Leadership 2.0
Episodes
38. 'The Executive Coaching Business' - Stefan Stenzel
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Only a decade ago, executive coaching was associated with either very senior business leaders coached by well-known authors and thought leaders, or wi...
37. 'Ensuring Successful Executive Transitions' - Navid Nazemian
21 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In corporate life, we accept that 40% of newly appointed executives fail - we simply accept it as an unavoidable risk.The financial and professional i...
36. 'The Dark Side of Leadership' - Manfred Kets de Vries
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Unfortunately, nowadays one look at a television news bulletin or a glance at a newspaper cover is enough to see the dark side of leadership. However,...
35. 'Lost In (Business) Transformation' - Rupert Brown
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
'Lost in Business Transformation'Despite the fact that there is a solid body of knowledge about the topic of change management for several d...
'Make Innovation Happen - 'Find The Right Problem To Solve' - Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
'Adult Innovation'Many individuals and organizations wrestle with the question of how they can become more innovative, ... and Thomas Wedell...
33. How To Successfully Sell Professional Services: 'The Activator Advantage' - Matt Dixon
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
'Eating radishes'That is how, according to Matt Dixon, many 'doer-sellers' experience selling their services.People do not become ...
32. 'Ensuring successful CEO transitions' - Ty Wiggins
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why do people want to become CEO in the first place?" That was one of the first questions I posed to Ty Wiggins during our interview for the Lead...
31. ESG: Farce or Force for Good? - Sander Tideman
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I have always been quite cynical about ESG and CSR initiatives from companies. They always struck me as 'Do as I say, not what I do'.My favo...
30. Maximising the business opportunity of generational diversity - Rebecca Robins and Patrick Dunne
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
'We live in the most Generationally Diverse Demographic' (Rebecca Robins).Unfortunately, generational differences are often seen as a source...
29. The Strategic Value of Learning & Development - Nick van Dam
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In many organizations Learning & Development (L&D) is seen as a 'Nice to Have'. Unfortunately, this is often reflected their (bland)...
28. Heroic Leadership - Chris Lowney
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many people in the workplace wrestle with combining their ethical and spiritual convictions on the one hand, and what they feel is required of them to...
27. Coaching in the workplace - Zena Everett
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us are acutely aware of the gap between how our organizations aspire to operate and the everyday reality of working within them.In 'Badly...
26. The Change Philosopher - Daniël Wolfs
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Even though, for years, we have had a vast array of change management theories and methodologies at our disposal (Kotter, Lewin, Kubler-Ross, Bridges,...
25. DIY Culture Change at Zurich Airport - Manuela Staub
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most organizations use complex tools and processes, and are often supported by external consultants to analyze and (re) shape their culture. When I he...
24. Employment is dead - Deborah Perry Piscione
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I interview Deborah Perry Piscione about her latest book: ‘Employment Is Dead: How Disruptive Technologies Are Revolutionizing the W...
23. Relationships Matter - Ralph Schonenbach
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ralph Schonenbach is a serial entrepreneur with over two decades of global experience, as well as an author. His work centers around developing and nu...
22. Leadership in the Banking Industry - Ralph Hamers
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The image of the banking industry has been severely tarnished by the financial crisis (2007-2008), which led to increasing regulatory and compliance d...
21. 'How FOUND is disrupting recruitment’ - Victor Akwunwa
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
‘We want to help candidates to move from jobs they like, to jobs they love’ - Victor Akwunwa.The commoditization of human capital in recruitment p...
20. 'The Organization Culture of On' - Alessandra del Pino
16 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are some companies I deeply admire, and On, the Swiss sports and apparel brand is definitely one of them! Not only do they make amazing products...
19. Michael Pirson - 'Humanistic Management'
19 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
‘Everyone who wins nowadays is challenging the Shareholder Value Maximization doctrine’This is just one of the powerful and thought-provoking stat...
18. Nicholas Janni - 'The Leader as Healer' (Business Book of the Year 2023)
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
'A transformational read that every leader of today needs'. These were the words Head Judge, Jacq Burns used when she announced that 'L...
17. Leadership Lessons from a CEO - Jeroen van der Veer (Shell)
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty years ago, in 2004, Shell was hit by the reserves scandal. In the midst of this crisis, the board asked Jeroen van der Veer to become CEO and n...
16. The evolving role of Human Resources - Dave Ulrich
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With the publication of his bestseller 'HR Champions' in 1997, Dave Ulrich signaled the potential for HR functions to develop themselves fro...
15. Focus on your Strengths - Sally Bibb
13 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
'I defy anybody to be energized by most appraisal systems I have seen in my career' - Sally BibbMost HR professionals and line managers (pre...
14. How to ensure successful leadership transitions - Michael Watkins
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The statistics are sobering, not only do 49% of external executive hires end in failure within 18 months, but internal moves prove to be challenging a...
13. Understanding Organizations...Finally - Henry Mintzberg
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
‘We live in a world of organizations - and we do not understand them’ This is one of the statements Henry Mintzberg, one of the leading thinkers i...
12. 'Using your intuition' - Eugene Sadler-Smith
04 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I am interviewing Professor Eugene Sadler-Smith of the Surrey Business School about the role of intuition in decision-making processe...
11. Scenario Thinking and Leadership - Jeremy Bentham
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scenario thinking enables organizations to establish possible visions of the future in the form of scenarios. This enables decision-makers to think th...
10. From Crisis to Innovation: A Mental Health Entrepreneur's Journey - Vlad Gheorghiu
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I am interviewing Vlad Gheorghiu about mental health in the workplace, a highly relevant topic.Why? The World Health Organization es...
9. Hubristic Leadership - Eugene Sadler-Smith
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I am interviewing Eugene Sadler-Smith about hubristic leadership. A highly relevant topic in the light of the corporate scandals we f...
8. A Scientific Perspective on Leadership Development - Ayse Yemiscigil
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone is an expert in leadership development, or at least has an option about it! For this reason, I decided to interview Professor Ayse Yemiscigi...
7. The Five-Factor Personality Model and the Numinous - Ralph Piedmont
14 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Current thinking in Psychology is that there are five dimensions we can use to describe the most important personality dimensions. Dr. Ralph Piedmont ...
6. Leadership & Reputation Management - Matt Nixon
30 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
'The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology'. With this qu...
5. Change Management : Creating Deep & Sustainable Behavioral Change - Arend Ardon
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Leadership 2.0 podcast, I am interviewing Arend Ardon about how leaders can create deep, and sustainable behavioral change in t...
4. Unleash the power of neurodiversity in the workplace! - An interview with Saskia Schepers
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I am interviewing Saskia Schepers about unleashing the power of neurodiversity in the workplace.Saskia Schepers studied organizationa...
3. The why and how of corporate ethics - John Hollwitz
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
John Hollwitz is a University Professor of psychology and rhetoric. Before coming to Fordham, he was the A.F. Jacobson Professor of Communications at ...
2. Developing compassionate leaders in service of a flourishing world - Sophia Town
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sophia Town, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of organizational behavior at the Gabelli School of Business. As a qualitative researcher, Dr. Town expl...
1. Jungian Analytical Psychology in the workplace - Murray Stein
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I am a big proponent of the work of Carl Jung and the business world could benefit from his insights. Therefore, I was pleased to have the opportunity...