Founder Independence

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 y...

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...

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 c...

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 yo...

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...

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...

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 stru...

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 yo...

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...

Here you'll find the shownotes: https://www.berndgeropp.com/episode005 Do you really need a vision statement? What can a business vision do for you? I'll give you some good and some bad examples of vision statements. Our Topics today: Do you need a vision statement for your company? The business vision isn't about money. Difference between mission and vision statement Why does your business exist?...

Here you'll find the shownotes: https://www.berndgeropp.com/episode004 When a task that you have delegated to an employee comes back to you - and you complete it. This is called reverse delegation or monkey business. Our Topic today: We are talking about how to avoid this reverse delegation – a problem a lot of managers suffer from. I'll give you 3 crucial tips helping you when dealing with this k...

Here you'll find the shownotes: https://www.berndgeropp.com/episode003 You may think you are not a micromanager. But believe me, chances are high, that you are – at least sometimes. But why should you avoid micromanagement? How do you become aware of when you are micromanaging and what can you do to avoid it? We will have answers on all of these – and I'll give you 5 proven tips on how you can avo...

Here you'll find the shownotes: https://www.berndgeropp.de/episode002 Most managers don't know how to delegate successfully. Why is that? Our topic today: How to delegate successfully  Introducing the 5 levels of delegation How to develop and support your employees so that you get more time for the important things.   Are you ready to become the leader you've always wanted to be? Subscribe to my l...

Here you'll find the shownotes: https://www.berndgeropp.com/episode001 Our topic today: If somebody asked you to explain what is leadership? How would you respond? It's hard, right? That's why we discuss today: What is leadership? How is leadership different to management? 3 tips on how to find more time for leadership despite your daily busy work.   Are you ready to become the leader you've alway...

This is the intro for my new podcast: Leadership Made Easy. This is the podcast where you learn how to lead a highly effective team, how to make sure, things get done and how to deal with tough issues like confronting an employee performance problem, getting along with a bad boss or balancing the demands of work with your personal life. Here you'll find the shownotes https://www.berndgeropp.de/epi...