Founder Independence
The podcast for founders that focuses on one core question:
How to build a SME company that runs and grows profitably without you being the bottleneck?
Why Should You Listen?
Each episode dives into the systems, structures, and leadership mechanics that allow companies to operate independently of their founders.
No theory. No corporate BS.
Just practical thinking for leaders who want their business to scale without burning themselves out.
Different formats. Same mission.
If your company still depends on you, you don’t have a leadership problem.
You have a system problem.
This podcast exists to fix that.
Latest Episodes
LME035 - Leadership in 2025: A Fresh Start After the Break
Top 3 leadership trends for 2025: building hybrid teams, leveraging AI while maintaining the human touch, and developing leaders at…
LME034 - Tips for first-time managers - Interview with Mike Ashie
Today I talk with Mike Ashie from the YouTube channel: "Leadership with Mike" about tips for first-time managers.
LME033 - How I Learned to delegate
When I founded my first company, a high-tech start-up, together with a partner more than 25 years ago, I had…
LME032 - Why I quit my job as a highly paid manager!
A manager always works in a sandwich position. I explain my struggles with it and why I decided to leave…
LME031 - One-on-one meetings: Why to to do them and what questions to ask
One-one-one meetings create trust: Why do you need them? What do you actually talk about and how often should you…
LME030 - New as a manager - 5 important tips
When you are new in your manager role, you surely don’t want to make any unnecessary mistakes, do you? To…
LME029 - How to set goals with your employees
Goal setting with employees is not easy. How can you be successful with it? Here are my 5 most important…
LME028 - What do you wish you knew, before becoming a successful leader?
Becoming a leader is mostly totally different to what you might expected. Therefore, I invited 5 leaders with different backgrounds…