Podcasts by Teams at Work by BUNCH

Episode 43: Trust the Process: How to succeed as a first-time manager with Stephanie Herre (Leadership Coach, Sales Leader at Remote.com, Ex-Cisco and SAP) from 2023-07-07T17:18:43

In this week’s episode, our co-founder Darja chatted with Stephanie Herre, Senior Sales Leader at Remote (ex-Cisco, and SAP). Stephanie shared her take on how AI will impact the future of work, and...

Episode 42: How I went from "non-technical" to technical leader with Danielle Leong, VP of Engineering at Maca (ex-GitHub, and Twilio) from 2023-06-22T13:02:03

In this week’s episode, our co-founder Darja chatted with Danielle Leong, currently VP of Engineering at Maca, working on SaaS pricing insights. She started her career as an early engineer at Tw...

Episode 41: From chaos to clarity and how to lead with confidence with Eric Weiss, Executive Coach, and ex-CTO from 2023-06-12T14:50

In this week’s episode, our co-founders Darja and Anthony chatted with Eric Weiss, ex-CTO at Rock My World, Angel Investor, CEO, and Podcast Host at Chaos To Clarity, and an Executive Coach work...

Episode 40: Hot Takes with Raz Shuty: Why working in sprints sucks, the downsides of remote work and more from 2023-05-14T09:39:26

In this week’s episode, our co-founders Darja and Anthony chatted with Raz Shuty, Senior Director of Engineering at Delivery Hero with over 12 years of experience leading technology teams. Raz s...

Episode 39: The 4-part formula for high performance teams: lessons learned at Monzo and Pleo from 2023-05-06T13:13:34

In this week’s episode, our co-founders Darja and Anthony chatted with Meri Williams. Meri was the CTO at Monzo - the online bank - before it even became a bank! She led the technology ...

Episode 38: How to find your leadership style as a first time manager from 2023-03-10T17:17:29

In today’s episode, our co-founder Anthony chatted with Alvar Lumberg. Alvar was one of the Founding Engineering Team leaders at Wise (formely TransferWise), now he is an investor, and the CTO, ...

Episode 37: Why the “remote vs. office” conversation is missing the point from 2023-03-03T20:14:26

In this week’s episode, our co-founders Darja and Anthony chatted with Scott Markovits. Scott was one of the Founding Team at InVision - one of the first companies to work fully remotely (before...

Episode 36: Knowledge is NOT power - the ability to communicate it is from 2023-01-20T18:13:51

In this week’s episode, our co-founder Anthony chatted with Richard Newman. Richard is the Founder & CEO of Body Talk, the global leader in evidence-based courses on the psychology of commun...

Episode 35: The secret sauce of leadership (literally!) - stories from a Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author from 2023-01-13T16:50:07

In this week’s episode, our co-founder Anthony chatted with Chris Schembra. Through stories and lessons learned, Chris shared how he started his career in theater and video production, ultimatel...

Episode 34: Risky Business: Why I left my corporate job for entrepreneurship from 2023-01-06T18:48:44

In this week’s episode, we chatted with Louie Bacaj, who shared his journey from starting his career as an engineer in big tech to ultimately becoming an engineering leader at companies like Jet...

Episode 33: The one trait that will set your team up for success in 2023 from 2022-12-17T10:28:14

This week we chatted with Steve Tauber. Steve is a CTO in residence at madewithlove, where he has worked with more than 45 startups, helping them establish scale-proof processes, and build stron...

The #1 piece of advice to keep growing in your career | Ozioma Egwuonwu from 2022-11-03T13:48:48

In this episode we chatted with Ozioma Egwuonwu, the founder of BurnBright International LLC. Ozioma works with Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations, and business owners, to help them...

Episode 31: A very open conversation about failure, self-love and lessons learned from N26, Parship and Vivy with Christian Rebernik from 2022-10-07T10:00:23

In this episode we sat down with Christain Rebernik, a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, mentor, and father of 3. Christian is the former CEO and Co-Founder at Vivy, former CTO and MD at N26,...

