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Leadership Development and Executive Coaching in Norway
Left: Nina Nakling is the founder of Nakling Entusiasme, which was established in 2008. Right: Nakling is known for her energy and enthusiasm on stage.
Why nursery managers make great leadership coaches With a strong belief that leadership is about moving forward, which is the very core of pedagogy, Nina Nakling realised that children are the trickiest to navigate the route you want them to go down – which is why leadership and pedagogy go hand in hand.
of my immense energy, I often get the feedback that ‘wow, I could sit here for another six hours and listen to you talk!’,” she laughs. “But I’m no Duracell bunny.”
By Line Elise Svanevik
Nakling explains that her courses are carefully tailored to meet the needs of her clients, and a lot of her work revolves around aiding people to make the small changes that often benefit them the most in the long run. “People often think that change just means large restructures within organisations, but the most important changes may be the small continuous ones, which many don’t take any note of,” she says. “Many people talk about change management, which is important. But, essentially, a leader needs to always be moving forward through change. Maybe change is the new stability – which, personally, I think is even more exciting.”
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Photos: Hilde Brevig (www.fotografhilde.no)
When Nakling got to the point where she was running out of steam as a nursery manager in 2008, she did what she believes most leaders who run out of steam should do: quit her job. Though passionate about her field of work, she decided to go into motivational speaking and leadership coaching in her newly established company Nakling Entusiasme. Who better to inspire leaders than someone who has spent every day motivating the trickiest to navigate of all – children?
sector would realise how much there is to learn from someone who works with pedagogy all the time.”
“All the strategic and visionary tools and ways of working that you need when dealing with leadership are something you do on a daily basis in the field of pedagogy,” explains Nakling. “I wish people of different fields outside the education
Unfiltered energy
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Issue 101
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June 2017
Working with motivation, inspiration and development in a vast range of industries, from the police force to local councils, the education sector and traffic management, Nakling’s background stems from preschool teaching, change management, guidance, pedagogic development and coaching.
Her secret weapon when she speaks at conferences is her exceptional amount of energy, paired with her unfiltered personality. “Many people who go to a day-long course get tired by the end – but because
For more information, please visit: www.ninanakling.no