SMP LeaderTalks with Georgiy Michailov

28. January 2026

SMP LeaderTalks

#130 | Healthy eating & fasting instead of pills - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Andreas Michalsen

"We can achieve much more on our own than we think."

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1 h 12 Min

21. January 2026

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#129 | The power of the American oligarchs - Georgiy Michailov meets Julian Heißler

"When money takes over power, it becomes dangerous for democracy."

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1 h 16 Min

14. January 2026

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#128 | Politics in self-blockade - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Frank Trentmann

"With a little courage, creativity, and commitment, we can change the course of history."

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1 h 16 Min

7. January 2026

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#127 | The courage to truly connect - Georgiy Michailov meets Hannah Panidis

"A question is a promise to listen."

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1 h 00 Min

31. December 2025

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#126 | Strengthen mental strength despite doubts - Georgiy Michailov meets Antje Heimsoeth

"Success begins between the ears."

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0 h 59 Min

24. December 2025

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#125 | The positive power of the negative - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Dr. Oliver Hoffmann

"Those who deny the negative live on credit."

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1 h 2 Min

17. December 2025

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#124 | Is capitalism at an impasse? - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Marc Chesney

"When you're at a dead end, you have to turn around—not speed up."

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0 h 56 Min

10. December 2025

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#123 | The quiet power of humility - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Franziska Frank

"Humility is the ego-free view from the balcony."

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1 h 3 Min

3. December 2025

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#122 | Blackout and the moment of truth - Georgiy Michailov meets Herbert Saurugg

"A blackout is nationwide—and no outside help can be expected."

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0 h 55 Min

26. November 2025

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#121 | “Good” is better than “new” - Georgiy Michailov meets Jule Jankowski

“Good work is the art of finding a home in change.”

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1 h 7 Min

19. November 2025

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#120 | Self-enslavement to ideals of life - Georgiy Michailov meets Klaus Eidenschink

"The pursuit of the best version of oneself is self-enslavement to an ideal image."

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1 h 06 Min

12. November 2025

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#119 | The seven principles of successful strategy - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Thomas Hutzschenreuter

"Strategy attempts to achieve something, i.e., to fulfill a desired goal."

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1 h 24 Min

5. November 2025

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#118 | High-speed living with the right values - Georgiy Michailov meets Janna Ensthaler

"The market has become drier and tougher – raising capital is becoming increasingly difficult."

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0 h 28 Min

29. October 2025

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#117 | Search for identity instead of diagnosis - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Holger Richter

"I think identity is the issue of our time."

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1 h 18 Min

22. October 2025

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#116 | The quiet power of language - Georgiy Michailov meets Isabel García

"Your inner attitude is more important than any communication techniques."

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1 h 18 Min

15. October 2025

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#115 | Statistics as an instrument of power. - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Katharina Schüller

"Statistik ist nicht die Wahrheit – aber sie schafft Wirklichkeit."

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0 h 57 Min

8. October 2025

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#114 | Storytelling that gives you goose bumps - Georgiy Michailov meets Philipp Humm

"The best story isn't the longest one, but the one that gives people goosebumps."

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1 h 11 Min

1. October 2025

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#113 | Live meaningfully - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Volker Busch

"Meaning is not a luxury—it is a basic psychological necessity."

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1 h 12 Min

24. September 2025

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#112 | Competitive advantage through natural principles - Georgiy Michailov meets Gudrun Happich

"Nature has no executive suite—and yet it works."

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1 h 02 Min

17. September 2025

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#111 | The biology of stress and the chemistry of resilience - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Eva Peters

"Stress is our best tool for coping with the world."

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1 h 15 Min

10. September 2025

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#110 | Geopolitical resilience as a survival strategy - Georgiy Michailov meets Ansgar Baums

"'Gray rhinos' are predictable risks that no one does anything about."

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1 h 21 Min

3. September 2025

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#109 | The longing for failed socialism - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Kristian Niemietz

"Socialism fails—and yet still fascinates us."

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1 h 33 Min

27. August 2025

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#108 | From trauma back to life - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Dr. Frank Schneider

"Exposure is the courage to face the truth at your own pace."

