The Human Side of Business

We have more than enough scientific studies to prove it: happy, healthy and collaborative teams are more successful. This means that a strong and positive company culture is not a cherry on top of the cake. If we want to build successful teams, we need to invest in building a better company culture.

Over the years, I’ve built multiple wonderful teams (both remote and co-located). And I've now written a highly practical, very hands-on book on the topic: check out Building Better Teams now!

Many founders, entrepreneurs and leaders believe that you have to be tough and aggressive to win in business. They believe that kindness, empathy and compassion are out of place here. They think these things are synonymous with weakness.

But the experience from my own success as an entrepreneur — and hard data from lots of scientific research — suggest otherwise.

Becoming a better human, being a good person and treating others with kindness and respect are not in conflict with being successful. Quite the opposite, in fact, these things fuel our success!

My name’s Tobias and I've been an entrepreneur for almost 20 years. During this time, I've had my fair share of wins and losses: