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Three Tips for Your Management Team’s Kickoff
In a recent meeting with a CEO, ahead of a development workshop with his team, I said: "If we can resolve these issues, the team will be...

Michael Soderling
Aug 123 min read


Leadership Development – Bang for the Buck
If you are interested in maximising the impact of your investment in leadership development, this article is for you. You will be...

Michael Soderling
Feb 123 min read


– Management tried to enforce belief and commitment
The headline is a comment from a first-line manager who was part of a comprehensive organisational change a few years ago. The manager,...

Michael Soderling
Nov 12, 20244 min read


Reorganisation – Yea or Nay?
Let’s start by acknowledging that there can be good reasons for a reorganisation. The conditions for the business may have changed so...

Michael Soderling
Oct 29, 20243 min read


Management Team: Escape the maze
Today, I intend to discuss the difference between the role of a manager and the role of a management team member. When I bring up this...

Michael Soderling
May 21, 20243 min read


A lack of commitment in the management team
This unexpected response came in reply to the survey the team members completed prior to our workshop. The response becomes even more...

Michael Soderling
May 2, 20244 min read


Organisational Development: Any resemblance with your workplace?
My mission was to help a department in the municipal sector becoming even more well-functioning. I use the word “even” since solid data...

Michael Soderling
Apr 18, 20243 min read


The management team's giant leap
When planning the two-day workshop for the management team, I mentioned to the CEO that we might not achieve everything we would like. ...

Michael Soderling
Mar 20, 20244 min read


When should you eject?
I once agreed to coach a new client, let's call him John, who was quite upset in our first meeting. I tried to understand the problem,...

Michael Soderling
Feb 14, 20243 min read


Inspired change processes
Is the degree of success in change management a function of the organisation's purpose? In my capacity as a psychologist, I lean towards...

Michael Soderling
Jan 29, 20243 min read


The two most pivotal factors in shaping a management team
A thee-minute summary of research findings as well as reading recommendations. Let’s start with the article What characterises effective...

Michael Soderling
Jan 11, 20243 min read


Feedback – two tips that change everything
I often encounter managers who scratch their heads because they are aware that they could provide feedback more often than they do. One...

Michael Soderling
Dec 7, 20233 min read


Management team: You’re not responsible for what you say.
You are, however, responsible for what you don’t say. At the end of a two-day management team development workshop, the time had come for...

Michael Soderling
Nov 23, 20234 min read


Leadership development – does the approach make sense?
– I haven't seen this particular model before, said the CEO at a business meeting where we were discussing a possible cooperation on...

Michael Soderling
Nov 14, 20233 min read


Employer branding - how not to go about it
– A month after I completed the tests I received a simple message informing me I hadn’t been chosen. My friend John was talking to me...

Michael Soderling
Oct 31, 20233 min read


The power of personal warmth, consideration and curiosity
Lately I have witnessed three managers who have made important contributions in three different settings. To better understand the value...

Michael Soderling
Oct 24, 20234 min read


Teamwork – how everything is connected
In team development sessions, a short explanation of theory usually brings clarity to phenomena in the team that people don’t understand,...

Michael Soderling
Oct 10, 20233 min read


An exceptional leadership team
A few weeks ago, after downloading the results of a survey that measured the productivity of the leadership team of the marketing...

Michael Soderling
Sep 19, 20234 min read


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...

Michael Soderling
Aug 13, 20211 min read


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...

Michael Soderling
Feb 25, 20213 min read
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