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CEO Espresso highlights from 2025: Empathy
13 CEOs. Different industries, different countries, different company sizes. And yet, when asked this one question, their answers sounded strikingly similar: What does a good leader need? — Empathy. 🔹 Hariolf Wenzler, CEO of technology law firm YPOG: “Empathy. And love for people.” 🔹 Jan Garde, founder of The Embassies: “Empathy, strategy, and vision.” 🔹…
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Trust is a business asset
Trust is often discussed as if it were mainly a cultural issue. In practice, it has hard operational consequences. Where trust is low, friction rises. More approvals are added. More meetings are scheduled. More reporting is requested. More energy goes into checking intent (or looking for someone to blame!) instead of solving the problem. That…
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Strong leaders are strong negotiators
The strongest strategic leaders are almost always strong negotiators. Yet most executives I work with don’t think of themselves that way. They think of negotiation as something that happens at specific moments — a contract, a dispute, a transaction. But watch how they actually spend their week. Competing for resources. Aligning functions that pull in…