Leaders in Flow

Join us for a dialogue with Mark Coopersmith, UC Berkeley Faculty Director, entrepreneur and author. We discuss the drivers of Silicon Valley's enduring success, entrepreneurship and innovating with large corporations, managing failure and creating followership as a leader.

Mark is the co-author of The Other "F" Word: How Smart Leaders, Teams, and Entrepreneurs Put Failure to Work, Wiley. 

4’20 Keys to the success of Silicon Valley
10’30 Intrapreneurship
24’10 Picking Yourself up after Failure
37’20 Managing Failure
43’30 Creating Followership  

About the hosts:

Berit Sander is a business psychologist (aut.) with experience as consultant, head of training, leadership development, management training, coaching, former censor for the University of Copenhagen and at CBS. Author of books and articles.

Stephane Guerraz is a management consultant with experience as lecturer, head of executive education at DTU, the technical university of Denmark, meditation instructor. He holds an MBA from UC Berkeley and is a CFA charter holder.

Visit www.competenceinflow.com to know more about the hosts' leadership development offering.

World-renown neuroscientist George Paxinos, who identified 94 nuclei (areas) in the rat and human brains, published 58 books, and campaigns for the environment joins us for an extensive dialogue. We talk about our brain having the wrong size, the brain and consciousness, how yesterday can enslave us and the power of culture and narratives.

George worked 21 years on the novel A River Divided, published in November 2023. 

5’55 The Hard Problem of Consciousness
16’16  The Wrong Brain Size? 
27’00 The Power of Narratives
30’20 Being Slave to Yesterday
43’09 Beauty
48’30 The Unsolved Puzzle of Consciousness

About the hosts:

Berit Sander is a business psychologist (aut.) with experience as consultant, head of training, leadership development, management training, coaching, former censor for the University of Copenhagen and at CBS. Author of books and articles.

Stephane Guerraz is a management consultant with experience as lecturer, head of executive education at DTU, the technical university of Denmark, meditation instructor. He holds an MBA from UC Berkeley and is a CFA charter holder.

Visit www.competenceinflow.com to know more about the hosts' leadership development offering.

Join us for a energising dialogue with Rich Lyons, Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer at UC Berkeley, formerly Dean of the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and Chief Learning Officer at Goldman Sachs.

Hear Rich speak with contagious passion about the culture at Haas, codified under his leadership and which has become the top reason why MBA students choose the school. We discuss the value of culture,  where to start with it as a leader, working with intentionality, change management and dealing with resistance, what’s hardest to teach in leadership, what may be next for him (Chancellor of UC Berkeley?) and more.

We discuss:
1’55 The value of Culture 
5’30 Culture: As a Leader, Where Do You Start? 
8’40 Hardest Lesson to Teach in Leadership
12'30 Change Management and Working with Resistance 
15' Criteria for Cultural Values or Principles 
19'25 What's Next for you, Rich? "Re-pot yourself" 
24’ Avoiding the Pitfall of Strong Influence: Have your Kitchen Cabinet
27'45 Last Tip Learned: From "No" to "Yes if"

About the hosts:

Berit Sander is a business psychologist (aut.) with experience as consultant, head of training, leadership development, management training, coaching, former censor for the University of Copenhagen and at CBS. Author of books and articles.

Stephane Guerraz is a management consultant with experience as lecturer, head of executive education at DTU, the technical university of Denmark, meditation instructor. He holds an MBA from UC Berkeley and is a CFA charter holder.

Visit www.competenceinflow.com to know more about the hosts' leadership development offering.

What if you could have a chat with somebody who rubbed shoulders with Steve Jobs, worked under the inventor of the Ethernet and founder of 3Com, Bob Metcalfe, and advised Mark Zukerberg?

Join us for a conversation with Jim Healey on innovating at Silicon Valley scale, being effective as partner to a visionary leader, and more.

05:13 A Recipe to Innovate at Scale
12:12 Effectively Supporting Visionaries
21:30 Being Aware of One's Feelings in Real-Time
27:30 Sharpening One's Ability to Influence
32:50 About Steve Jobs
35:10 Good Advice? Learn to Collaborate Effectively

About the hosts:

Berit Sander is a business psychologist (aut.) with experience as consultant, head of training, leadership development, management training, coaching, former censor for the University of Copenhagen and at CBS. Author of books and articles.

Stephane Guerraz is a management consultant with experience as lecturer, head of executive education at DTU, the technical university of Denmark, meditation instructor. He holds an MBA from UC Berkeley and is a CFA charter holder.

Visit www.competenceinflow.com to know more about the hosts' leadership development offering.

Join us for a conversation with Esben Holmboe Bang, Danish chef of Maaemo, 3 star restaurant in Oslo since 2016. We discuss the purpose and meaning to work, creating a great experience for clients, assessing one’s strengths and development areas, choosing projects and more.

About the hosts:

Berit Sander is a business psychologist (aut.) with experience as consultant, head of training, leadership development, management training, coaching, former censor for the University of Copenhagen and at CBS. Author of books and articles.

Stephane Guerraz is a management consultant with experience as lecturer, head of executive education at DTU, the technical university of Denmark, meditation instructor. He holds an MBA from UC Berkeley and is a CFA charter holder.

Visit www.competenceinflow.com to know more about the hosts' leadership development offering.

Join us for a dialogue with Troels Blicher Danielsen, CEO of TEKNIQ Arbejdsgiverne. We discuss the revolution of AI in the workplace, how to lead with AI, and the enabling factor that culture represents to embark everybody inside the organization for the journey.

About the hosts:

Berit Sander is a business psychologist (aut.) with experience as consultant, head of training, leadership development, management training, coaching, former censor for the University of Copenhagen and at CBS. Author of books and articles.

Stephane Guerraz is a management consultant with experience as lecturer, head of executive education at DTU, the technical university of Denmark, meditation instructor. He holds an MBA from UC Berkeley and is a CFA charter holder.

Visit www.competenceinflow.com to know more about the hosts' leadership development offering.

Join us to hear from Preben Haaning, Senior Vice President at Novo Nordisk since 2013. We discuss the importance of psychological safety to achieve high team performance, the role of emotional intelligence in leaders, dealing the pitfall of people looking up to a leader, leading in different cultures, and some advice for aspiring leaders.

About the hosts:

Berit Sander is a business psychologist (aut.) with experience as consultant, head of training, leadership development, management training, coaching, former censor for the University of Copenhagen and at CBS. Author of books and articles.

Stephane Guerraz is a management consultant with experience as lecturer, head of executive education at DTU, the technical university of Denmark, meditation instructor. He holds an MBA from UC Berkeley and is a CFA charter holder.

Visit www.competenceinflow.com to know more about the hosts' leadership development offering.

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