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Hosted by Lagrou Partners · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 18 episodes
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Real transformation starts at the top. In each episode, Bram Lagrou — founder of Lagrou Partners and seasoned transformation expert — shares his deepest insights on leading change that actually sticks. Whether you're driving a full sales transformation, building a high-performance culture, or developing the next generation of leaders in your organisation — this podcast gives you the thinking, the frameworks, and the honest truths behind sustainable commercial and human growth. No fluff, no theory. Just real insight for Sales Directors, C-suite executives, GMs, L&D Managers, and HR leaders who are serious about leading their people and organisations to the next level.
Lagrou Partners hosts The Commercial Leader, a business show with 18 episodes published.
How many leadership books do you own that you've actually finished? I own about forty, and if I'm honest, I couldn't tell you the ending of half of them. In this episode I run seven of the biggest names in leadership (Co
My guest this week is Koen Cardon — Belgian engineer, Officer of the Order of Leopold II, and the man who spent 30 years building Katoen Natie's business across Southeast Asia, from a standing start to an operation spann
Most sales teams I meet are tracking eight, ten, sometimes twelve KPIs — and wondering why nobody's excelling at any of them. In this episode of The Commercial Leader, I unpack why fewer KPIs almost always beat more, dra
Most sales teams I meet are tracking eight, ten, sometimes twelve KPIs — and wondering why nobody's excelling at any of them. In this episode of The Commercial Leader, I unpack why fewer KPIs almost always beat more, dra
Every sales framework you've come across — SPIN selling, the Challenger sale, consultative selling, straight-line selling — shares one blind spot: they assume there's a single right way to sell to every buyer. In this ep
Every sales framework you've come across — SPIN selling, the Challenger sale, consultative selling, straight-line selling — shares one blind spot: they assume there's a single right way to sell to every buyer. In this ep
In this episode, I sit down with Kate Russell — conflict resolution specialist, speaker, coach, and author of Leaders Who Lead — for one of the most honest conversations we've had on this show about what leadership actua
In this episode, I sit down with Kate Russell — conflict resolution specialist, speaker, coach, and author of Leaders Who Lead — for one of the most honest conversations we've had on this show about what leadership actua
Every organisation has them: the sales team pushing for speed, finance demanding accuracy, operations wanting process, and leadership expecting results — yesterday. The friction feels personal. It isn't. In this e
Every organisation has them: the sales team pushing for speed, finance demanding accuracy, operations wanting process, and leadership expecting results — yesterday. The friction feels personal. It isn't. In this episode
What if the most frustrating person in your life is also your most valuable coach? In this episode of The Commercial Leader, Bram Lagrou makes the case that "difficult" people aren't the problem — they're a mirror. Wheth
What if the most frustrating person in your life is also your most valuable coach? In this episode of The Commercial Leader, Bram Lagrou makes the case that "difficult" people aren't the problem — they're a mirror. Wheth
Most organisations aren't struggling because they have the wrong strategy. They're struggling because they don't truly understand the people executing it. In this episode of The Commercial Leader, Bram Lagrou unpacks the
In this episode of The Commercial Leader, Bram Lagrou unpacks why even well-funded corporate training programmes rarely deliver lasting results — and what forward-thinking organisations are doing differently. Drawing on
In this episode, Bram Lagrou makes the case for why tailored communication is the highest-leverage skill available to leaders and commercial professionals — and why most people are still defaulting to a one-size-fits-all
What separates a sales team that consistently performs from one that's left to chance? It comes down to architecture — and most organisations are building without a plan. In this episode of The Commercial Leader, Bram La
In this episode of The Commercial Leader, Bram Lagrou explores why assessing your sales team can reveal where your business is winning, losing and leaking revenue. Many salespeople rely on their natural communication sty
In this episode, Bram Lagrou makes the case that most corporate training fails not because of the content — but because of the design. Drawing on DISC profiling and years of experience across 25 countries, Bram breaks do
What does communication have to do with sales performance, leadership culture, and commercial execution? Everything, according to this episode. Bram Lagrou walks through a detailed case study involving a national health
What happens when a high-complexity team stops performing — and it's not a skills issue? In this episode, Bram Lagrou walks through a real client case study: a division of 200+ engineers that had been falling behind on e
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The Commercial Leader is hosted by Lagrou Partners. The show is categorised under business (management) and has published 18 episodes.
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