos? How you can stay calm and positive with in the storm and how can you engage the hearts and minds of your people in tough times. Shownotes: https://berndgeropp.com/leading-in-times-of-crisis