Mads Singers Management Podcast

Management style establishes the tone and affects the company work culture, which is the fuel to everything that a company does. In an ideal world, employees who become accountable, who are results focused, who self-identify, and collaborate with their team thrive. When exemplified, clients and businesses thrive as well.

In this episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast, Kurt Philip, CEO, and Founder of Convertica joins us to discuss how a visionary entrepreneur makes things happen.

Kurt Philips subscribes to the view that the power of a vision depends on its ability to capture the soul of employees by setting the vision forth to be feasible and uplifting. As such, when a shared idea is adapted to the visioning process of the organization or company and at the same time, an empowering one, it becomes a home run to drive results. For Kurt, the focus may be an initial matter, but a constant drumbeat of emphasis makes magic in management.

A vision will be mere words unless reinforced by action, and Kurt allows his leaders to navigate their liberty guided by the widely communicated vision and even quantifying it further to drive results.

Known to be a person who’s always willing to help and share his knowledge with others, Kurt Philip proved that his expertise drive results and transformation. 

Key Learning:
1. Kurt Philip’s Management Philosophy - (1:34)
2. Mission in People Management - (3:00)
3. Business Evolution - (4:07)
4. Kurt Philip’s take in Identifying Leaders - (6:12), (6:45)
5. Going beyond Managing - (8:35)
6. Kurt Philip’s Unique Management Style - (9:52) 
7. Personal Transformation - (12:13)
8. Risk = Opportunity - (16:48)
9. Management Tips, Tricks, or Techniques - (19:10) 

Golden Nuggets:
Visionary Entrepreneur - (16:27)

Connect with Kurt Philip online with the following handles:
1. Convertica
2. Linkedin
3. Facebook 

Communication technology and advancement in information paved the way of different modes of organizing and doing work. The idea of working and coordinating with co-workers without meeting face to face is now a reality. Hence, diving deep, understanding the business needs, and applying a data-driven management style uniquely can become a vital recipe for success and equity to be sustainable.

In this episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast, we discuss the importance of communicating with clarity in all forms most especially that businesses operate in a continually changing environment with many factors influencing outcomes in different ways every day. This communication style magnifies the implications of being data-driven as a leader.

Joining us today is Remotivate’s Founder and Business Consultant, Anna Shcherbyna.

Anna Shcherbyna is currently running three businesses particularly her own recruitment business where she helps online entrepreneurs to bring in top talents for their business needs, and she also helps operate two other companies that are in the service industry that does operations management explicitly.

Anna acknowledges the fact that each business and industry is unique. Hence, gaining the data and being driven from it lunges people to trust the system and the tools supporting it to create space for equity. Also, this creates accountability for everyone involved in the process and refining the process to adapt to each business need uniquely.

Anna Shcherbyna’s management style emphasizes the benefits of being transparent in approaching business dealings and its direct impact, as echoed by her data-driven philosophy.

Key Learning:
1. Anna Shcherbyna’s Management Philosophy - (1:24)
2. Mission in People Management  - (5:17)
3. Anna Shcherbyna’s Management Style  - (16:53), (17:42)
4. Overcoming Management Predicaments - (9:17), (11:08)
5. Transforming Managers of Tomorrow - (12:00), (14:45), (15:45)
6. Relevance of Business Risks in Scaling Up A Business - (21:09)
7. Anna Shcherbyna’s take on Process - (25:35), (29:00)
8. Anna Shcherbyna’s Management Tips, Tricks, And Techniques - (32:34), (33:05), (33:30)

Golden Nuggets:
1. Why Trusting Your Team is Very Important - (24:03)
2. Managing Expectations and Following Through - (34:29)
3. Business Operations Reality - (29:54)

Reference Mentioned:
1. Book: The One Thing Book

   Author: Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan 

2. Book: Traction

    Author: Gino Wickman 

Apps Mentioned:
App: Notion

Connect with Anna Shcherbyna online:
1. Remotivate
2. E-mail: [email protected]

Jonathan Kiekbusch was born and raised in Germany,  and his early career revolved around business development in different industries. 

From there, Jonathan joined a big American usability company. He began as an account executive and was eventually promoted to Director of Sales in Europe. 

