The Leadership Podcast by Niels Brabandt / NB Networks
Niels Brabandt, the owner and founder of NB Networks, is your host. Sustainable Leadership. We are helping managers to become better leaders. This show dedicates time to help, to improve and to assist you in achieving your goals. You may already be a leader and aim to become better, or you want to be in a leadership position in the future and avoid mistakes on the way of getting there. Your host, Niels Brabandt, is in business since 1998. He worked for a large corporation as well as a global franchise company before he became full-time self-employed. This podcast is your free access to his knowledge, his experience and his network of experts. What can you expect? You will get scientifically proven expertise. Your host will make unambiguously clear when he is talking about opinion rather than facts. He will address your challenges as a leader or someone who wants to be one and how to overcome them.
The challenges you face as a leader in today's business world come from many different aspects of an organisation. Finding the right way to communicate and managing conflicts are just the beginning. Excellent presentations skills are a must today besides dealing with change inside and outside the teams which you have to lead — keeping motivation high means that you must be able to have skills of influence without being manipulative. Negotiate and set goals, be creative and innovative, make the right decisions and position yourself in a business work which heavily relies on networking. You must deliver all this at the best quality with efficient and effective processes during projects which must be on time, on track, on target but under budget.
Moreover, of course, you must recruit, develop and retain the best talents of your industry. Your employer's brand and business storytelling become a significant part of your work today. At the same time, hard skills as forecasting, planning, conceptualisation are part of you as a leader mastering Strategy. Of course, selling the products has to work as well in challenging and competitive environments.
Niels Brabandt, owner and founder of NB Networks, your host, will help to become a (better) leader.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 113
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
#395 Are organisational values important?
Everyone loves to talk about values. Value-driven leadership, value-driven decision-making, the value-driven organisation. From employees to executives, everyone claims to follow the best values poss…
#394 The Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI) Argument
Due to recent political events, the argument around Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) was reignited. Instead of comparing opinions, ideologies and hearsay, we must look at facts, proof and scient…
#393 Why is lifelong learning important?
Lifelong learning is a goal which many people have. However, after receiving their first qualification, most people do not strive for additional knowledge. This behaviour often causes severe problems…
#392 How do I motivate an organisation for a challenging year
The New Year 2025 has now fully begun. A quite omnipresent negativity is apparent. A challenging year is ahead of us. How do you deal with this situation as a leader? How do you motivate the people i…
#391 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Future of Work
AI is omnipresent. Unfortunately, most discussions are superficial, meaningless and offer no solutions for the working world. Evidence and facts are available from the University of Pennsylvania and …
#390 Does Performance at work pay off?
The question of whether performance at work pays off is a long-standing one. The discussion is often led ideologically. To answer the question, we need data, proof and evidence. Anyone working more e…
#389 Are New Year's Resolutions helpful?
Every year, the topic of New Year's Resolutions comes up. Are these resolutions helpful? Do most people achieve them of fail to do so? Is there any scientific evidence on New Year's Resolutions?
Niel…
#388 Improving Employee's Performance
Not achieving expectations at work can quickly lead to conflicts. Performance Improvement Programmes should help employees. Which aspects belong in such a programme? Which elements are a must-have, a…
#387 Psychological safety in the workplace
The topic of Psychological Safety has become highly relevant recently. However, leaders often struggle to comprehend which aspects are important and how to implement the necessary steps in their team…
#386 Growing and Leading a business in times of crisis - an interview with Olexandr Buratynskiy, Founder and CEO of tTravel
Facing challenges is common in business. Facing times of war is not. Olexandr Buratynskiy grew his business in exactly such times. The founder and CEO of tTravel succeeds amongst the hardest omnipres…
#385 Accountability and Leadership Communication
Leadership communication fails frequently. How can leaders communicate efficienctly and effectively in moments of crisis? How do leaders live up to the expectations regarding accountability?
Niels Br…
#384 Dealing with Absenteeism
Absenteeism is on the rise. However, organisation do not deal with it well. The attempts appear to be helpless, uninspiring and sometimes even against the law. How you can you deal better with this s…
#383 The Importance of Project Kick Offs
The vast majority of projects do not meet their goals. Often, the Kick Offs already set the wrong tone, do not create a motivating atmosphere, and every aspect of the project goes downhill from there…
#382 Organisational Values and Compliance
Organisations often claim to live by values which they do not represent in reality. At the same time, people frequently complain about the limits the compliance department sets for their work. How ca…
#381 Commitment in the application process
Platforms such as Glassdoor and Kununu dramatically show the problems applicants face when applying for jobs. However, it is not only the applicants who struggle. Employers are often dissatisfied wit…
#380 Do Leaders need international experience?
International experience is often mentioned in job ads. However, is it really as important as some people claim it is?
Niels Brabandt discusses the issue in this week's episode.
Host: Niels Brabandt …
#379 How to deal with employee mistakes
We recently discussed how to deal with leadership mistakes. The question remains: how to deal with employee mistakes?
Niels Brabandt discusses the issue in this week's episode.
Host: Niels Brabandt /…
#378 Why Recruiters need Sales Skills
Do recruiters and people working in HR need sales skills? This argument has been going on for years now. Time for a fact-based solution to this question.
Niels Brabandt discusses the issue in this we…
#377 Are Employment References relevant?
An application arrives. Employer References are included. Are these relevant? Is there evidence about their relevance? How do you deal with and weigh employer references?
Niels Brabandt discusses the…
#376 Freedom of Speech for Leaders?
The number of escalations happening after leaders speak is rising. Quickly, certain people claim that "no one can say anything anymore" in today's times. To what extent does the right to the Freedom …