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0 h 53 Min

20. August 2025

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#107 | The key to life - Georgiy Michailov meets René Borbonus

"Without caution, courage degenerates into recklessness."

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1 h 22 Min

13. August 2025

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#106 | The demise of reason? - Georgiy Michailov meets Vince Ebert

"It is not healthy to interpret criticism directly as an attack."

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1 h 22 Min

6. August 2025

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#105 | Argentina in chainsaw mode - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Philipp Bagus

"If you don't want inflation, you have to reduce government spending."

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1 h 15 Min

30. July 2025

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#104 | Without meaning, there is no hope - Georgiy Michailov meets Philipp Blom

"Hope is not supposed to be for fools."

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1 h 15 Min

23. July 2025

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#103 | Discipline beats intelligence - Georgiy Michailov meets Christiane Stenger

"I always thought I couldn't learn - until I realized how it really works."

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1 h 10 Min

16. July 2025

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#102 | Morality as a status game - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Philipp Hübl

"We would rather appear good than actually do good."

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1 h 27 Min

9. July 2025

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#101 | Progress requires irritation. - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Maja Göpel

"Most people only love the future when it has become the past."

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1 h 18 Min

2. July 2025

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#100 | The game of life - Georgiy Michailov meets Dieter Lange

"Most people lack the North Star in their lives."

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0 h 40 Min

25. June 2025

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#99 | Anatomy of your personality - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Eva Asselmann

"We learn all our lives - this also has an effect on our personality."

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0 h 57 Min

18. June 2025

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#98 | Invisible weapons of propaganda - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Jonas Tögel

"People are primarily influenced by the unconscious."

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1 h 09 Min

11. June 2025

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#97 | Happiness is an overcoming bonus - Georgiy Michailov meets Maike van den Boom

"Happiness is not the absence of unhappiness."

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1 h 06 Min

4. June 2025

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#96 | Stoicism - The art of life - Georgiy Michailov meets Jonas Salzgeber

"There is a space between stimulus and response."

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1 h 19 Min

28. May 2025

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#95 | Self-made billionaires - just a myth? - Georgiy Michailov meets Heike Buchter

"The fairy tale of rags to riches justifies social inequality."

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1 h 20 Min

21. May 2025

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#94 | The longevity code - Georgiy Michailov meets Thomas Schulz

"We are probably living longer and longer because medicine is getting better."

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0 h 48 Min

14. May 2025

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#93 | Transformation without buzzwords - Georgiy Michailov meets Stephanie Borgert

"I never come to confirm the status quo - I always come as a troublemaker."

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0 h 54 Min

7. May 2025

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#92 | Freedom is more just than equality - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Rainer Hank

"Crises are the best thing journalists can have."

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1 h 06 Min

30. April 2025

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#91 | The price of success - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Hermann Simon

"Prices are associated with great uncertainty."

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1 h 21 Min

23. April 2025

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#90 | The evil within us - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Nahlah Saimeh

"People want to be good - but they can't always be."

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1 h 02 Min

16. April 2025

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#89 | AI meets robotics - Georgiy Michailov meets Marc Theermann

"Robots already work better than humans at specific tasks."

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0 h 30 Min

9. April 2025

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#88 | Liberation from the inner prison guard - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Mirriam Prieß

"Life is a successful relationship."

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1 h 07 Min

2. April 2025

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#87 | The path to rejuvenation - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Sven C. Voelpel

"Biological age and calendar age are not necessarily the same."

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1 h 28 Min

26. March 2025

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#86 | Huna philosophy as the key to a successful life - Georgiy Michailov meets Thorsten Havener

"Our world is what we believe it to be."

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1 h 03 Min

19. March 2025

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#85 | Shaping a radically better future - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt

"We often wait too long and hope that things will sort themselves out."

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0 h 54 Min

12. March 2025

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#84 | The dark side of power - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Carsten C. Schermuly

"It is an illusion to believe that you are immune to the negative effects of power."

