About this episode

This episode explores essential leadership skills for founders with Victor Maze, focusing on building a strong team and company culture.

We’re diving into one of the most overlooked but business defining skills founders need to master: leadership. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed hiring, unsure how to create a strong culture, frustrated with managing people, or caught between being the creative visionary and the actual leader of a company… this conversation is for you. In this episode we sit down with Victor Maze. Award winning creative director, writer, and author of Lead Like an Editor, to break down a completely different approach to leadership inspired by the editorial world. In this episode: • Why so many founders struggle with leadership as they grow • How leadership impacts company culture • The role of work life balance in modern teams • How to create a company people genuinely want to work for • The biggest leadership mistakes founders make early on • How to build a leadership style that fits your personality • The connection between onboarding and employee success • What great hiring actually looks like • Why hiring for skill alone is not enough • Red flags to watch for when building a team • When it’s time to let the wrong hire go • How to keep great employees motivated long term Connect with Victor…

People in this episode

Host: Madison Paige

Guest: Victor Maze

Topics covered

• leadership
• company culture
• work life balance
• hiring
• employee motivation
• founder challenges

Keywords

• leadership
• hiring
• company culture
• employee success
• founder challenges
• work life balance
• motivation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Lead Like an Editor

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