Big ideas don’t move the needle if no one cleans the bathrooms. In this episode we unpack the real difference between leadership and management with candid stories—from a student-run catering company that grew fast and cracked under overmanagement, to a hotel pitch that thrilled U.S. investors with vision and then hit a wall when a German board asked the most practical question: who cleans the toilets?

Some topics covered are: 

• Leadership vs. management — knowing the difference
• Swinging from spreadsheets to vision
• The hotel pitch — why toilets matter
• Pairing bold vision with follow-through
• Using the bite factor to test grit
• Hiring based on your leadership–management mix
• Turning projects into repeatable processes
• Adding structure to family life and meetings
• Spotting vision misalignment vs. routine gaps
• Codifying values and reinforcing behaviors
• And more...

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