#73 Klaus Kleinfeld: Leading to Thrive
From Investing by the Books by Redeye AB
July 29, 2025 · 53 min · Episode 73
About this episode
Klaus Kleinfeld discusses his experiences as CEO of Siemens and Alcoa and shares insights from his book 'Leading to Thrive'.
Klaus Kleinfeld has been the global CEO of two Fortune 500 companies – Siemens and Alcoa. In this episode, we have the pleasure of discussing his book 'Leading to Thrive', where Klaus shares his lessons from heading big organizations, but also on how to live a good life.
People in this episode
Guest: Klaus Kleinfeld
Topics covered
- leadership
- business management
- personal development
- Fortune 500
- life lessons
Keywords
- Klaus Kleinfeld
- leadership
- Siemens
- Alcoa
- business
- life lessons
- personal development
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Siemens, Alcoa
Books & works: Leading to Thrive
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