In almost any kind of job, it is the results that you produce that counts. You would have a special job if your results would be unimportant. I have a very result oriented job, as lead a group of people at a call centre. Everything is measured from number of abandon calls to average handling [...]

My wife is attending a master degree program at a university here in Norway; she has an exam coming up with the topic: Understanding. Very well, she study Nordic literature and the topic got nothing to do with leadership or any other similar topic in this blog. I will not start to write about Norwegian [...]

On a cold Sunday night in November 1973 I decided to stick my head out and say hello to the world. Looking back, it has been a lot of fun. Looking forward for the next 35 years, wonder what they bring along? Computers where rare when I went to school, I have been working as [...]

I have just finished reading Seth Godins Tribes: We need you to lead us. This book is basically trying to convince us that there is an enormous need for leaders all around the world, and that everybody can be a leader. Seth Godin do firmly state that there is a difference between a leader and [...]

Some are born to be great, and some can achieve greatness. But what is great, and why do we want to be great? And do we actually need to be great? Is great the same as famous? Is it fame? Money? Glory? Or just plain ambition that drive us to be great? When are we [...]

The thing I find hardest to do by myself is evolving. Everybody define the evidence of evolution as a promotion. I believe that people should stop targeting promotions, and start targeting wisdom, knowledge and insight. As you start to focus on developing you knowledge and evolve by adapting greater knowledge the world around you will [...]

I just finished reading Cali Ressler and Jody Thompsons book about ROWE – Results Only Work Environment. This book is about focusing on the results, while the time spent making the results are unimportant. There are some great ideas in this book that challenge the way you traditionally view your job. The main point here [...]