Foreward by Mikala Larsen

Leaping Forward – a Leadership Foreword

Leadership, learning, and respectful care for the people in our organization is a must for Nestlé.

We wish to support and develop well founded, engaging and capable leadership that are willing to learn and grow for the benefit of the individual, the team, and for all of Nestlé.

In serving our people and our responsibilities around the world, we need and depend upon empowered leaders who will commit to continued excellence in order to deal with the complexities of our fast and connected world. In Nordic Leadership Development programs, we have used Ulrik Ramsing’s book “Unlugged – Your Path to Authentic Leadership” since 2012. As noted in my foreword back then, the new takes on classic leadership tools gave an inspiring Aha!-experience for the participants. In this journal, it still does! The toolbox has been updated and expanded to cover the concepts and approaches needed at the essential career levels of leading self, leading others, and leading business. In addition, the format itself has been made more flexible to match the new ways of development as it combines three learning modes: A book for reading, a notebook for journaling, and a menu for quick online references and additional details.

Enjoy – and take the time for all the experiments, both the ones you comment directly in these pages, and the ones you do as part of your daily leadership and the continued development of yourself and your team.

Mikala Larsen Nestlé Nordic CHRO