EP03 | Leadership & Motivation

Leadership sounds good on paper. It gets a lot more real when decisions need to be made under pressure. In this episode of People & Peloton, Dorien Leyers speaks with Danny Stam, Team Director at Team SD Worx-Protime, and Gille Sebrechts, Chief Digital Officer and Executive Vice President at SD Worx, about what leadership looks like when there is no time to overthink and people are looking to you for direction. With Lotte Kopecky’s 2025 season as the starting point, this conversation dives into responsibility, motivation, team mentality and the difference between having authority and earning trust. From sport to business, one thing becomes clear: leadership is not about status. It is about behaviour, judgement and knowing when to put the team first.People & PelotonWhat can business learn from the peloton, and what can elite sport learn from the workplace?  In People & Peloton, we bring those two worlds together.Hosted by Dorien Leyers, this SD Worx podcast pairs conversations from the boardroom with insights from the road. In each episode, leaders from SD Worx and Team SD Worx-Protime explore a topic that shapes performance today, from teamwork and resilience to leadership, growth, wellbeing and culture.  Expect practical ideas, honest reflections and stories from high-pressure environments where decisions matter, trust matters, and people make the difference. Because whether you lead a company or ride in a team, success rarely comes down to talent alone. It comes down to how you work together when it counts.