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0 h 55 Min

5. March 2025

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#83 | Survival beats truth - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Frank Urbaniok

"The perceived truth is often more important than facts."

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1 h 10 Min

26. February 2025

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#82 | Doubt-free! - Georgiy Michailov meets Karina Rey

"Doubts hold us back and make us small."

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0 h 57 Min

19. February 2025

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#81 | Toxic wealth?! - Georgiy Michailov meets Sebastian Klein

"This high concentration of wealth is increasingly becoming a problem for society."

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1 h 02 Min

12. February 2025

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#80 | Between science and fiction - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger

"The surprise would be greater if we really were alone."

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1 h 03 Min

5. February 2025

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#79 | The psychology of wealth - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Thomas Druyen.

"The opportunity to become super rich has only been around for 20 years."

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1 h 19 Min

29. January 2025

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#78 | The magic of simplicity - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Jörg Bernardy

"We should not allow things like simplicity to be taken away from us."

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1 h 17 Min

22. January 2025

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#77 | The success DNA of top entrepreneurs - Georgiy Michailov meets Stefan Merath

"I can't hack the path clear and sit in the tree at the same time."

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0 h 56 Min

15. January 2025

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#76 | The harsh truth about transformation - Georgiy Michailov meets Astrid Schulte and Reza Razavi

"Transformation is sustainable and future-proof."

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1 h 00 Min

8. January 2025

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#75 | Power, media and morality - Georgiy Michailov meets Ranga Yogeshwar

"The important thing is not the journey abroad, but the journey home."

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0 h 46 Min

30. December 2024

SMP LeaderTalks

#74 | The truth behind the lies. - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Andreas Anton

"Conspiracy theories are not a minority phenomenon."

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1 h 12 Min

25. December 2024

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#73 | Leadership myths and reality - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Fabiola H. Gerpott

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

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1 h 06 Min

18. December 2024

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#72 | The truth between power and morality - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Markus Gabriel

"There are two sides to the truth: the very simple one and the one we may not be able to reach."

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1 h 14 Min

4. December 2024

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#71 | Phoenix from the ashes - Georgiy Michailov meets Sonja Piontek

"I have fallen into a very, very deep valley of tears."

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1 h 13 Min

20. November 2024

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#70 | How evolution dominates our lives (Part 2/2) - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Lars Penke - Teil 2

"People look for partners with similar intelligence."

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0 h 45 Min

13. November 2024

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#70 | How evolution dominates our lives (Part 1/2) - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Lars Penke - Teil 1

"Each of us still carries the genes of the Neanderthal man."

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0 h 56 Min

30. October 2024

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#69 | The psychology of success - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Gabriele Oettingen

"The more positively we fantasize, the less we do - and the less successful we are."

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0 h 54 Min

16. October 2024

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#68 | The drug of a narcissist - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. T. Pablo Hagemeyer

"Narcissistic people need recognition like others need air to breathe."

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1 h 19 Min

2. October 2024

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#67 | Developing strengths, breaking age barriers - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Irène Kilubi

"Age is the only dimension in the diversity debate that we have in common."

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49 Min

25. September 2024

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#66 | Strategic masterclass. - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Christian Stadler

"The implementation is the problem, not the idea."

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1 h 5 Min

11. September 2024

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#65 | Work-life balance as a fallacy? - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Daniela Elsner

"The term 'work-life balance' doesn't really apply to our lives."

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1 h 0 Min

28. August 2024

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#64 | Penguins teach change management - Georgiy Michailov meets Holger Rathgeber

"The story begins with a melting iceberg and a penguin watching it."

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1 h 1 Min

14. August 2024

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#63 | Woke debate and social division - Georgiy Michailov meets Esther Bockwyt

"The woke movement is putting freedom of expression under pressure."

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1 h 1 Min

7. August 2024

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#62 | Performance vs equalisation - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Clemens Fuest

"The state should endeavour to increase the willingness to work."

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35 Min

24. July 2024

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#61 | Neurodiversity as a superpower - Georgiy Michailov meets Friederike Fabritius

"Nowadays, the trick is to leave things out and only do what counts."

