🇬🇧 From Crisis to Comeback – Leadership Lessons from the LEGO Turnaround
Episode von LEITWOLF Podcast - Leadership, Führung & Management von Stefan Homeister · 18. Juni 2026 · 21 min
How does a company come back from an existential crisis and become one of the strongest brands in the world again?
In this episode of the LEITWOLF® Podcast, Stefan talks about one of the most impressive turnarounds in business history: the LEGO case. A brand many of us have known since childhood was on the brink of collapse in the early 2000s. Too many products, too much complexity, rising costs, and a lost focus on what customers truly wanted pushed LEGO into a serious crisis.
Stefan shares the leadership lessons behind this comeback: why more initiatives do not automatically lead to more success, why reducing costs and driving growth can happen at the same time, and why great leadership does not mean having all the answers yourself. For LEGO, the key was a return to its core brand, radical simplification, and leadership that started listening again: to customers, employees, and retail partners.
An episode about crisis, focus, and clarity – and about why great comebacks rarely begin with more complexity, but with consistent leadership.
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