Alexandre CostaScrum Master| Integer Consulting - Pictet technologiesLoures, Portugal
Most of us know what the characteristics of good leadership are, there are many factors. In the Scandinavian case, three factors stand out in relation to the others: 1 - High level of employee involvement in the decision-making process 2 - short distance between managers and employee 3 - ‘freedom with responsibility’, which means that the employee has ample space in which to take initiative and work independently.
A European study reveals that these factors are more pronounced, contributing to greater efficiency in relation to all other countries. Do you think this is the result of cultural, educational factors or a greater social awareness? Saving Changes...
Alexandre CostaScrum Master| Integer Consulting - Pictet technologiesLoures, Portugal
Feb 19, 2020 10:17 AM
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The only way to understand the model is to work for an Scandinabian country. I did that in times where they were the top one in celular technology. When you interact with them, when you understand they points of view because the way of living and thinking then you understand that it is quit impossbile to apply those models in countries that belongs to Latin America or Latin cultures. At the end, start to understand they origins and who they survive along the years. That´s key.
Sergio,
Thank you for sharing your opinion with us, I believe is difficult, very hard to implement but not impossible and yes it must be adapted to the culture it will never be a clone of the Scandinavian model. I could point some cases of success implemented in Portugal ( is a Latin country).
Alexandre
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Feb 19, 2020 2:36 PM
Sergio Luis Conte
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Impossible is nothing. So, I implemented it in local subsidiaries of those companies. My recommendation is thinking about it has sense. Companies I was involved are successful using other models mainly follow latin escense. The firat step to fail is not respect the escence.
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Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Feb 19, 2020 2:04 PM
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Sergio,
Thank you for sharing your opinion with us, I believe is difficult, very hard to implement but not impossible and yes it must be adapted to the culture it will never be a clone of the Scandinavian model. I could point some cases of success implemented in Portugal ( is a Latin country).
Alexandre
Impossible is nothing. So, I implemented it in local subsidiaries of those companies. My recommendation is thinking about it has sense. Companies I was involved are successful using other models mainly follow latin escense. The firat step to fail is not respect the escence. Saving Changes...
Tim PodestaDirector of PM/PMO| Former BP- now IndependentPenn, Bucks, United Kingdom
My experience of comparing a Norwegian company and UK/US based organisation in an alliance supports your view of the Scandinavian company having more team orientation and collaboration - and in fact more capability to collaborate and learn. I did my MBA dissertation on this.
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Feb 20, 2020 3:59 AM
Alexandre Costa
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Tim,
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I am sure that your MBA dissertation was enlightening about the Scandinavian leadership model. It would be interesting if you could share it with the community.
Alexandre
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Alexandre CostaScrum Master| Integer Consulting - Pictet technologiesLoures, Portugal
Feb 19, 2020 2:57 PM
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My experience of comparing a Norwegian company and UK/US based organisation in an alliance supports your view of the Scandinavian company having more team orientation and collaboration - and in fact more capability to collaborate and learn. I did my MBA dissertation on this.
Tim,
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I am sure that your MBA dissertation was enlightening about the Scandinavian leadership model. It would be interesting if you could share it with the community.
The success on the Scandinavian Leadership is not necessary about the three attributes that you have outlined but as a society their thinking is more advanced and more 'grown up' than many other societies.
This can be seen in their style of leadership within politics were people and parties come together in order to primarily and exclusively solve the countries problem as other issues like corruption, interference in another persons way of living, freedom of choice and political point scoring is abhorred and completely frowned upon.
As a result the best solution to a problem that fulfills all the requirements of all the stakeholders is usually the project that gets implemented not a project that is heavily lobbed or in favor of the private sector.
Also individuality is encourage in their Society and people at an early age are encourage to express their own individuality in Society to the betterment of their own lives and the lives of those around them
Daire
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1 reply by Alexandre Costa
Mar 06, 2020 4:07 PM
Alexandre Costa
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Dear Daire,
I don't know if you notest, that the 3 factors pointed by me are the result of a detailed study made in three countries, these 3 factors were pointed because they were the common ground in the three countries. There were more factores but they were not consistently common in the 3 society's that were studied nevertheless that didn't affect the success of the leadership model.
Independent of your opinion , if you whan I can share the link of the study so you can take a look before formulate an opinion in favor of against, sometimes I become a little confused if you do not like my opinions because in each and everyone you have always an argument against. In this case this is a study not an opinion and the question was if the success is result of cultural, educational factors or a greater social awareness, of course in your anwser is implicit all of these cultural, educational and social awareness.
Thanks for the great interest that you have in the questions I put in the forum.
Alexandre
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Alexandre CostaScrum Master| Integer Consulting - Pictet technologiesLoures, Portugal
Mar 06, 2020 3:27 PM
Replying to Daire Guiney
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Dear Alexandre,
The success on the Scandinavian Leadership is not necessary about the three attributes that you have outlined but as a society their thinking is more advanced and more 'grown up' than many other societies.
This can be seen in their style of leadership within politics were people and parties come together in order to primarily and exclusively solve the countries problem as other issues like corruption, interference in another persons way of living, freedom of choice and political point scoring is abhorred and completely frowned upon.
As a result the best solution to a problem that fulfills all the requirements of all the stakeholders is usually the project that gets implemented not a project that is heavily lobbed or in favor of the private sector.
Also individuality is encourage in their Society and people at an early age are encourage to express their own individuality in Society to the betterment of their own lives and the lives of those around them
Daire
Dear Daire,
I don't know if you notest, that the 3 factors pointed by me are the result of a detailed study made in three countries, these 3 factors were pointed because they were the common ground in the three countries. There were more factores but they were not consistently common in the 3 society's that were studied nevertheless that didn't affect the success of the leadership model.
Independent of your opinion , if you whan I can share the link of the study so you can take a look before formulate an opinion in favor of against, sometimes I become a little confused if you do not like my opinions because in each and everyone you have always an argument against. In this case this is a study not an opinion and the question was if the success is result of cultural, educational factors or a greater social awareness, of course in your anwser is implicit all of these cultural, educational and social awareness.
Thanks for the great interest that you have in the questions I put in the forum.
