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🎙️You drink you learn. Episode 10. (🇩🇪 lg.)

Marios title at LinkedIn says a lot about his growth mind: „Werksstudent“ - which means being a working student.

In real life he is the founder and leader at „RYZON“ - a hot and fast growing direct to consumer triathlon brand working with the worlds best triathlete, Jan Frodeno.

Mario shares with us his founder story, the role of sports in his life and within the company, how they structure their online business and how a healthy growth, being transparent and enabling is the base for preventing growth pain.

Some take aways of todays session:

➡️ Focus to be an Enabler rather than a Deminisher and people will grow.
➡️ Its ok to grow slowly, but healthy and keeping full control of the company instead.
➡️ OKRs are a great tool to keep the team aligned and engaged on targets and results.

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More information about RYZON:
https://www.ryzon.net
Show notes:

3:30 Drink of the show.

7:30 The story of my life.

13:50 I didn’t want to become a consultant. :)

17:30 My year off.

21:00 The birth of RYZON.

31:50 Constant Chaos.

39:00 Our online business.

48:00 Creating more fireplaces.

54:30 Decision Making & OKRs.

1:10:30 The Recap.

1:12:30 The network ask and offer.

My guest today, Charles Bahr, is quite a character. He started his professional journey at 14 founding his own agency, just to found another one before joining TikTok and the Serviceplan Bubble afterwards. What a journey.

Charles shares some of his experiences consulting big brands on social media, but also shares his views on what he and his generations expect from workplaces today. A perfect set up to drink and learn.

Some things I have learned in our session:

➡️ Companies need to build environments where the right idea can come from anyone in the team.

➡️ Younger generations don’t get the concept of hierarchy. They look for fast pace learning and growing, direct and honest feedback in both ways and to make a difference early on.

➡️ GenZs do not think in devices, but in formats they are interested in.

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PS: I know I got confused - it of course is Episode 23. :)
PPS: More infos on Serviceplan:
https://www.serviceplan.com

How about being a global fashion retailer and introducing a four day work week in the middle of the Pandemic? Not the first thing you would do? Well, check out the story of Desigual who just did this bold move.
In todays episode I had the chance to reconnect with Guillem Gallego, CMO of Desigual. Guillem has many stories to share, from introducing the NFL to an European audience, to rocking at Nike and to become the Marketing leader of one of the most recognised Spanish brands. We talked about the transformation of a brand, of products and the culture of an organisation, which for Desigual even ended up in a four day work week.

Some things I have learned in our session:
➡️ If you want to become a leading brand - you have to lead.
➡️ Change hurts. Transformation comes with difficult decisions like killing profitable products which are not on brand or moving to a four day week.
➡️ Having a bold visionary in a company helps a lot - especially if it is the owner.

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More infos about Desigual:
http://desigual.com

Show notes:
3:25 Drink of the day.
5:50 How Guillem became Guillem.
12:01 Finding my way to Desigual.
20:30 Transforming a brand.
25:40 Brand is not just a marketing conversation.
29:00 The next step: 4 day week.
42:25 Thinking sustainability.
45:44 The network question.

Everyone of us wants the best talent in their teams. People who can drive change, grow the business, make a difference, bring energy and solve the biggest challenges within the organisation. We call them unicorns - everyone is looking for them, but they are pretty hard to find.

My guest today knows how to attract these talents, but more important she also knows how organizations need to change to keep them. Carolin Stokes is the author and TedTalk Speaker of „Elephants before Unicorns“, spent years in the tech industry at PlayStation, Virgin and Nokia, build a humanistic headhunting and consulting company and is supporting big organisations to become emotionally intelligent. Most importantly - she is a fun and inspiring talk partner.

Some things I have learned in our session:
➡️ Never underestimate Empathy as a game changer for personal development.
➡️ Always be honest and transparent to potential new hires about the challenges within the company. It’s the only way not to loose them in the first three months.
➡️ Make sure you find the „elephants“ in your organization. What is keeping people to bring up challenges and solving them? Start to tackle them from top to bottom.
➡️ Start now to assess where your Org stands in terms of emotional intelligence: Workplace EQ Diagnostic

More information on Caroline Stokes:
https://www.theforward.co
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Show notes:
3:07 Drinks of the day.
5:15 How Caroline became Caroline.
13:40 The power of unicorns.
20:10 What is an elephant?
35:17 Measuring EQ.
45:00 Onboarding Talent.
54:00 The network question.

During a career you go through a lot of trainings, some good and inspiring, others a waste of time and energy.

One of the most impactful trainings in my career has been about negotiation with the GAP Partnership. Even after many years I still think about it. As I know that many people have difficulties with this topic, I have invited Jon Speichinger, a negotiation expert at the GAP.
Jon shared his life story, but also a lot of insights about negotiations.
Another one in German I’m afraid. :)

Some things I have learned in our session:

➡️ Take preparation seriously. Know exactly what you want and what your no gos are. Learn about the other site, see the world out of their shoes, play „what if“ games.

➡️ Listen carefully. You might learn things which are important to the other site and easy wins for you.

➡️ Success is not just measured through numbers - especially in a long term partnership it is important that both parties leave the table with a good feeling.

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Website:
https://www.thegappartnership.com
Show notes:
4:22 Drink of the day.
7:20 How Jon became Jon.
13:40 Negotiation in different Cultures.
19:00 My life at the GAP PARTNERSHIP.
26:00 Negotiations are nothing bad...
38:00 Training and preparation is everything.
49:00 Take controle.
55:40 The network question.