The Corporate Corner

Mats and Ariel Andersson

This Podcast is for everyone impacted by the Corporate World. Corporate Life impacts everybody, from the CEO of the company to the middle manager or the employee lowest down the chain, as well as the silent (or, not so silent) partner at home doing the groundwork for their partner's success.Mats and Ariel Andersson have been been working, the last few decades, in various positions on multiple contents and countries. They are passionate about creating community and connecting people through conversations, looking at how things work, and don't, and where we align and have to be honest about differences. Mats has been working most recently as Director and General manager in the financial world and Ariel as Conscious Life and Businss Coach.With this Podcast we intend to shed light on Corporate culuture and effects by interviewing people in the corporate world and listening to their stories, their successes and failures and tackling some of the challenges that exist out there in the Corporate World: How do we lead with success? What is a good manager/leader? How do cultural differences impact the workplace? Are performance appraisals really needed? And, "How does corporate effect us all?" We will answer all these questions and more.

  1. TCC 2.0 - Induction of 2nd Season of TCC

    EPISODE 1

    TCC 2.0 - Induction of 2nd Season of TCC

    Welcome to the 2nd season of The Corporate Corner.  In this episode Mats will talk about the why for this 2nd season and also why the 1st season unexpectedly stopped.  He will share the intention for this season which is to broaden the scope of the guests and also have some people on their way into the corporate life or who have recently left it.  The intention is also to give a voice to people working in what is not always considered corporate, but people who have life stories to share around their work in different contexts.  Mats will talk about the transatlantic move he and the family has made to land in Northern California and the challenges and benefits that came with that.  He will share his thoughts on how polarized the socitey has become and how the behaviour of politicians trickle down in the society and Mats will share the analogy with a bee hive that went from hostile to nice in 3 days when the queen was exchanged.  In a political rant he will share how he first discovered how politicians directly can impact managers in the corporate life and he will also talk about a book he has read: "A very stable genius" which is not very flattering for the President of the United States.  To counterbalance that he will tell something we all could learn from POTUS.  In this 2nd season the aim is to have bi-weekly episodes.  Great to have you here in the Corporate Corner: CONTACT US: ArielandMats@gmail.com 1. If you'd like to work with us in coaching and consulting. 2. If you'd like to be on the podcast with Ariel or Mats, send us a pitch or a details about your story++ *We also do workshops, conferences and voice your story.:) 2025 ACTIONS FOREST INNOVATION SUMMIT in Spring 2025 in Northern California.

    20 min
  2. Leigh Sembaluk, soccer pro, coach, author and startup founder all in one person

    EPISODE 2

    Leigh Sembaluk, soccer pro, coach, author and startup founder all in one person

    In todays episode Mats sits down with Leigh Sembaluk.  Leigh is a young Canadian with multiple talents.  He grew up being a passionate soccer player and reached his goal and became pro.  Unfortunateley he was injured in his first season and turned into coaching.  He became more and more interested in what really makes the best players the best and what is really distinguishing them from the others.  This lead to a book called Preception and it gives insights into Leigh's experience and gives valuable tips to coaches and goes under the surface what is really driving the conscious and unconscious behaviour of team players.  Leigh's passion did not stop there and he decided to found a company, also called Preception.  Leigh together with a team of scientists and software engineers develop hardware and software that allows to analyse movements and give valuable insight to players that they can use to improve their game.  Listen to Leigh's fascinating story.  If you want to connect with Leigh, read his book or check out his company: Leigh Sembaluk on LinkedInBuy the Book PreceptionThe Company Preception Great to have you here in the Corporate Corner: CONTACT US: ArielandMats@gmail.com 1. If you'd like to work with us in coaching and consulting. 2. If you'd like to be on the podcast with Ariel or Mats, send us a pitch or a details about your story++ *We also do workshops, conferences and voice your story.:) 2025 ACTIONS FOREST INNOVATION SUMMIT in Spring 2025 in Northern California.

    1h 7m
  3. Steffen Kaiser, German CFO on corporate culture and importance of better taking people into consideration

    EPISODE 4

    Steffen Kaiser, German CFO on corporate culture and importance of better taking people into consideration

    This week we meet Steffen Kaiser from Germany. Steffen is an experienced CFO and has been in a multitude of executive management positions.  He has also been the person coming in to a company and having the tough task to massively lay off people, something that deeply affected him. A sample of things discussed in this episode: The challenge for management of involving the people who is actually doing the work into decisions that ultimateley impacts them. How can management get out of their ivory tower and truly take in feedback even when it is not something they want to hear. How to create an environment where it is not only EBITA but also people that counts. How to navigate in a corporate experience when you have not only your staff to take care off but also need to manage your peers whose interest is not always aligning to yours and also more difficult to influence. Listen to a very thoughtful man who has seen it all and been given serious thought on how to improve the corporate experience. If you want to get in touch with Steffen you can contact him on LinkedIn by clicking here.  Great to have you here in the Corporate Corner: CONTACT US: ArielandMats@gmail.com 1. If you'd like to work with us in coaching and consulting. 2. If you'd like to be on the podcast with Ariel or Mats, send us a pitch or a details about your story++ *We also do workshops, conferences and voice your story.:) 2025 ACTIONS FOREST INNOVATION SUMMIT in Spring 2025 in Northern California.

