Light cast on Scandinavia leadership style

Nordic leadership is in but why and can it be learnt by other much different cultures?

29/11/2007

Nordic leadership is in but why and can it be learnt by other much different cultures?

According to Professor Henrik Holt Larsen of CBS, Scandinavia leadership values are characterized by dialogue and consensus.

Leaders in close cooperation with their employees find solutions, lessen power struggles. enjoy openness and tolerance, equality and integrity.

This sounds nice. And during the couple of years, Scandinavian leadership has increasingly been praised as the way forward whenever the spotlight falls on modern leadership forms.

A recent article entitled "Lys over nordisk ledelse" by Kirsten Weiss in Fyens Stiftstidende discussed Scandinavian leadership styles and values in-depth. To read the article (in Danish), please click on the link below.

The CBS
program, the CBS
(Executive MBA) program and the CBS
have a strong focus on leadership, in particular Scandinavian leadership. To find out more, please click on the links above.

Sidst opdateret: Communications // 29/11/2007