LEITWOLF Podcast - Leadership, Führung & Management

🇬🇧 Leadership lessons with David Taylor and Daniel Dippold - Live at the P&G Global Alumni Event 2025

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A former P&G CEO and a tech entrepreneur discuss redefining leadership in times of uncertainty at a live alumni event.

The episode begins with host Stefan introducing a special live recording from the Procter & Gamble 2025 Global Alumni Meeting in Berlin. He expresses pride in interviewing two exceptional leaders: David Taylor, former CEO of P&G, and Daniel Dippold, founder and CEO of Evor. The title of the fireside chat is 'Former P&G CEO meets Tech Entrepreneur, redefining leadership in times of uncertainty.' Stefan highlights the contrast between David's experience leading a 108,000-person organization with $80 billion in annual sales and Daniel's work in a fast-growing tech startup ecosystem. The discussion covers several key topics, including what leaders can give during uncertainty, the value of mathematics in leadership, and decision-making frameworks. David Taylor emphasizes that leaders cannot give certainty but can provide clarity, using examples from P&G and Delta Airlines during COVID-19. He stresses prioritizing people, consumers, and communities in crises. Daniel Dippold explains how his love for math helps in entrepreneurship, describing Evor's processes for attracting, selecting, and amplifying startups through mathematical functions and power law distributions. He shares a personal story about resilience, detailing a period after his father's death when he secured regulatory clearance and raised €60 million for Evor. The conversation also touches on decision-making, with Daniel referencing Jeff Bezos's one-way and two-way door framework to distinguish between reversible and irreversible decisions. David discusses the importance of acting quickly on cultural issues and avoiding tolerating problems for too long. Both guests offer final thoughts: Daniel advises aspiring entrepreneurs to question their assumptions about leadership, noting that micromanagement can be effective in early-stage startups, while David warns against ego and lack of humility as common causes of leadership failure. The episode concludes with Stefan encouraging listeners to share the episode and vote on future content.

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