Event speakers Pernille Steen Pedersen from CBS and Jesper Theil Thomsen from SOUNDBOKS speak on younger generations' approach to the labour market and how to best meet their needs, as managers.
*This interview is available in Danish with English subtitles.
New management strategies for new generations?
How do you advance leadership to consider generations seeking meaning, balance and value in their work life?
By CBS Executive EducationBe curious and involve the employees
Every third young person struggles to find purpose in their job. They present new demands to their workplaces and generally have different attitudes towards hierarchy, work life balance, structures and processes.
So what does this mean for managers? How do you foster great leadership for a generation that seeks purpose and value in their working life? What will the leadership role be, and how can companies and managers in general adapt to the new requirements?
In collaboration with CBS Leadership Centre, this CBS Executive Education event focused on leading new generations in the workplace.
With a strong panel of CBS researchers and practitioners from SOUNDBOKS and Lundbeck, who have experience in leading the new generations in both start-ups and corporates, topics involved generational differences, vulnerability, management strategies and personal experiences from different generations.
Pernille Steen Pedersen
Assistant Professor & Ph.D. at Copenhagen Business School
Pernille Steen Pedersen is a Ph.D. and an Assistant Professor at the CBS Institute for Business Humanities and Law.
Pernille is a management researcher with a particular focus on stress and shame and has published the research-based books "Slip stress ud af skammekrogen" (2016) and "Stress og skam i arbejdslivet - guide til fælles forebyggelse" (2021). In her current research project: "Stress prevention among students at CBS", she focuses on well-being among students.
Peter Holdt Christensen
Associate Professor & Ph.D. at Copenhagen Business School
Peter is an Associate Professor at CBS and focuses his research on human behaviour in the workplace.
Specifically, he works with organisations to better understand and improve e.g. knowledge sharing, hybrid work, different generations at work and the importance of physical spaces for motivation and interactions.
Jesper Theil Thomsen
CEO & Co-Founder at SOUNDBOKS / SAGA
Jesper is the CEO and Co-founder of SOUNDBOKS, a hardware startup that builds portable speakers for social events. The company was founded when Jesper was a high school student, and now employs 100 employees, with a clear focus on value-driven management and psychological safety in the workplace.
In addition to SOUNDBOKS, Jesper is the founder of SAGA, an NGO that works to get more young people involved in democracy, as well as a board member of Børns Vilkår, an NGO that works to stop neglect of children.
Signe Jensen
Director, Transformation Office at Lundbeck
Signe leads the Global IT Transformation Office at Lundbeck, a unit she has built up from scratch. The department primarily comprises youthful management consultant talent who are excited to drive change and introduce innovative approaches within IT and across Lundbeck.
Signe's management philosophy is centred on cultivating networks, encouraging open and meaningful dialogues, fostering collaboration and exercising influence. She deliberately steers clear of excessive politics and hierarchical structures and chooses a more inclusive and engaging approach. An integral aspect of her leadership style is her commitment to injecting fun into her initiatives, thereby creating an environment where innovation and productivity flourish.
Frank Meier
Associate Professor & Ph.D. at Copenhagen Business School
Frank is an Associate Professor at CBS and a keen student of management and management development, specifically the communicative practices and processes through which management and its development are constituted.
Frank has published articles in Human Relations, Leadership, SAGE Handbook of Leadership Studies and Scandinavian Journal of Management and is associated with CBS Leadership Center and CBS Leadership Think Tank. Frank was the moderator at the event.
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