    46 min
  4. Alain Hunkins - Cracking the Leadership Code

    EPISODE 5

    Alain Hunkins - Cracking the Leadership Code

    This week Mats sits down with Alain Hunkins.  Alain is a leadership coach and has worked with thousands of groups and leaders in the last decades.  He is also the author of his first book:  "Cracking the Leadership code: Three Secrets of Building Strong Leaders" We talk about the book and some concrete trips and tricks for leaders.  We touch upon a lot of subjects and here is a glimpse: - How to be more emphatic, the importance of really listening when you talk to someone.  - Only 21% of people think their leaders lead well. Why is it like that? - How power and absolute power negativeley impacts the emphatic part of the brain - How to lead in Corona times, what will be the new normal when we are on the other side of this Corona crisis. "When we come out of this you will be seen as either a stronger or weaker leader" says Alain.  - Some examples of how Alain learned the hard way Listen to someone with a lot of experience and who is willing to share it.  If you want to connect with Alain, find below some useful links: Alain Hunkins WebsiteCracking the Leadership Code book websiteAlain on LinkedinTEDx talk by Alain Great to have you here in the Corporate Corner: CONTACT US: ArielandMats@gmail.com 1. If you'd like to work with us in coaching and consulting. 2. If you'd like to be on the podcast with Ariel or Mats, send us a pitch or a details about your story++ *We also do workshops, conferences and voice your story.:) 2025 ACTIONS FOREST INNOVATION SUMMIT in Spring 2025 in Northern California.

    47 min
  5. Philip Hilm - from broke to professional poker player

    EPISODE 7

    Philip Hilm - from broke to professional poker player

    In this weeks episode Mats sits down with his Nordic friend, Philip Hilm from Denmark and talk about Philip's exciting life and career as a professional poker player.  We'll hear the story about a young Danish man who as a kid didn't naturally read the social cues between people and then spent a lot of energy and time to learn everything about it and when he was in his twenties he was broke and doing small jobs and decided to give poker a go and he became a professional poker player with an outstanding merit lists of which to mention only a few are: Final table (9th) WSOP Main Event 2007 (15th) EPT Grand Final Monte Carlo 2007 Final table (4th) EPT Copenhagen 2006 Won (1st) WCP III Barcelona 2006 Won (1st) Sunday Million online tournament 2006  Philip tells us how it is to be a professional poker player and why he left the scene to let construct 150 houses in Poland.  He'll teach us what to look for at your opponents body and body language when playing poker and why he had to put a face mask on 10 years before it was mandatory in Prague (due Corona) when he went down to the local Casino.  He talks about his current projects trying to master the Poker game by developing a "machine" that can master the game and he tells us how he apprehend and live the Corona virus crisis and fear that is spreading in society.  You'll also hear how Philip saved a friend from the Scientology church by using his analytical and logic thinking.  Listen to a very smart man with an unusual career that is almost like a fairy tale!  Great to have you here in the Corporate Corner: CONTACT US: ArielandMats@gmail.com 1. If you'd like to work with us in coaching and consulting. 2. If you'd like to be on the podcast with Ariel or Mats, send us a pitch or a details about your story++ *We also do workshops, conferences and voice your story.:) 2025 ACTIONS FOREST INNOVATION SUMMIT in Spring 2025 in Northern California.

    52 min
4.8
out of 5
4 Ratings

About

This Podcast is for everyone impacted by the Corporate World. Corporate Life impacts everybody, from the CEO of the company to the middle manager or the employee lowest down the chain, as well as the silent (or, not so silent) partner at home doing the groundwork for their partner's success.Mats and Ariel Andersson have been been working, the last few decades, in various positions on multiple contents and countries. They are passionate about creating community and connecting people through conversations, looking at how things work, and don't, and where we align and have to be honest about differences. Mats has been working most recently as Director and General manager in the financial world and Ariel as Conscious Life and Businss Coach.With this Podcast we intend to shed light on Corporate culuture and effects by interviewing people in the corporate world and listening to their stories, their successes and failures and tackling some of the challenges that exist out there in the Corporate World: How do we lead with success? What is a good manager/leader? How do cultural differences impact the workplace? Are performance appraisals really needed? And, "How does corporate effect us all?" We will answer all these questions and more.