Michael Soderling
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...
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Michael Soderling
- May 2
- 4 min
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...
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Michael Soderling
- Apr 18
- 3 min
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...
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Michael Soderling
- Mar 20
- 4 min
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....
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Michael Soderling
- Feb 14
- 3 min
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,...
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Michael Soderling
- Jan 29
- 3 min
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...
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Michael Soderling
- Jan 11
- 3 min
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...
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Michael Soderling
- Dec 7, 2023
- 3 min
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...
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Michael Soderling
- Nov 23, 2023
- 4 min
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...
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Michael Soderling
- Nov 14, 2023
- 3 min
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...
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Michael Soderling
- Oct 31, 2023
- 3 min
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...
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Michael Soderling
- Oct 24, 2023
- 4 min
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...
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Michael Soderling
- Oct 10, 2023
- 3 min
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,...
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Michael Soderling
- Aug 19, 2021
- 3 min
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
- 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
- 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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