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53 Min

10. July 2024

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#60 | Masterful leadership - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Bernhard Heusler

"If you want to drive people to peak performance, you need a basis of humanity."

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1 h 04 Min

26. June 2024

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#59 | Inner journey to the true self - Georgiy Michailov meets Stefanie Stahl

"Self-esteem is the foundation of our perception of life."

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1 h 05 Min

19. June 2024

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#58 | Relax button: Vagus nerve - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Kuno Hottenrott

"We can use breathing to stimulate our parasympathetic nervous system."

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56 Min

5. June 2024

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#57 | Disempower MINDFUCKS - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Petra Bock

"The thought patterns of our ancestors are not suitable to lead us into a good future."

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1 h 20 Min

22. May 2024

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#56 | Criminal masterminds - Georgiy Michailov meets Mark T. Hofmann

"In the past, you needed intellect to be a hacker - since the advent of AI, any complete idiot can hack."

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1 h 8 Min

8. May 2024

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#55 | The power of structures. - Georgiy Michailov meets Christina Grubendorfer

"Leadership looks to the future and reflects on whether the company is fit for the future."

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1 h 2 Min

1. May 2024

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#54 | A stable mental immune system - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Volker Busch - 1

"If you check your cell phone more than 7 times, you're more likely to take bad news with you to sleep."

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58 Min

17. April 2024

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#53 | Positive aggressiveness - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Jens Weidner

"Aggression is everywhere - it just expresses itself differently."

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1 h 19 Min

3. April 2024

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#52 | Risk competence in an uncertain life - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Gerd Gigerenzer

"You can't do anything without taking a risk."

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1 h 20 Min

20. March 2024

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#51 | Sources for more vitality - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Ingo Froböse

"To keep a car fit, you have to step on the gas regularly - it's the same with the body."

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56 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Kurt Matzler. They talk about achieving the unachievable, limits in the mind and fact labeling.

14. March 2024

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#50 | Superhuman high performance - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Kurt Matzler

"For me, high performance means achieving more than you originally thought you could."

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1 h 4 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Nora Dietrich. They talk about mental health, the value of others and self-image.

29. February 2024

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#49 | A strong I and a strong we - Georgiy Michailov meets Nora Dietrich

"Overthinking is underfeeling."

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1 h 3 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Dr. Denis Mourlane. They talk about emotional stability, crisis management and impulse control.

15. February 2024

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#48 | Successfully through life with resilience power - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Denis Mourlane

"The first step to managing yourself well emotionally is to become aware of your emotions."

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1 h 14 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Luise Walther. They talk about neuro-centered training, eye push-ups and focus doping.

1. February 2024

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#47 | Pain management and life performance - Georgiy Michailov meets Luise Walther

"Breathing is the easiest way to improve the function of every cell."

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1 h 7 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Julia Hautz. They talk about the open strategy approach, isomorphism and overconfidence bias.

18. January 2024

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#46 | Out of strategic seclusion - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Julia Hautz

30 billion. An incredible amount of money that flows into strategy consulting every year. And yet 50% of these initiatives fail. Why is that? For the guest in the current SMP LeaderTalk, the answer is clear.

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51 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Anabel Ternès. They talk about sustainable self-leadership, life-saving gratitude and the Impostor Syndrome.

4. January 2024

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#45 | The lightness in the heaviness - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Anabel Ternès

Imagine you have a serious accident and the doctors give you only a few days to live. Would you feel grateful?

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1 h 2 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Björn Süfke. They talk about toxic masculinity, strong leadership and mental health.

21. December 2023

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#44 | Men's souls and gender roles - Georgiy Michailov meets Björn Süfke

"A man's greatest enemy is himself." Strong, competent and assertive. This is the stereotypical image of men. But what remains if we emancipate ourselves from this image? When is a man a man?

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1 h 15 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Boris Grundl. They talk about mental transformation, the art of acceptance and self-responsibility.

7. December 2023

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#43 | Cliff jump, wheelchair and a stand-up man - Georgiy Michailov meets Boris Grundl

"Recognizing the gift in the crisis is only possible through recognition and transformation."