Episode 30: No more hustle: How to achieve optimal performance with Julius Bachmann, Founder Coach, Co-Founder of 'Journey', Advisor to the European Commission and ex-VC from 2022-09-23T18:04:26

In this episode we sat down with Julius Bachmann, a founder coach whose mission is to make the future of venture more human. He started his career as an investor, then founded a personal growth ...

Episode 29: About building inclusive, high-performing teams. Lessons learned from Zynga, Apple and Tile with Jossie Haines from 2022-09-17T10:20:48

Jossie Haines is an executive and engineering leadership coach focused on empowering high performing leadership through empathy and compassion. Her mission is to retain women in tech and break t...

Episode 28: How to make the leap from scientist to startup founder and why ebooks need to be on the blockchain with Sonia Joseph from 2022-09-02T17:40:21

This episode’s guest is Sonia Joseph, CTO & co-founder at Alexandria Labs, a web3 library. Sonia is also a machine learning & neuroscience researcher at Mila - Quebec Artificial Intellig...

Episode 27: How to empower your team to consistently deliver above expectations | Constanze Buchheim, Founder & Managing Partner at i-potentials, President at Entrepreneurs' Organization Berlin from 2022-08-17T16:36:19

Today we chatted with Constanze Buchheim, founder of the executive search consultancy i-potentials. For 15 years, she has been building and transforming teams in the German and European Startup ...

Episode 26: The 3 different types of people you need on your team, and when you need them from 2022-08-05T07:48:16

In this chat we interviewed Kieran Flanagan, Senior Vice President of Marketing at HubSpot. He is an experienced startup advisor and investor, and has spent the past decade building and leading ...

Episode 25: Set the guard rails so your team can be more autonomous and effective from 2022-07-28T22:10:51

In this episode we sit down with Noor van Boven, investor, global people executive, and co-founder at Invested. She has worked and led people teams at Soundcloud, N26, and Deloitte, and is also ...

Episode 24: How to communicate in meetings so that your team stays focused and engaged from 2022-07-14T21:15:33

Our guest today is Anand Safi. He started his career as an engineer with a strong interest in leadership, then found opportunities to learn and contribute as a coach and mentor at MentorCruise, ...

Episode 23: Why the best performers on the team are made not hired from 2022-06-23T19:54:02

Our guest today is Ömer Karisman, ex-Mobile, and UX Lead and Getir, and now a Product Management Lead at Calm, and entrepreneur.

Ömer thinks that when it comes to top-performing employees,...

Episode 22: A Force to Reckon With - Overcoming Imposter Syndrome & Finding Product-Market-Fit from 2022-06-16T19:39:57

Our guest today is Jen Phan, the Co-Founder, and CEO of Passionfroot, Angel Investor, ex-Company Builder for Deloitte, and a Content Creator.

In this episode, we explored Jen's leadership ...

Episode 21: The “Stubborn Vision” - How to Build Mission-Driven Cultures from 2022-06-03T15:06:05

Our guest today is Eyal Lasker, the Founder of Flexspace, ex-Product and Growth leader at Uber and WeWork, and an experienced leader building global teams.

In this episode, we explored Eya...

Episode 20: Courage. Ownership. Authenticity. Leadership lessons learned at Spotify and Pitch from 2022-05-27T21:42:55

Our guest today is Åsa Lidén, ex-Spotify executive, experienced tech leader, and now the COO of Pitch.

In this episode, we explored Åsa's journey from her first leadership experience as a ...

Episode 19: What it means to be a true leader from 2022-05-20T09:12:40

Our guest today is James McClure, ex-Airbnb & Google executive, coach and angel investor, and an overall expert in leadership development.

In this episode, we explored James's journey ...

Episode 18: The small steps you can take to affect change in a team from 2022-02-11T12:50:14

Our guest today is Kate Leo, a consultant & coach for product teams at both disruptive startups and Fortune 500 companies whose 25 year career has included product leadership roles at Yahoo ...

Episode 17: The real difference between leaders and managers from 2022-01-28T18:54:05

Our guest today is David Noël, ex-SoundCloud VP turned leadership coach.

In this episode, we had one of the most authentic, honest conversations about taking non-traditional paths to find ...

Episode 16: Why leading software teams is much more about people than it is about technology from 2021-12-27T16:32:13

Disclaimer: Due to technical issues, the recording quality in this episode is not as top-notch as we like it to be. We believe the content however is very valuable and hope that you can bear wit...

