Michael Soderling
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Michael Soderling
- Apr 28, 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
- 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 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 4, 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 28, 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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Michael Soderling
- Sep 28, 2020
- 2 min
Patterns in 60 management teams
”You really are a pain sometimes.” ”Why, thank you kind sir”, I replied, thinking the CEO’s remark meant that I had done my job. I had,...
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Michael Soderling
- Sep 22, 2020
- 3 min
Back from the future
“If I am being completely honest, I thought you were a bit lame. What was wrong with you?” Out of context, such a comment from the...
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Michael Soderling
- Sep 15, 2020
- 3 min
The tremendous power of speculation
I could sense his apprehension as he gathered courage. Everything we had talked about for the last 45 minutes boiled down to the loaded...
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