Culture clashes and difficult decisions. With Arjen Schouten.

Leaders make difficult decisions – double-down or step back, invest or cut. But success is not only about the decision, it’s also about the process. So… How do you make tough calls a win-win? In this episode of This is Real Leadership, co-founder and COO, Arjen Schouten (who helped Rituals, the home and body cosmetics retailer, grow from zero to over 10,000 employees and $1 billion in turnover) and Professor Sebastian Reiche, Professor of Managing People in Organizations at IESE Business School (one of the world’s best business schools) – ranked No.1 in the world for six years running by the Financial Times explore how to make tough decisions as a leader.  Is letting people go the hardest thing to do in business? And is disagreement healthy? In this episode, Arjen and Sebastian explore: *  How to manage leadership clashes 03:54 *  What is the most demanding stage of business growth? 06:50 *  How to keep a start-up culture as the company grows 08:05 *  How to adapt to different cultures 12:25 Click IESE.edu/real-leadership/ for more Real Leadership content Want to keep up to date with the latest podcasts, leadership and career trends - subscribe to our newsletter. Connect with Arjen Schouten Connect with Professor Sebastian Reiche Email the podcast  

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This is real leadership. We love business but not buzzwords. We think the best companies are more human. And we want to improve leadership everywhere. So our podcast is different. Because it's not about toolkits or influencers. It’s about real people and real talk. It’s about practical insight from world-class thinkers with proven knowledge and experience.  Every episode, a business leader shares human stories and hard truths from their career. And an expert turns those stories into lessons we can all learn. Bright ideas and sound strategies that really work. Delivered by the people who learned them. Explained by the world-class professors at IESE, one of the world’s best business schools. This is real leadership. In each episode... From entrepreneurs to organisational theorists, old hands to cool heads, our guests have proven experience and a story to tell.   They’ll be telling it to Adam Burns, who’s been writing and talking about business for over 25 years, and a distinguished professor from IESE, one of the world’s best business schools – ranked number 1 in the world for six years running by the Financial Times. Then the professors offer their expert analysis of the conversation, uncovering and explaining real leadership lessons in plain language. No buzzwords. This is real leadership.  — Click for more Real Leadership content This is real leadership is a SIM7 podcast for IESE Business School. It is hosted by Adam Burns and produced by John England. Voiceover provided by Eliza Perry.