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#73 | Leadership myths and reality

SMP LeaderTalks

25. December 2024

Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Fabiola H. Gerpott

About diversity, hybrid working and high performers in the team.

1 h 06 Min

"You have to like people to be able to lead."

Leadership is good. But good leadership is better. This raises questions. For example: How does leadership become good leadership? And what does it involve? The renowned economist Prof. Dr. Fabiola H. Gerpott approaches the answer on a scientific level. For her, one thing is clear: good leadership is achieved by those who like people and have confidence in themselves.

"Who comes to the office and how often should be decided at team level."

Then you are well equipped for the mammoth tasks facing managers: How do you get employees back into the office? How do you deal with hybrid working models and how do you create space for diversity? In a world full of change and crises, managers must manage to make the right decisions - and take their team with them. In this SMP LeaderTalk, Prof. Dr. Gerpott reveals what solutions research has to offer.

"The status symbols of a company reveal the culture that prevails there."

In conversation with Georgiy Michailov, Fabiola H. Gerpott provides evidence-based insights. For example, what company-specific status symbols reveal about the culture or what role dealing with rule violations plays. The two also talk about which incentives really attract employees back to the office. How to deal with high performers in the team and why it pays to change your own mindset.

*Video only in German

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