How One Ego Can Kill Company Culture and Strategy | Leadership Lessons From Mbappé’s Barcelona Loss

Most companies don’t fail because of bad strategy.

They fail because of one person with too much ego.

In this powerful podcast episode, we break down 7 critical reasons why leaders must remove ego-driven individuals from their teams no matter how talented, senior, or influential they are.

We use a real-world football example involving Kylian Mbappé’s reaction after a loss to Barcelona to show how unchecked ego destroys discipline, respect, and leadership authority. The same thing happens every day in African businesses, startups, and corporates just without the cameras.

You’ll learn:

Why ego silently kills company culture before it kills performance

How one ego can sabotage the best strategy in the room

Why leaders who protect ego players lose authority

The danger of “star performers” who don’t respect systems

How ego spreads like a virus inside teams

Why culture always beats talent in the long run

When cutting ego is not personal, but pure leadership

If you’ve ever had:

A brilliant employee who disrespects leadership

A partner who thinks rules don’t apply to them

A team member who divides others instead of uniting them

This episode is for you.

Key lesson: You can plan, strategise, and hire all you want but if ego is in the room, execution will always fail.

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