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51 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Dr. Michael Nehls. They talk about the exhausted brain, thinking system I and the Race Across America.

23. November 2023

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#42 | "Species-appropriate" life for our brain battery - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Michael Nehls

"The further we move away from species-appropriate living, the more we accelerate the destruction of the hippocampus."

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1 h 23 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Klaus Eidenschink. They talk about the (dys)functionality of conflicts, narcissism and stage competence.

9. November 2023

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#41 | The good in the supposedly bad - Georgiy Michailov meets Klaus Eidenschink

"Normalizing 'no' would help us not to see conflict as the opposite of harmony."

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1 h 26 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Anja Förster. They talk about constructive rebelliousness, how to err upwards and various no's.

26. October 2023

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#40 | Wake-up call crisis - Georgiy Michailov meets Anja Förster

"Crises are the very worst thing that can happen to us at that moment."

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1 h 9 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Armin Falk. About the fight against evil within ourselves and why it is so difficult to be a good person.

12. October 2023

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#39 | The price of morality - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Armin Falk

Imagine you have the choice between 100€ or the possibility to save a human life. How do you decide?

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1 h 32 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Ralph Goldschmidt. They talk about having a lot, losing everything and gaining yourself.

28. September 2023

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#38 | The art of living in perpetual change - Georgiy Michailov meets Ralph Goldschmidt

Imagine you've made it: you're a top manager. Earn more money than they can spend. House, wife, children - and Robinson Club five times a year. And now imagine that all of that is suddenly gone.

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1 h 14 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Dr. Alexander von Preen. They talk about successful leadership, dying cities and why change starts with yourself.

14. September 2023

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#37 | Playbook of successful transformations - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Alexander von Preen

"Time for something to change!" Anyone who says that puts their company on a transformation course. The problem: Only very few manage to stay on this path.

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35 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Wolf Lotter. They talk about the art of positive debate culture, utopias, capitalism and why performance must be worthwhile.

31. August 2023

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#36 | more cuddling - Georgiy Michailov meets Wolf Lotter

"Performance must be worthwhile," "Utopians are lazy sods," or "Harmony is for people without arguments." Pithy words. Strong opinions. And a clear stance.

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54 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Dr. Reinhard K. Sprenger. They talk about children as ego prostheses, the shrinking of parents and self-care.

17. August 2023

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#35 | Secrets of successful parenting and parenting happiness - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Reinhard K. Sprenger - 1

This SMP LeaderTalk is a real highlight: Not only because management guru Dr. Reinhard K. Sprenger is a guest. But also because he is the first guest to participate for the second time.

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58 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Matthias Sutter. They talk about patience, homo psychologicus, the price of morality and the way to the top.

3. August 2023

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#34 | The art of behavioral psychology for maximum success - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Matthias Sutter

We all want to be successful. At work and in our private lives. Easier said than done. But how do you do it anyway?

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1 h 2 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Roger Rankel. Why the best story wins and how to conduct successful sales talks.

20. July 2023

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#33 | Memorable narratives for maximum sales success - Georgiy Michailov meets Roger Rankel

A painting company that knows its craft and guarantees absolute cleanliness? And who you don't have to pay if he works uncleanly after all?

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42 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Henning Werner. We talk about discipline and kitesurfing. And about a special book that you can't buy.

6. July 2023

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#32 | Transformation know-how meets happiness philosophy - Georgiy Michailov meets Henning Werner

This episode is something special: It is a double premiere.

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41 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Frank Steimel. A conversation about the right drive for transformation.

22. June 2023

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#31 | Superpower: The good in people - Georgiy Michailov meets Frank Steimel

A beacon of hope or a spectre? Transformation turns upside down, changes and brings something new. Not everyone wants that. But if you are prepared to embrace it, it offers a number of opportunities.

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37 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Matthias Schranner. The topic: what matters when everything is at stake.

8. June 2023

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#30 | Radical negotiation at the border - Georgiy Michailov meets Matthias Schranner

A scenario that brings beads of sweat to the foreheads of even experienced negotiators: A village that is to be evacuated. Residents who have been resisting for years. And entrenched protesters who are going all out.

