{"id":4840,"date":"2021-11-01T09:43:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T09:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tpcleadership.com\/pl-en\/uncategorized\/curious-boldness-and-darwinism-on-a-bike-a-conversation-with-karl-lechat-from-dieteren-group-ep-3\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T17:32:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T16:32:01","slug":"curious-boldness-and-darwinism-on-a-bike-a-conversation-with-karl-lechat-from-dieteren-group-ep-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tpcleadership.com\/pl-en\/developing-leaders\/curious-boldness-and-darwinism-on-a-bike-a-conversation-with-karl-lechat-from-dieteren-group-ep-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Curious boldness and Darwinism on a bike, a conversation with Karl Lechat from D\u2019Ieteren Group, Ep. #3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-9265825\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1857145\/9265825.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-9265825&amp;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In this 3rd episode of the Leadership Sessions, we explore curious boldness, leading teams and winning awards for innovation during COVID, perspectives on the new normal, and differences between private \u201chouses\u201d and public companies, with host Tom Van Dyck and Karl Lechat, previously Managing Director for Skoda in Belgium and now heading bicycle development initiative at D\u2019Ieteren in Belgium<\/p>\n<p><strong>On curious boldness:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBe curious in everything that you do\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIntegrate this aspect of curious boldness, go a bit further than yourself, learn, step out of your comfort zone, do something different, challenge yourself, don\u2019t take life for granted, go and get it, don\u2019t have any regrets\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>On team leadership:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe speed of the group is the speed of the slowest group member\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s about taking the ego out of the conversation\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGive people the chance to do something and make mistakes\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTo maintain this (group of companies) over 200 years, you need to have respect for the people and help them grow\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>On handling Covid:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAlways have a plan B because if you don\u2019t, plan A won\u2019t happen!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m an optimist, everything will always be a little bit different, it\u2019s Darwin at the end of the day!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Listen to the above sections and much more in the podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss our previous episode, \u2018Psychological safety and the impact of the unvarnished truth\u2019, with Brandon Strong, head of finance with Google.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>The Leadership Sessions<\/em><\/strong> is a podcast series of captivating and occasionally provocative conversations with exceptional leaders sharing their personal opinions on what it takes and means to be a leader. In this series of perceptive discussions, host Tom Van Dyck discusses how leadership is transforming with a range of inspirational guests from around the world, willing to share their personal stories and learnings. What are their strategies and tactics that help them thrive in these uncertain times and beyond?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join us on <em>The Leadership Sessions<\/em>. 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