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
#375 Recruiting and technology - how much automation is necessary and useful
Organisations need to use modern technology to support their recruiting efforts. However, how much automation is necessary, useful and helpful?
Niels Brabandt discusses the issue in this week's episo…
#374 Modern Recruiting to attract the best talent
Europe's largest Trade Fair took place in Cologne. How does the best approach to acquiring talent work? Niels Brabandt was booked at the trade fair to deliver ten speeches in three days.
Niels Braban…
#373 Empowering Non-Profit Organisations to master the Digital world - an interview with David Pisarek
Non-profit organisations often struggle to adapt to the demands of the online world. David Pisarek, Founder and Owner of Wow Digital Inc, knows how to do it better. In this interview, he will show ho…
#372 Demonstrating the right attitude as a leader and organisation
Organisations and their leaders love to talk about values and attitudes. However, do they live up to the promise? How can you, as an organisation and leader, show the right attitude in the right situ…
#371 Business Storytelling - an Interview with Doug Stevenson
Business Storytelling is more relevant than ever before. How do you apply the technique in your daily business?
Niels Brabandt interviewed Doug Stevenson on the matter.
Host: Niels Brabandt / NB@NB-N…
#370 How to deal with Misconduct by Managers or Executives
Misconduct by managers or executives is often mentioned in press publications. How do you deal with the situation, and how do you prevent future misconduct?
Niels Brabandt discusses the issue in this…
#369 How important is winning in business?
Leaders often think winning in business is the only imperative goal. Does winning in all cases lead to sustainable solutions or is it better to step away from the situation sometimes?
Niels Brababdt …
#368 The Hive Mind - Group Intelligence and Creating Meaningful Change - an Interview with Siobhan McHale
Harnessing Group Intelligence and creating meaningful change sounds like a great goal for many leaders, yet only very few can achieve it. Siobhan McHale speaks from successful real-world practice and…
#367 Does perfect planning exist?
Planning is important. However, does perfect planning exist?
Niels Brabandt discusses the issue in this week's podcast.
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#366 Controversial topic: performance culture
How can you create a culture of excellence and performance in your organisation? Many leaders demand this culture; most of them fail to establish it.
Niels Brabandt discusses the controversial topic …
#365 Are you an attractive employer?
The gap between an organisation's perception and the reality of the labour market becomes obvious once the lack of talent applying for jobs becomes omnipresent. How can your organisation become an at…
#364 When do leaders have to leave (voluntarily)?
Finding the right time to leave a leadership position is challenging for almost all leaders. Seeing people stay too long, fall behind the demands and leave with a bad history of non-successful last y…
#363 How to hire the right people? An Interview with Wouter Durvile, CEO of TestGorilla
Recruiting by gut feeling has been a method which has failed organisations for decades. Testing for skills is a challenge, but help is here. Wouter Durville, CEO of TestGorilla, founded and leads his…
#362 How important is security
The IT outage caused by a faulty Crowdstrike update revived the discussion about the factor of security versus flexibility. How can your organisation find the right balance?
Niels Brabandt discusses …
#361 Managing Brand Transgressions - an interview with Professor Shailendra Pratap Jain, PhD
Brand Transgressions may cause significant damage to an organisation. How do we manage Brand Transgressions when they happen?
Niels Brabandt discusses the issue with Professor Shailendra Pratap Jain…
#360 Talent Development and Risk
Are we ready to acquire and develop talent? Which mistakes do we need to avoid? Which best practices do we have to consider?
Niels Brabandt discusses the issue in this week's episode.
Host: Niels Bra…
#358 Recruiting and Leadership Role Models
Leaders must be role models. However, countless leaders do not live up to the expectation people have towards them. How can you be sure that your organisation and the leaders deliver the best results…
#357 Leadership - The Inside Story - Interview with former serial CEO and Columbia Business School Professor William Pietersen
Which approach to Leadership works? This is a complex question which can only be answered by those who have real-world experience as as leaders and who know the scientific foundation to deliver susta…
#358 Diversity and Recruiting
Pride Month is just over - did we learn anything from it? Equity, Diversity, Inclusion - many organisations claim these aspects to be fulfilled by their organisation. Does reality match these expecta…
#356 Integration of new team members
Onboarding processes often focus on skills only. However, how do you ensure that new employees in the organisation become accepted team members?
Niels Brabandt discusses the issue in this week's podc…