The importance of building relationships to drive change

In Episode #22 we ask ourselves why some companies are good at change management and others are not? It's no surprise to us that's it's all about the people. Join us as we talk to Jonas Fasth, Associate Professor at The University of Gothenburg, school of business, economics and law, and dig into his research on change. We explore our human resistance to learning and the energy needed to change. As always, Katarina and Liz explore the latest thinking on leadership.

Spring is finally coming and Liz and Katarina are discussing how leadership in many ways are stuck in "old school" management thinking. The trends for 2025 show that soft skill in leadership are more important than ever before and it's not about command and control but rather how to build empowerment and trust. We meet with Lena Bergqvist, an experienced leader who has spent 35 years in the automotive / production industry in different leadership roles, companies and countries. Her experience is clear: Building relationships and trust is absolutely key in driving change and transformation. She will also share some really concrete tools which you as manager can use; speed dating is making a difference in making sure that you have all on board. Thanks for listening and please help us share the word about our podcast!  

Starting off the new year with a throwback to one of our most downloaded and liked podcast episodes! Well worth listening to again, emphasizing the essential human centric leadership as an enabler to thriving organizations. How do you harness the power of people to double transformation success? This time we explore human centric leadership and the research from Oxford University with Emanuele Mazzanti currently working for EY in Gothenburg, Sweden. He talks about the importance of a fearless culture, collective intelligence, learnings from failure and tapping into the collective good.  Happy listening!

... and wrapping christmas presents. Getting into the christmas bubble, how to navigate work and family priorities?! In this last episode in 2024, Liz and Katarina wrap up the year - highlights and reflections. They also make an attempt to take a look into the 2025 crystal ball - what will be the leadership focus and trends? How can we learn from mistakes and focus more on working with people through people. How will AI affect organizations and leadership? Thank you for listening and all the best for 2025! May this year bring laughter, love and many moments that inspire!

As so many business leaders pull the plug on DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion), we put it firmly back into focus. Is it a tough economy or is it just too hard?  This month we speak with Kaveri Sinhji Head of DEI at Telia. She tells her very compelling story of growing up in India and the experiences that informed her journey to authentically be the voice for DEI at Telia. Kaveri is a very passionate person. We hope you are as gripped as we were! 

How can we measure inclusion and what is the benefit when doing that? That is a question that we get from many leaders that we meet and in this episode we meet the founders of Jolint, Klaudia Mur and Faheem Shah, a tool and platform that do measure the inclusion in an organization. We talk about how they ended up in Gothenburg, Sweden and how their different backgrounds met in a common passion - to make organizations more inclusive. An inspiring and fun conversation where we all agree on one thing; let's remove the fluff!! Liz is sharing some interesting perspectives on AI and Katarina has worked with a client on Suppression techniques. We're happy if you want to tune in and listen!  

Making work meaningful is key to get organizations to thrive, and it's something that we agree on all over the world. In this episode we meet Prina Shah, for us on the other side of the globe - based in Perth, Australia - she is an author, coach, consultant, running her own podcast and much more! We discuss why we are not there yet, what is the business case and how do we avoid falling into the fluffy camp, and much more! Prina also shares some examples on how teams and companies can make work more meaningful, starting already tomorrow. And - as always - the latest weather report, research, data and much more from Liz and Katarina! Thank you for listening and sharing our podcast with your network!

We're back from a nice summer break and are thrilled to meet and speak with Sarah McLellan, who is the author of the book "Make it human", on how can we create cultures and workplaces where people and business thrive. Often we tend to think that it has to be one or the other, but Sarah is passionate and explains that we can have both! The trick is to explain the how. What are "cultural cracks" in companies and how do they affect the culture and work climate? And where could organizations who want to enable a human centric organization and leadership start?  Liz has some new interesting reading to share and Katarina has experienced interesting discussions during her time as a teacher in Equality in worklife at higher vocational education school.

This months special guest is Paul Mac, the author of the best selling book the F.I.R.E.D. Leader. After being fired several times for the disruptive qualities he was hired for, Paul now talks about how we really need to have open conversations about the leadership we have in organizations today to reinvent the leadership we need for the future. Liz and Katarina share their latest insights on what they have been hearing and reading recently. Enjoy listening!

We're thrilled to meet Loren Sanders, the author of "Empathy is not a weakness" where she talks about how she discovered the importance of empathy in leadership. Having been a goal focused, non people centric person, she suddenly realized she didn't achieve the results she wanted and thanks to an empathetic leader enabled her to develop and understand how important empathy is for business.  Empathy is one of the best leadership skills and emotional intelligence traits, and great leaders are willing to share their emotions and feelings with others, and allow them to share theirs. Loren comes from one of the leading Fortune 500 companies and is living proof that human centric leadership gets results! As always, we could have talked forever on this important topic! Enjoy listening!