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37 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Armin Trost. The topic: effective leadership through a new understanding of roles.

25. May 2023

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#29 | Effective leadership through a new understanding of roles - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Armin Trost

German managers generally have a good understanding of leadership. And if there are problems in companies, they certainly don't come from the boardroom. That's how the answers sound when you ask executives about leadership in their companies.

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1 h 6 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Erik Händeler. The topic: the story of the positive future.

11. May 2023

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#28 | The story of the positive future - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Erik Händeler

The energy crisis is dominating our everyday lives, artificial intelligence is unsettling us, and Germany's position as a business location is wobbling. So what does our future look like?

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57 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Jens Corssen and Dr. Claudia Drews. The topic: the self-development philosophy for more success in life

27. April 2023

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#27 | The self-developer philosophy for more success in life - Georgiy Michailov meets Jens Corssen and Dr. Claudia Drews

Hand on heart: How often do we torture ourselves through our lives? We see problems in everything, get angry about things that we can't change anyway, or sink into whining and complaining about our big and small aches and pains.

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1 h 17 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Christian Busch. The topic is about coincidence.

13. April 2023

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#26 | Serendipity Coincidence - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Christian Busch

Superglue, the brownie recipe or post-its. We all know them. What do they all have in common? Great ideas that have enriched our lives - and that all came about by pure chance.

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46 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Reinhold Messner. The topic: about life at the limit.

30. March 2023

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#25 | About living at the limit - Georgiy Michailov meets Reinhold Messner

Reinhold Messner's life is characterized by absolute extremes. He is considered a mountaineering legend, a border crosser, an adventurer, but also a philanthropist and an artist in life.

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55 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Franz Röösli. The topic: beyond budgets and rigid traditions.

16. March 2023

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#24 | Beyond budgets and rigid traditions - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Franz Röösli

If you look into many German companies, you will see a lot of entrenched traditions, rigid processes and a "we've always done it that way" mentality hovering over everything.

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55 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Marco Huber. The topic: the discontinued human model?

2. March 2023

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#23 | The human being as an obsolete model? - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Marco Huber

We’re in the year 2030. The idea of doing your own homework has long been a thing of the past. And jobs such as that of a bank adviser have long since disappeared from our everyday lives.

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1 h 12 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Susanne Nickel. The topic: formula for change happiness.

16. February 2023

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#22 | Formula for change happiness - Georgiy Michailov meets Susanne Nickel

Upheaval, transformation, change. Strong words with huge impact. Or none at all.

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49 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Vince Ebert. The topic: between climate panic, paralysis of fear and a positive future.

2. February 2023

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#21 | Between climate panic, paralytic fear and a positive future - Georgiy Michailov meets Vince Ebert - 2

We ought to be pretty optimistic about our ability to prevent climate change. After all, we’ve got some innovative technologies, some great ideas and the creative minds to make them happen.

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1 h 03 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Volker Busch. The topic: with brains to success.

19. January 2023

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#20 | Using your brain to achieve success - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Volker Busch - 2

Medial junk food, news 24/7, and being constantly online. Our brain is flooded with stimuli on a daily basis. Even in our leisure time, we are permanently surrounded by media exposure. So it’s high time we unplugged.

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45 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Peter Sawtschenko. The topic: positioning as the supreme discipline.

5. January 2023

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#19 | Positioning as the supreme discipline - Georgiy Michailov meets Peter Sawtschenko

“If you are not gaining customers automatically, you are wrongly positioned!” states Peter Sawtschenko, leading expert on positioning strategies.

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56 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Christian Benedict. The topic: sleep as a game changer.

22. December 2022

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#18 | Sleep as a game-changer - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Christian Benedict

24 years is a long time. Especially when you realise that that is exactly the length of time we spend sleeping on average in our lives.

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49 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Markus Väth. The topic: changing patterns in business, New Work and bullshit bingo.

