#37 Joost Sanders | Being a CEO, I realized a career problem when staying in the corporate world

Konnitchiwa from Ishigaki, Japan. Being so far away from home I am
even more excited to have you here with me today For this week’s
English episode #37, I got the chance to speak with Joost Sanders
just yesterday. He is a diversely experienced international
business leader who holds an MBA & MSc and spent decades in the
fields of finance, commercial, operational, products and export
just to name a few. After leaving the CEO position at Stanley Black
& Decker in Germany, he started his own business in Düsseldorf
in 2019, with the name Silencio – you will hear more about that
later. Joost very openly shares how he was offered one big
challenge after another by the EU president of his former employer
and how he turned around the crisis the company was facing at that
time. You’ll hear how leaving the finance path was the hardest
decision for him but how suddenly understanding the ground reality
of employees and customers inspired him so much. We talk about the
impact of strengths based management and – by that - highly
increased engagement rates and productivity. And Joost takes us
back to his key aha moment, realizing that he couldn’t stand the
“cover your a** mentality” on the long term and decided to leave
the corporate world. A decision, not everyone could understand. We
talk about counting the first 100 days in the new role, his
implemented “promotional carousel”, gaining Start-Up DNA and much
more. Ready? Tune in now! If you enjoy this episode I would be more
than happy if you’d leave me a review or star rating on apple
podcast. Thanks in advance and have a happy day ahead!