Lead With Excellence
by Thomas Goubau
Building Resilient Teams in SaaS, with Tom Lavery
About this podcast
If you're an entrepreneur, director, or executive looking to scale your business, expand internationally, and manage a team of talented individuals who are ready to take your company to the next level, then this podcast is for you.
“Lead With Excellence” is a deep dive into topics related to entrepreneurship and leadership, featuring executives who have successfully built their businesses into global powerhouses.
We discuss topics such as talent management, M&A, international expansion and scaling, to help you lead with excellence.
Episodes
- Building Resilient Teams in SaaS, with Tom Lavery · 35 minJoin us in this insightful episode as Tom Lavery, CEO and co-founder of Jiminny, shares his entrepreneurial journey from sales director to scaling his SaaS company. Dive into…
- Building Culture at Scale: Lessons from Deliveract's hypergrowth, with Ingrid De Clercq and Jan Hollez · 43 minIn this episode, join Thomas Goubau as he sits down with Ingrid De Clercq, Chief People Officer, and Jan Hollez, Co-founder and CTO of Deliveract. They dive into the critical…
- Automation & Bootstrapping: Aytekin Tank's Principles for Scaling JotForm, with Aytekin Tank · 46 minIn this transformative episode of the "Lead With Excellence" podcast, we sit down with Aytekin Tank, the visionary CEO behind JotForm's impressive 18-year journey as a…
- Customer-led growth and bootstrapping social SaaS success, with Michael Kamleitner · 34 minIn this captivating episode of the Lead with Excellence podcast, we sit down with Michael Kamleitner, a remarkable tech entrepreneur who rose from his roots as a web developer to…
- From Engineer to Entrepreneur, with Nicolas Saliba · 40 minJoin us for an exciting episode of "Lead with Excellence" podcast where we dive into the ups and downs of entrepreneurship with our special guest, Nicolas. With an engineering…
- Double your bandwidth as a CEO thanks to a Chief of Staff, with Remi Giudicelli · 42 minIn this episode, we explore a crucial role in any growing organisation: the Chief of Staff. With an in-depth look at the ways in which this role can catalyse sustained and…
- From Tech Startups to Global Scale. Entrepreneurial Mastery, with Xavier Pansaers · 29 minIn this episode, we are thrilled to have Xavier Pansaer, a tech entrepreneur par excellence with a wealth of experience spanning an impressive 25 years in the industry. Xavier…
- 95% Sales Forecast Accuracy - Structuring Your Sales Team for Success, with Martijn Plessers · 49 minIn this episode, we explore the key to successful sales team structures, especially in fast-paced startups: "The Drumbeat," a series of regular meetings to ensure accountability…
- Naviguer dans le monde du journalisme en tant qu'entrepreneur : Conseils et astuces avec Christophe Charlot · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 12Dans cet épisode, nous discutons avec Christophe Charlot, journaliste au Trends Tendance, qui partage avec nous des stratégies pour aider les entrepreneurs à nouer des relations…
- Spice Girls Marketing (and other lessons), with Piet Saegeman · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 11On this episode of Lead With Excellence, Thomas Goubau interviews messaging strategist Piet Saegeman about the key ingredients to successful branding. Piet shares his career…
- Drawing your story, with Martin Saive · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 10From the United Nations to MIT, Martin Saive and Cartoonbase have helped many organizations worldwide tell their stories through illustration. Now, he’s here to tell his own…
- Playbooks for the Future, with Gerald Zankl · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 9If good sales training is the key to B2B success, why is it so often expensive and inaccessible? This question led Gerald Zankl to found KickScale, and he joins Thomas Goubau on…
- Why You Need a Chief of Staff, with Pieterjan Bouten · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 8On this episode of Lead with Excellence, Showpad Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Pieterjan “PJ” Bouten demystifies the art of surrounding yourself with a good colleague – from…
- Scaling Up and Letting Go: Stephan Maes on Solving the Founder Dilemma · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 7When should a respected founder know that it’s time to step aside? No, this isn’t King Lear. It’s the world of SaaS, and you’re listening to Lead With Excellence. In this…
- Boosting Sales through Storytelling, with Mike Adams · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 6Salespeople are often gifted storytellers – but what separates the best stories from hollow pitches? To find out, Thomas interviews Mike Adams, author of Seven Stories Every…
- Rolling with the Punches: Thomas De Clerck on Pivoting Your Business · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 5When Thomas De Clerck co-founded Cumul.io in 2016, he hoped their cloud platform would help non-technical workers manage data effectively. But when a competitor began offering a…
- The secrets of startups that last, with Sven De Cleyn · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 4What separates a unicorn from a flameout? Thomas sits down with imec.istart Program Director Sven De Cleyn to find out. Together, they discuss what Sven learned from his PhD…
- Lessons from a highly experienced CEO, with Jos Donvil · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 3This episode features Jos Donvil, the former CEO of companies such as Base, VOO, Bpost, or RSC Anderlecht. In this third episode, we talk about the CEO journey of Jos, his…
- A serial entrepreneur's journey, with Sébastien Deletaille · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 2This episode features Sébastien Deletaille, the CEO of Rosa, a non-profit health app. In this second episode, we talk about the entrepreneurial journey of Sébastien, his…
- The M&A strategy to dominate the CRM market in Europe, with Cédric Pierrard · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 1This episode features Cédric Pierrard, the CEO of Efficy, a major European player in the CRM market. This episode is a great listen because he talks about his journey as a…