8. December 2022

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#17 | Pattern change in the economy, New Work and Bullshit-Bingo - Georgiy Michailov meets Markus Väth

Freedom and flexibility instead of rigid structures and complex processes. New Work promises a sustainable future world of work.

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1 h 04 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Ronald Gleich. The topic: how to always stay on course.

24. November 2022

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#16 | How to always stay on course – especially in a crisis - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Ronald Gleich

Inflation and rising prices. We are going through demanding times. The economy in particular is currently facing huge challenges.

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58 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Kai-Markus Müller. The topic: The Invisible Game: How to achieve higher performance through brain research.

10. November 2022

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#15 | The invisible game: enhancing performance with brain science - Georgiy Michailov meets Professor Kai-Markus Müller

Do people automatically look for the lowest price? And under what circumstances are we prepared to pay more?

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1 h 06 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Lars Vollmer and Mark Poppenborg. The topic: Future Leadership: What the flashpoint has to do with leadership.

27. October 2022

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#14 | Future leadership: Why putting out fires is an important aspect of good management - Georgiy Michailov meets Lars Vollmer and Mark Poppenborg

You can’t have a future without a past. That applies to most areas of life, especially or particularly future leadership because 20th century company management is definitely defining the future of leadership.

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1h 29 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Oliver Sowa. The topic: Out of the cage. Why freedom and personal responsibility lead to better performance.

13. October 2022

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#13 | Released from the cage. Why freedom and individual responsibility improve performance - Georgiy Michailov meets Oliver Sowa

Many projects and bureaucratic structures give us a framework in which to act, but they don’t provide motivation according to Oliver Sowa, CEO of the Beutlhauser Group.

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57 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Andreas Kuffner. The topic: Trapped in the comfort zone. And how we can free ourselves.

29. September 2022

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#12 | Trapped in the comfort zone. And how to free ourselves from that - Georgiy Michailov meets Andreas Kuffner

Generation Z is no longer willing to perform?! They just curl up in their comfort zone of smartphone, tablet and social media, and are simply not what we would call high-performers. But is that really true?

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53 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Monika Matschnig. The topic: impact competence over expertise. A lesson on body language, voice and posture.

15. September 2022

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#11 | Self-presentation over expertise. A lesson in body language, voice and posture - Georgiy Michailov meets Monika Matschnig

If we don’t make a good overall impression, we won’t be heard, says Monika Matschnig, Germany’s No. 1 expert on body language, in conversation with Georgiy Michailov, Managing Partner at Struktur Management Partner.

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1 h 08 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Ralf Lanwehr. The topic: Between leadership esotericism and evidence. A discussion about the dark triad, charisma and underdogs.

1. September 2022

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#10 | Between esotericism and evidence based leadership. A discussion of dark triads, charisma and underdogs - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Ralf Lanwehr

The dark triad – a combination of narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy – is an unfavourable personality trait that is at the same time perceived as being particularly charismatic, says Ralf Lanwehr, Germany’s most funded business psychologist and expert in evidence-based leadership.

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1 h 10 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Christian Rieck. The topic: Risky prohibitions, false assumptions. How game theory and individual freedom secure our prosperity.

18. August 2022

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#9 | Incorrect assumptions, wrong-headed bans. How game theory and freedom of the individual ensure prosperity - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Christian Rieck

Crises erupt suddenly out of normality because we are unable to predict certain things, and our attempts to change situations through targeted prohibition are short-sighted according to Professor Christian Rieck, a leading expert on game theory who is a popular YouTube influencer with over 270,000 followers in Germany.

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1 h 22 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Sven Gábor Jánszky. The topic: Success of the future. Does saturation endanger our innovative strength.

4. August 2022

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#8 | Future success. Does saturation pose a threat to our innovative capacity? - Georgiy Michailov meets Sven Gábor Jánszky

In this podcast, Georgiy Michailov, Managing Partner with Struktur Management Partner, talks to Europe’s most innovative trend researcher, Sven Gábor Jánsky.

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1 h 00 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Dr. Reinhard K. Sprenger. The topic: The myth of “motivation, conflict, victimization” - or why the decision is really up to us.

