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Leading Teams
Team roles, high-performance teams, conflict, psychological safety, toxic behavior. Includes “Team Leadership Intensive”.
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Teams vs. lone wolves – When are teams truly better? | TEAM-LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE PART 5
Teams vs. lone wolves - when are teams really better? This is the question addressed in today's episode, which is the first in the new TEAM…
The 6 principles of high-performance teams | TEAM-LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE PART 3
What distinguishes an ordinary team from a real high-performance team? This question is the focus of today's third part of the LEITWOLF® ser…
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Winning, Losing, and Growing – How to Build a Healthy Performance Culture
2026Everyone wants to win. But as a leader, how do you deal with it when your team loses? And how do you create a culture where high performance doesn’t come at the expense o…
Everyone’s Nice — And Nothing Improves: When Harmony Kills Leadership and Results
2026Why are teams often friendly – but still not successful? In this episode of the LEITWOLF® Podcast, Stefan addresses a common but underestimated problem: team harmony tha…
Busy but Not Delivering? – How Leaders Help Teams Get Results
2026Many leaders experience exactly this: the team works hard, everyone is busy, calendars are full — and yet the results fall short of expectations. In this episode of the L…
Unleashing Growth – How Leaders Get Stuck Teams Moving Again
2026Some teams were top performers just yesterday – and suddenly find themselves stuck today. Same people, same organization, yet out of nowhere: stagnation. In this episode …
Leading in Tandem: When partnership becomes a leadership duo | Team Behind the Scenes with Tanja Homeister
2025What happens when partnership doesn’t just work in private life, but also becomes a strong leadership duo at work? In this Team Behind the Scenes episode of the LEITWOLF®…
“The shitty glasses” – How changing your perspective can solve conflicts
2025Sometimes things just don’t run smoothly in a team. You start seeing only what bothers you about others – their attitude, their decisions, their way of speaking. Welcome …
How great strategy starts within the team | Team Behind the Scenes with Ute Hagen
2025Welcome to a new series on the LEITWOLF® Podcast: Team Behind the Scenes. Once a month, Stefan speaks with a member of his team about real leadership questions, personal …
Building resilient teams – The key to long-term success | Crisis Part 4
2025Successful companies are built on three pillars: a clear strategy, strong leadership – and resilient teams. But what truly makes a team resilient? Many teams respond to …
From Mistakes to Mastery – 3 tips how to turn error into learning
2025Mistakes are part of being human. But how your organization handles them makes all the difference. In this episode of the LEITWOLF® Podcast, Stefan dives into one of the …
Ego at the door: Why leadership is a team sport | TEAM-LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE PART 5
2024Welcome to the fifth installment of the team leadership series on the LEITWOLF® Podcast! Successful leadership means leaving your ego at the door. No one achieves greatne…
Learning culture in your company: How to turn mistakes into opportunities
2024Mistakes are inevitable - but how you deal with them determines the success of your team. In this episode of the LEITWOLF® podcast, Stefan explains why a good error cultu…
No Tolerance for toxic behavior – Setting clear boundaries | TEAM-LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE PART 4
2024A toxic environment stifles a team's potential and reduces its performance. So what can you do when such behaviors threaten your team culture? In this episode of the LEIT…
The 6 principles of high-performance teams | TEAM-LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE PART 3
2024What distinguishes an ordinary team from a real high-performance team? This question is the focus of today's third part of the LEITWOLF® series “Team Leadership Intensive…
Challenging personalities in the team? – How to Resolve Conflicts | TEAM-LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE PART 2
2024In this episode, the second part of the new series "TEAM LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE," Stefan tackles a topic that challenges many in their professional lives: dealing with diff…
Teams vs. lone wolves – When are teams truly better? | TEAM-LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE PART 5
2024Teams vs. lone wolves - when are teams really better? This is the question addressed in today's episode, which is the first in the new TEAM LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE series. …
Your most valuable currency – 4 tips on how to scale trust
2024We all lead people and the most important basis for any relationship between people is trust. With over 30 years of leadership experience, Stefan has learned time and aga…
Break down silo thinking: How to get all employees on the same boat
2024Silo thinking exists in many companies. It describes the extreme fixation of managers and employees on their own department. Silo thinking inhibits cooperation, increases…
GUILT – Dealing with the question of guilt
2023“Who is to blame?” – Is this question an essential part of your employer's error culture? Welcome to the fourth episode of the new emotions series. Maybe you noticed th…
Using conflicts effectively – this is how it works!
2023Using conflicts effectively - how does that work? For most managers, it is easy to give praise, but difficult to give constructive criticism. Criticism and conflict are …
Head vs. gut: How do you make good decisions?
2022As a leader, you often have to make decisions, sometimes decisions with serious consequences.... "Do you buy this company or not?" "Do you sell your company or not?" "Do…
Leadership in small vs. large companies: Same or different?
2022If you had to choose for your career: Would you rather be big or small? In today's episode, Stefan discusses the similarities and differences in the topic of leadership …
Cynicism the creeping poison: Tolerate or stop?
2022If you already know Stefan, you may know that two things particularly go against his grain: Egoism and cynicism. Egoism bothers him because it prevents the success of the…
Motivating others: (How) is that possible?
2021Is it even possible to motivate people? This is one of the most frequent questions I get asked. And with this question that maybe you asked yourself or you have others h…
Trust
2021“Making commitments generates hope, keeping commitments generates trust.” Welcome to today’s LEITWOLF podcast entitled “Trust“. How do you, as a leader, make sure that y…
Out of the comfort zone and into the growth zone! Growing people and businesses
2021"Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone" In today's episode, I'll tell you my three best tips to get out of the comfort zone and into the growth zone! Make people …
Unite your team – What every leader can learn from Hansi Flick and Bayern München
2020Under Hansi Flick, who only became head coach in November 2019, the Bayern have won 27 of 30 games, are sovereign German champions, and can even win the triple with the D…