Michael Soderling
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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 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 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
- 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 9, 2020
- 3 min
Management teams and horror stories
Today I am going to discuss how the history of a team can impair its functioning. As demonstrated in the following two real-life...
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Michael Soderling
- Sep 2, 2020
- 3 min
Managing virtual team dynamics
“We have a hard time generating energy in our virtual meetings.” This statement came up in a coaching session I was holding and it...
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Michael Soderling
- Aug 25, 2020
- 3 min
Organisational development and toilet paper
Ever wondered why individuals, teams, and perhaps the entire organisation once in a while behave in a way that none of the people...
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Michael Soderling
- Aug 12, 2020
- 3 min
The smart way to reach goals
Imagine you are sitting on a motorcycle and revving the engine while applying the brakes on the front wheel. The rear wheel keeps...
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