Roald Amundsen went where no man had ever been before. How can we learn from his extraordinary leadership skills?

On Monday this week, Dagens Næringsliv wrote about motivation cultures and what promotes and restrains high performance (page 16 and 17). They quoted BI researcher Christina Nerstad, stating in her doctoral theses that focus on performance only may lead to employees who cheat, get afraid of taking risks, get burned out or quit. But what type of leadership is recommended?

In 2011, Bruce J. Avolio published the second edition of Full Range Leadership Development. TPG endorses this leadership model because it focuses on tangible and observable leader behaviours, rather than on intrinsic characteristics.