A contemplative leadership?

We need to rethink our leadership paradigm. Ahead of the summer holidays I reflect on the need to play, rest and meditiate as prerequisites to a truly innovative, creative and ethical leadership.

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Axel Carlberg
Etik i krisens skugga

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Axel Carlberg
How to acheive moral integrity

At our funeral most of us would like to be remembered as caring, loving and honest; as a warm person of honor and moral integrity. At the same time, during the course of our daily lives, we are constantly forced to negotiate between moral values and tend to become, at least in some ways, morally flexible. Is that necessarily a bad thing? I reflect on the notion of moral flexibility and outline five steps to achieve moral integrity.

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Axel Carlberg
From precaution to urgency

We cannot conduct business as usual as global warming continues to threaten the stability of our ecosystem and our survival. We must move from an ethics of precaution to an ethics of urgency. Change strategies from management and leadership literature can provide valuable roadmaps for the systemic change that is needed.

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Axel Carlberg
Toxic leadership

The phenomenon of toxic leadership has played out right before our eyes during the past four years. But in the pantheon of toxic leaders Trump’s presidency is not an exemption. What characterizes toxic leadership and how can we resist it?

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Axel Carlberg
Positivitetens våld

Den norske författare Jens Bjørneboe (1920-1976) formulerade en lista av “Tio bud” som han menade präglar samtidskulturen. I samband med Protestfestivalen 2020 i Kristiansand (14 - 20 sept), som hedrade Bjørneboes minne, ombads jag att kommentera det nionde budet som lyder ”Du skal alltid tenke positivt, også om du er rammet av alvorlig sykdom og riskerar å dø.” Följande text är en bearbetning av mitt bidrag-.

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Axel Carlberg
Leadership lessons

The race between Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen to be the first man to reach the South Pole represents a perfect lab test of their different leadership styles. What can we learn from their epic struggle in 1911?

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