21. July 2022

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#7 | The myth of “motivation, conflict and victimhood” – why the decision is actually in our hands - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Reinhard K. Sprenger - 2

Why enduring suffering is easier than taking action is a core question explored in the work of Dr Reinhard K. Sprenger, who is a prominent expert on management and leadership in German-speaking countries.

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1 h 08 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Patric Heizmann. The topic: Fit. Fitter. leading. Why only a healthy lifestyle enables top performance.

7. July 2022

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#6 | Fit. Fitter. Way out front. Why only a healthy lifestyle can permit peak performance - Georgiy Michailov meets Patric Heizmann

The body doesn't need a huge amount of attention; a few changes are often enough, says leading health and fitness expert Patric Heizmann.

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1 h 28 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Dr. Dietrich Dörner. The topic: The logic of failure or why we should always see events in their context.

23. June 2022

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#5 | The logic of failure – or why we should always see events in their context - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Dr. Dietrich Dörner

The combination of psychology, artificial intelligence and the simulation of complex decision-making situations has made Professor Dr Dietrich Dörner an exceptional figure in psychological research, and a much sought-after interview partner for Georgiy Michailov, Managing Partner with Struktur Management Partner.

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56 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Felix Oberholzer-Gee. The topic: Successful value creation and simple strategy.

3. June 2022

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#4 | Successful value creation and simple strategy - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Felix Oberholzer-Gee

For many people, strategy is a difficult concept to grasp – something they associate more with magic than with science.

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54 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Sabine Hübner. The topic: A service mindset for more entrepreneurial resilience.

27. May 2022

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#3 | From a service attitude to greater entrepreneurial resilience - Benjamin Klenk meets Sabine Hübner

20 years ago, people were already talking about service. And, as Sabine Hübner notes, people will still be talking about service in 20 years’ time.

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44 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Chris Boos. The topic: Artificial intelligence.

5. May 2022

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Artificial Intelligence - Benjamin Klenk meets Chris Boos

Using artificial intelligence for real-world decision-making. AI pioneer and entrepreneur Chris Boos talks with Benjamin Klenk (Partner at Struktur Management Partner and expert for e-commerce and digital transformation) in an interview about the definitive signs that we are now in a paradigm shift in management and business decision-making.

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8 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Dr. Reinhard K. Sprenger. The topic: Radical leadership in radical times.

5. May 2022

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Radical leadership for radical times - Georgiy Michailov meets Dr. Reinhard K. Sprenger

What kind of leadership is needed for phases of radical upheaval like the one we are in, and will be needed in future?

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5 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Sven Gábor Jánszky. The topic: Breaking new ground by breaking the rules.

5. May 2022

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Break a rule, break free - Jan Rodig meets Sven Gábor Jánszky

Making out the future, shaping the present: Knowing how to proceed post-pandemic!

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1 h 00 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Jutta Heller. The topic: Individual and organizational resilience.

5. May 2022

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#2 | Individual resilience, organisational resilience - Georgiy Michailov meets Prof. Dr. Jutta Heller

Resilience has become a buzzword. The concept is not about getting through crisis unscathed, it’s about cultivating effective crisis management capabilities within your organisation.

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59 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Prof. Dr. Gerd Gigerenzer. The topic: Decision-making in extreme situations.

5. May 2022

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#1 | Decision-making in extreme situations - David Südi meets Prof. Dr. Gerd Gigerenzer

Is gut feeling more reliable than Big Data? The research of Prof. Dr Gerd Gigerenzer, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, has attracted worldwide attention for the insights revealed on how people approach risk and decision-making in extreme situations. test

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24 Min

LeaderTalks episode with Dr. Rolf Dobelli. The topic: Better decisions through clear thinking.

5. May 2022

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Clear thought processes for better decision-making - Konrad Fröhlich meets Dr. Rolf Dobelli

The error of overestimating oneself. Are we really as knowledgeable as we think we are? Can we really move as quickly as we think we can?

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6 Min

SMP LeaderTalks with Georgiy Michailov

From Dialogue (as the key) to Success