Leadership Lives: On Leading Yourself – with Personal Authenticity
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Join us with Mina Boström Nakicenovic (CTO at Flightradar 24) in conversation with Simon Powers (AWA CEO) discussing the art of Self-Leadership and Leading with Authenticity.
About this MeetUp
Effective leadership begins with mastering the art of self-leadership with authenticity.
Why? Because leadership is not only about leading others but also about leading yourself. As it is important for a successful organisation to have a clearly defined vision, mission and core values and to stick to them, the same should also be said for successful leadership. Therefore the path to your professional success starts with a look in the mirror: What are your values and beliefs? How do you measure your life? Have you created a strategy for your life?
Drawing insights from the acclaimed Harvard Business Review (HBR) book, “On Managing Yourself,” this session explores the critical concept of self-leadership and its profound impact on balancing the demands of leading your teams with those of serving the broader organisational goals.
For this session, we will be in conversation with Mina Bostrom Nakicenovic (CTO at Flightradar 24) and Simon Powers (CEO at AWA). Mina will share her first-hand experiences as CTO leading fast-growing technology companies and how she has balanced the needs of her teams, corporate objectives and her family life too. She will also explain why it is important to stay true to yourself from a leadership perspective and – what is even more interesting – how you can develop your personal skills in order to achieve that. Furthermore Mina will poetically do that: she will illustrate good leadership traits through Rudyard Kipling’s poetry.
Sharing practical guidance for anyone aspiring to be effective leaders in their professional lives. Including cultivating self-awareness and self-esteem, defining personal vision and mission, creating a strategy for your life, staying true to yourself, and becoming an authentic and resilient leader. All while navigating the complex system of team leadership and organisational objectives.
Key Topics:
- Resilience
- Locus of Control
- Personal Leadership Vision and Mission
- Marginal Costs Mistake
- Self-Awareness and Self-Esteem
- Grit and Power of Perseverance
- Authenticity
- Fundamental State of Leadership
- Total Leadership Concept
Join us as we explore the transformative power of self-leadership and learn how to strike the delicate balance between fulfilling the needs of your team and aligning with the overarching goals of your organisation.
About Mina Boström Nakićenović
Mina is the Chief Technology Officer at Flightradar 24 and a regular conference speaker. Aside from Mina’s big passion for software development, she has also developed a big interest in business leadership and leadership in general.
Mina has created unique perspectives stemming from her 25+ years of experience on how leadership, business strategies and technology intersect and how to leverage them for innovation and competitive advantage.
Mina was recognised as one of the 125 most influential businesswomen in Sweden by DI Dagens Industri (2022). She was also rewarded 3rd best software engineer in Sweden by Tech World IDG (2016), and selected among 100 female thought-leaders worldwide by Lean in Agile (2019). Mina holds a PhLic in Computer Science.
About Simon Powers
Simon Powers is the CEO and founder of AWA Global (Adventures with Agile) and co-founder of Bryter Work, a people-first coaching consultancy and AWA’s sister company.
Simon is a world-class systems coach, leadership coach, mentor, facilitator and trainer. Over the last two decades, he has worked with leaders to improve their organisations, meet their objectives, and create a productive and happy work environment. Based on his extensive experience, Simon has created a program of certified training classes that have been extremely effective in up-skilling leaders, managers, staff, and contractors in organisational change skills. He has contributed in setting the industry standards through ICAgile, Disciplined Agile, and the wider community, and is seen as a thought-leader and entrepreneur for organisational change and agility.
Simon has won multiple agile awards and has shaped the way people think about agile and organisational change. In 2022, Simon published his first book, entitled Change. A Practitioner’s Guide to Enterprise Agile Coaching.
Leadership Lives: On Leading Yourself – with Personal Authenticity