Episode 15: What to do when your gut is telling you "No" from 2021-11-25T19:30:49

Our guest today is Steve Schlafman, an expert in leadership development and the Founder and Coach at High Output.

In this episode, we explored Steve’s decision to leave behind his newly ra...

Episode 14: From Apple to BlaBlaCar - building a high-performance culture at scale with Olivier Bonnet from 2021-09-06T13:23:02

Our guest today is Olivier Bonnet—though he’ll also accept “Oliver”—currently CTO of BlaBlaCar in Paris. Getting his hands dirty with engineering work first and then moving onto leadership roles...

Episode 13: How to inspire leadership on your team from 2021-08-12T10:56:06

Our guest today is Ellen Wong, an expert in managing people and the Director of Engineering at Calm.

In this episode, we explored Ellen’s management path from senior engineer to managing d...

Episode 12: Leading by influence and creating intentional teams from 2021-05-26T16:07:12

Our guest today is Mathias Meyer, a very successful executive leadership coach that loves to stretch technical founders and CTOs and he is also the co-author of the book “The Intentional Organiz...

Episode 11: How to go from Maker to Multiplier from 2021-05-05T10:55:31

We are back! Our guest today is Pat Kua, a CTO/Tech advisor, Coach and Mentor, who worked for companies like Thoughtworks, N26, and is on a mission to accelerate the growth of technical leaders ...

Episode 10: Humans over Hustle - how to work more effectively and manage chaos from 2021-03-08T11:20:30

As Founder of House of Wise, CMO of Teal, and mother to 3, Amanda Goetz knows how to get sh*t done. Thankfully, she shares just how to do that with us all in this episode where we celebrate fema...

Episode 10: Humans over Hustle - how to work more effectively and manage chaos from 2021-03-08T11:20:30

As Founder of House of Wise, CMO of Teal, and mother to 3, Amanda Goetz knows how to get sh*t done. Thankfully, she shares just how to do that with us all in this episode where we celebrate fema...

Episode 9: The journey from dev to VP Engineering from 2021-02-27T20:01:32

Veteran software developer and engineer James Trunk has had a long and notable career, starting at the tender age of 19 in his first internship, up until now, where he currently works as Head of...

Episode 8: How this coder-gone-CEO is building a diverse tech company from 2021-01-19T11:27:59

Jan Hase started his career as a coder and now finds himself as co-founder and CEO of Wunderflats. His company is on a mission to make housing more accessible and less discriminatory and build a...

Episode 7: Navigating uncertainty like a Navy SEAL from 2020-06-28T11:09:19

My co-founder Anthony and I sat down with Listen

Episode 6: Leading through crisis from 2020-04-16T14:55:58

Karl Alomar is Managing Partner at M13, a US-based VC that's invested in companies like Lyft, Pinterest, Daily Harvest and Capsule. A 2-time founder himself, Karl has worked wit...

Episode 5: Keeping pace with a unicorn from 2020-03-11T10:56:22

Alex Weber is Chief Growth Officer at N26, the unicorn digital bank with an ambition to change the way banking is done around the world. In this episode, Alex reflects on his 6 ...

Episode 4: Making remote work at a growing company from 2020-03-05T09:15:11

Liz Daldalian is Head of Business Operations at Truffle Suite - a 100% remote team building "sweet tools for smart contracts". In this episode, Liz shares practical tips for how to overcome thos...

Episode 3: How to build successful engineering teams? from 2020-01-10T09:00

Dizzy Smith, VP Engineering of Packet, shares his amazing insights from his 15+ year career in engineering about culture building, communication structures and diverse leadership in distributed ...

Episode 2: Building and scaling successful teams and cultures from 2019-11-20T20:13

Raffaela Rein, the founder of WildWildVentures, Vitalute, and CareerFoundry, was named amongst the Top 50 Women in Tech by Forbes.

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Episode 1: What does leadership mean in 2019? from 2019-09-08T10:51:15

Together with Mark Frein, the former CPO at InVision and now COO at Bunch, the host Darja Gutnick (Co-founder and CEO at Bunch) uncovers behaviors that makes leaders successful in 2019.

Yo...