Michael Soderling
Leadership Development: "This is the key to so many things."
These were the words of a CEO when I asked him to assess a new leadership development method that I have created. Allow me to briefly...
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Michael Soderling
- Aug 13, 2021
- 1 min
Leadership development: New free guide
What determines return on your investment in leadership development? The answer hinges on your navigating a number of forks in the road...
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Michael Soderling
- Apr 29, 2021
- 4 min
Leadership – the right woman for the job
– When listening to him I just shook my head, left the room and started looking for a new job. We have all had managers about whom we...
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Michael Soderling
- Mar 18, 2021
- 3 min
Leadership – words of wisdom
Sometimes I read or hear something that is so perfectly well worded that I wish I had come up with it myself. In a coaching session my...
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Michael Soderling
- Mar 11, 2021
- 3 min
Managerial selection – the curious thing about intelligence
When was the last time you were 100% confident about a decision you had to make? Whenever I ask this rhetorical question in management...
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Michael Soderling
- Mar 4, 2021
- 3 min
Leadership Development – Forbidden thoughts
– Because he doesn’t deserve it! The moment my client uttered these taboo words the problem was basically solved. The course of events...
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Michael Soderling
- Feb 25, 2021
- 3 min
Get your leadership training program to really take off
Have you ever wondered if it’s even worth training leadership? The article ‘Team Development Interventions: Evidence-Based Approaches for...
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Michael Soderling
- Feb 18, 2021
- 3 min
When being a superwoman isn’t so super
Today I want to talk about a manager whose sparking reputation became a burden. To put the story into context I first need to establish a...
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Michael Soderling
- Feb 11, 2021
- 3 min
Why you shouldn't make a plan for successful management team development
– No, I am not going to reveal the agenda. Before a management team development activity, participants often like to have a schedule or...
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Michael Soderling
- Jan 28, 2021
- 3 min
Stop feeling ashamed!
When was the last time you discussed your shame? Today I’m going to discuss mine. During a fascinating seminar I was attending on the...
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Michael Soderling
- Jan 21, 2021
- 3 min
Your management team – boost its performance
How does boosting management team performance by 20 – 25 per cent with just 18 minutes of reflection sound to you? These appealing...
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Michael Soderling
- Dec 10, 2020
- 3 min
What is a CEO’s most important task?
After asking me this question, it felt like my supervisor stared me out and my pulse quickened. It was 2008 immediately after graduation,...
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Michael Soderling
- Dec 3, 2020
- 3 min
Your management team – make it operative
Do you know who is a member of your management team? Are you sure? Let’s continue digging out the gold nuggets from the article ‘What...
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Michael Soderling
- Nov 26, 2020
- 3 min
Your management team – back to the drawing board
Imagine a study that examined critical success factors in management teams. Then imagine that the study looked at 120 top-level...
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Michael Soderling
- Nov 19, 2020
- 3 min
Do not let change management tie you up in knots
– It will cost millions and you will have to deal with the aftermath for years to come. This ominous prophecy of mine came up in a...
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Michael Soderling
- Nov 5, 2020
- 3 min
Boost your communication with these four tips
Have you ever had a conversation and truly felt like you were being listened to and taken seriously? Then there’s a good chance that the...
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Michael Soderling
- Oct 29, 2020
- 3 min
Mysterious forces at play in management teams
At some point in your working life you have probably attended a team-meeting where you gritted your teeth and wondered what on earth was...
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Michael Soderling
- Oct 22, 2020
- 3 min
Change process and worst-case scenarios
– I can’t stop thinking… do I still have a job? We can only imagine how much courage she needed to summon up in order to be able to put...
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Michael Soderling
- Oct 14, 2020
- 3 min
Management team fireworks
Understanding why team members sometimes find it hard to access their cleverness. There are two overarching processes that take place...
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Michael Soderling
- Oct 6, 2020
- 3 min
Four research-based hacks for management teams
Thirty-six per cent of recent graduates have deficient team and interpersonal competencies. Also, according to the article Team...
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