The Secret Sauce To Leadership With Willie Pietersen, Author of Leadership—The Inside Story

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On this Live Greatly podcast episode, Kristel Bauer sits down with Willie Pietersen, author of Leadership—The Inside Story: Time-Tested Prescriptions for Those Who Seek To Lead. Willie shares stories, experiences and the secret sauce of leadership learned from his time being CEO of multibillion-dollar businesses, a professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business, and a consultant to some of the world’s biggest and best-known organizations. Tune in now!

Key Takeaways From This Episode

• How leadership is all about people
• Some big lessons Willie learned amid his leadership journey
• How to get better at receving feedback and why it is important
• Stories about what makes a great leader

About Willie Pietersen:

Willie Pietersen was raised in South Africa, and received a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. After practicing law, he embarked on an international business career. Over a period of twenty years he served as the CEO of multibillion-dollar businesses such as Lever Foods, Seagram USA, Tropicana and Sterling Winthrop’s Consumer Health Group.

In 1998, Willie was named Professor of the Practice of Management at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He specializes in strategy and the leadership of change, and his methods and ideas, especially Strategic Learning, are widely applied within Columbia’s executive education programs, and also in numerous corporations.

He has served as a teacher and advisor to many global companies, including Aviva, Bausch & Lomb, Boeing, Chubb Corp., Deloitte, DePuy, Electrolux, Ericsson, ExxonMobil, Henry Schein, Inc., Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, Novartis, Salt River Project, SAP, UGI, United Nations Federal Credit Union and also the Girl Scouts of the USA.

Willie is the author of three books and numerous articles. His latest book is Leadership—The Inside Story: Time-Tested Prescriptions for Those Who Seek to Lead.

Connect with Willie:

Website: https://williepietersen.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willie-pietersen-286b149/

Get Willie's Book: https://williepietersen.com/books/leadership-the-inside-story-time-tested-prescriptions-for-those-who-seek-to-lead/

About the Host of the Live Greatly podcast, Kristel Bauer:

Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness expert, popular keynote and TEDx speaker, and the host of top-rated self-improvement podcast “Live Greatly”. Kristel is an Integrative Medicine Fellow & Physician Assistant with clinical experience in Integrative Psychiatry, giving her a unique perspective into optimizing mental well-being and attaining a mindset for more happiness and success in the workplace and beyond. Kristel decided to leave clinical practice in 2019 when she founded her wellness platform “Live Greatly” to share her message around well-being and success on a larger scale. With a mission to support companies and individuals on their journeys for more happiness, success, and well-being, Kristel taps into her unique background in healthcare, business, and media, to provide invaluable insights into high power habits, leadership development, mental well-being, peak performance, resilience, sales, success, wellness at work, and a modern approach to work/life balance. Kristel is the author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business November 19, 2024).

Kristel is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur and she is an influencer in the business and wellness space having been recognized as a Top 10 Social Media Influencer of 2021 in Forbes. A popular speaker on a variety of topics, Kristel has presented to groups at APMP, Bank of America, Commercial Metals Company, General Mills, Northwestern University, Mazda, Santander Bank and many more. She has been featured in Forbes, Forest & Bluff Magazine, Authority Magazine & Podcast Magazine, has contributed to CEOWORLD Magazine & Real Leaders Magazine, and has appeared on ABC 7 Chicago, WGN Daytime Chicago, Fox 4’s WDAF-TV’s Great Day KC and Ticker News. Kristel lives in the Chicago area with her husband and their 2 children. She can be booked for speaking engagements worldwide.

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