Jonathan’s first startup was in the security industry. He ran it for three years before eventually selling it. During this time, he met his co-founder and they started the digital marketing product business which is now SEO Butler. 

A crucial part of Jonathan’s ’s mission is hiring the right people and providing mechanisms and goals for employee growth and development. He believes strongly that training and development is an integral part of managing the talents of his team.

Jonathan recognizes the challenges of hiring in today’s competitive marketplace.  He firmly believes that communicating effectively is essential for employee growth and business development. 

Key Learning:

1. Jonathan Kiekbusch’s Management Philosophy - (5:15), (8:40)

2. People Management Mission -  (10:30)

3. Improving People and Business Innovation - (26:06), (27:08), (27:40)

4. Manager’s Transformation - (30:05), (31:22)

5. Jonathan Kiekbusch Tips, and Techniques - (18:26), (19:14) 

Golden Nugget: 

Capability Building - (12:54)

Connect with Jonathan Kiekbusch online with the following handles:

1. Website

Reality tells us that it may be impossible to tailor fit all programs to meet the variety of styles in managing people. 

In this episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast, we then reaffirm the importance of having a collaborative management approach to begin empowering the employees to take more responsibility for their development.   

Joining us today is Julie Spear from Bobsled Marketing.

Julie Spear had an education background for sixteen years before joining Bobsled Marketing. She led a large school in Chicago to which she built the team, helped it grow and scaled school building programs. While in education, Julie pursued a degree in Psychology and earned her Masters in Psychology and Counseling.

Known to be very encouraging and helps her team realize their potential, Julie confessed that she is a lifelong learner, and this perspective enabled her to see opportunities as an exciting journey in employee development. 

For Julie, People Management requires a robust and clear understanding of the individuals on her team, and she leverages her education background in translating it to the work that she does in Bobsled Marketing.  By her education philosophy, she believes that targeting the individual learners and understanding the context in meeting them will eventually help them grow and develop professionally.

Key Learning:
1. Julie Spear’s Unique Management Philosophy - (5:54) 

2. The Mission in People Management - (9:28), (9:47)

3. Julie Spear’s Unique Leadership Style - (10:49)

4. Application of Individual Experience to Business Success - (12:47) 

5. Cultivating Business and People Innovation - (14:27), (14:40)
6. Influencing Leaders - (16:21)

7. Management and Innovation Tips, Tricks, or Apps - (19:06) 

Golden Nuggets:
1. Importance of Having the Right People AND Empowerment - (10:03)

2. Resiliency in Business Opportunities - (15:22)

Applications Mentioned: 
1. HeyTacos

2. Harvest 

Connect with Julie Spear online with the following handles:
1. Website 

2. Linkedin

Joining us is Lavinia Iosub from Livit, in about her journey towards expanding a unique set of services for startups and finding new ways to empower people. 

Known to be a person who makes things happen and willing to take risks for a better direction, she places the relevance of having a shared belief in driving the course of a growing business, and that includes the right attitude, correct behavior, and shared values.
 

Currently, Livit is an international service provider for tech startups. LivIt have operations in Bali and also spanning four international services abroad. It offers coworking spaces, shared offices, business support services, and consultancy services.

Lavinia shares to us her management philosophy, how important it is to approach a “We” perspective in working rather than an “I” mindset, and what she enjoys in managing people.

Lavinia expresses how she looks forward to continuing to inspire people to take on more autonomy and how vital it is to trust your team.

She her advocacy in Training and Development most especially for those who are already leaders and for those who seek to become one considering the factors for a coworking space or virtual set up.e shares

Key Learning:

1. Lavinia Iosub’s Management Philosophy - (3:58), (11:44)
2. Routine Wednesday -  (7:46) 
3. The Mission in Managing People -  (8:19)
4. Influencing Leaders -  (21:12)
5. Management Tips, Tricks, Tools, and System - (31:07)  

Golden Nugget:
How Globalization Irreversibly Affects the Workforce - (5:30)

Resource(s) Mentioned:
Author:              Simon Sinek   
Book:                 Start With Why

Connect with Lavinia Iosub online in the following spaces:

1. Facebook
2. Instagram    
3. Livit
4. Project Getaway
5. E-mail -  [email protected]