Charlotte Norqvist Juul

We haven’t got the leaders we need and the ones we’ve got are feeling out of their depth.

For busy leaders, it can be difficult to distinguish between fleeting management trends and genuine leadership development that reflects long-term shifts and structural transformations over decades.
Mannaz, a consulting and learning company with offices in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Malmö, and London, proudly marks its 50th anniversary.
For five decades, Mannaz has focused on continuously developing competent leadership in alignment with the changing landscape and emerging trends.
Gain insight into Mannaz’s CEO, author, DEI pioneer, and leadership advisor Marianne Egelund Siig’s perspective on the future leadership profiles our world will require.

It has long been acknowledged that across a leader’s career, there are some fundamental skills that will have helped them get them to where they are. One of those skills is undoubtedly listening. However, recent research suggests that the very role of leadership itself can make it difficult for those in senior positions to exercise this skill. In this article, Stuart Schofield (Client Director) looks at the very human impulses and biases that get in the way of listening and what leaders can do to help minimise these biases.