This document discusses international leadership and provides insights from Liselotte Engstam. It addresses making sense in turbulent times by understanding industry changes and connecting different perspectives. Taking lead through involvement and innovation involves setting directions, innovating, and building teams. Aligning actions requires clear objectives, inspiring commitment, and managing change. Cultural differences between regions like Sweden, the US, and India are examined. Overall it promotes leadership approaches like involvement, innovation, and aligning teams to navigate complex global challenges.

1. International leadership
Liselotte Engstam,
Board Director &Advisor
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January 2018

2. • Background
• International Leadership
• Making Sense in turbulent times
• Taking lead through involvement &
innovation
• Aligning the actions
Agenda – International Leadership
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3. Liselotte Engstam
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4. Views on international leadership
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzQVrgc53jE

5. • Making Sense in turbulent times
• Taking lead through involvement &
innovation
• Aligning the actions
Global Leadership
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6. Making Sense in Turbulent Times
– world and companies
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Extraordinary centure of progress
Cost of electricity -20x
Cost of transportation -100x
Telecom & info -1000x
Human life expectancy 2x

7. Making Sense in Turbulent Times
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Ref: EY

8. Making Sense in Turbulent Times
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Contextual awareness
understand/predict that industry changes, globalization and global rebalancing, rapid economic and
technological change, new markets, new competition, complex and interlinked financial systems,
understand bias perspectives, connecting the dots for yourself and the team
Liselotte’s examples
– Surveys, benchmarks
– Customer, Customers customer
– sales, governance, advisory boards
Engage Team with Cultural Insight

9. Cultural map insights
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Low-context COMMUNICATION High-context
Egalitarian LEADING Hierarchical
Direct Negative Feedback EVALUATING Indirect Negative Feedback
Consensual DECIDING Top-down
Task based TRUSTING Relationship based
Linear time SCHEDULING Flexible time
Confrontentianal DISAGREEING Avoid Confrontation
Principles First PERSUADING Application First
Ref: Culture Map Erin Meyer

10. Cultural comparisons - Sweden
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Ref: Culture Map Erin Meyer

11. Cultural comparisons – Nordic
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Ref: Culture Map Erin Meyer

12. Cultural comparisons – Sweden – US
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Your
reflection?
Ref: Culture Map Erin Meyer

13. Cultural comparisons – Swe – US - India
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Ref: Culture Map Erin Meyer

14. Cultural comparisons – balance & adapt
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Ref: Culture Map Erin Meyer

15. • Making Sense in turbulent times
• Taking lead through involvement &
innovation
• Aligning the actions
Global Leadership
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16. Taking lead through involvement & innovation
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setting directions, innovate, building teams & capability
Identify new markets/new customers/new competition, new partners & ecosystems, new solutions,
innovate the business model, prioritize, adjust influence organization / new leaders & teams, corporate
entrepreneurship, trial and failure
Liselotte’s examples
– Partnership engagement & delivery
(Congestion Charges, 7 keys)
Your
reflection?– City Mentor Program
– IBM Value JAM

17. • Making Sense in turbulent times
• Taking lead through involvement &
innovation
• Aligning the actions
Global Leadership
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18. Aligning the actions
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Inspiring commitment, Personal effectiveness
clear objectives, who do you work for, leaderships styles, cultural & gender difference
management, employee engagement, peer influencing, change management, prioritise,
reporting systems and fighting corporate bureaucracy, getting things done
Liselotte’s examples
Intro
Webinar
Follow up
webinar
Follow up
Webinar
Follow up
Webinar
Summary
Webinar
Twitter LinkedIn Twitter LinkedIn
Bringing
it all
together
Strategy
forward
Twitter
&
LinkedIn
Other
Social
Media*
* YouTube, SlideShare, MyNewsdesk
Employee First Customer
Second, Passion Reports
Motivation & Engagement:
•CERTAINTY: Create Hope & Clarity, Protect
•SIGNIFICANCE: Recognize, Praise achievements
•VARIETY: Rotation, Addition
•CONNECTION: Belonging, Visible, Buddy
•GROWTH: Stretch, Learning, Move on
•CONTRIBUTION: Why, Role Model, Pet project
Your
reflection?
360 degree feedback
Digital Leadership & Communication
Programs

19. Summary & some further insights
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Recommended Podcasts
(Digoshen.Com/podcast-list)
• Making Sense in
turbulent times
• Taking lead through
involvement &
innovation
• Aligning the actions

20. Thank You!
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Liselotte Engstam
www.liselotteengstam.com
@liseeng
”Be the change you want to see in the world” - Gandhi