Leadership Blog for New Managers

Leadership coach Gregor Prah smiling and holding a red Ferrari model car, wearing glasses and a black jacket. He is seated in a modern home office with shelves in the background. Text on the image reads: “NO NEED TO BE A FERRARI,” with “FERRARI” emphasized in red — symbolizing Gregor’s message about teamwork and leadership performance.

Your TEAM needs to be a FERRARI

I’ve received one of the best leadership advice from someone who wasn’t even a leader — a music producer.

25 years ago, I was playing in a band, thinking mostly about making an album. Leadership was the last thing on my mind. One night, after our rehearsal, this man said something that stuck ...

A cartoon-style digital illustration of four office workers—two men and two women—standing shoulder to shoulder, all with annoyed facial expressions and rolling their eyes. Above them is a large thought bubble that reads “ANOTHER A&$#⚡?!” in bold, with “ANOTHER” in black and the symbols in red, mimicking a censored swear word to express frustration.

The biggest time-waster most managers accept—and how to fix it

I've asked 20 managers a simple question: "What wastes your time the most?"

The answer was unanimous. But before I reveal it, here's some context - each of them has been:

a manager for over 2 years,
leading a team of at least 8 people,
part of a company of 100+ employees,

Team having a relaxed conversation with their manager

The leadership habit that stops problems before they start

When I first stepped into leadership, I thought that if I were clear enough, supportive enough, and gave my team all the right tools, things would…work. No drama, no confusion, just a well-oiled machine moving toward shared goals.

You can probably guess how that turned out.

The reality? Issues ...

Team improving their communication based on the SDI tool

Fix team relationship fast - improve team performance and communication with the SDI tool

Do you know Talking Tom?
Of course, you do. But I bet you didn't know that the founders of the company behind it (Iza and Samo Login) employed this tool when building their unicorn company, Outfit7. Every office door had an SDI diagram of the workers inside, so anyone walking in could immediately ...

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