A 2005 survey of 94 large companies discovered that those consistently applying the transformational leadership practices of The Leadership Challenge® over the previous 10 years achieved:
An average stock price growth of 204%
A net income growth of 841%
Organizations all over the world have benefited from this proven, research-based leadership development model created by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. At its core are the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® and their acclaimed 360° assessment instrument, the Leadership Practices Inventory®, or LPI.

“Søren managed to bring new life to the module “role of the Danida adviser” His intervention was thought provocative, entertaining and at the same time to the point. His way of teaching using various multi-media clips was a refreshing new way of handling a large and broad theme, which could otherwise be difficult to address in the limited time available to him. Although it had been quite a while since he himself had been an adviser in Africa, he was fully able to coach senior Danida advisers on their ambiguous roles at their pre-departure course using his insight on working relationships and personalities.” Andreas Brogaard Buhl (client)

Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Creative

Andreas hired Søren Leth-Nissen as a Trainer of Danida Advisers, February 4, 2008

Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance. YES man!

Today, I have an empty inbox. My calendar is full of events that I control.

I feel that I can fulfill my mission and goals on a daily, weekly, monthly and even yearly basis.

Doing my best in living my values and principle centered living, I am applying my personal values, my self defined roles, my immediate and long term goals -and right now I’m trying my best to execute them.

15 kilos ago I met Dr. Stephen Covey.

Since 2002, I have worked with the book “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” – and I guess I’ll never stop. If you want to know why, buy a copy and start studying. If you already know the book, read it again and do all the exercises once again. You’ll be amazed how effective it is.

From time to time, our clients recommend our work. The questions is whether these recommendations endorse our work in a way that help us get more clients. Or the opposite happens

At LinkedIn, we have used the recommendation option for years now, and we tend to conclude that these recommendations helps us focus even more on the qualities that our clients say we possess.

“Søren’s vast experience and highly developed instincts allow him to cut right through the mumbo-jumbo and ask all the essential questions.” December 14, 2006, Niels Henrik Bach (client) hired Soren Leth-Nissen as a Career Coach.

Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Creative

At NDUNA, we are certified Leadership Challenge facilitators and have worked with that Leadership and Team building concept since 2007.

Backed by 25 years of original research and data from over 3 million leaders, The Leadership Challenge® is a leadership development program by bestselling authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. Approaching leadership as a measurable, learnable, and teachable set of behaviors, this proven leadership model proclaims Leadership Is Everyone’s Business.

In Mountain View in California, Google holds a number of leadership training seminars, called Leading@Google.

We at NDUNA are happy that Google draws on the same inspirational leadership concepts as we do

See best selling author Jim Kouzes tell about The Leadership Challenge here. (go to about 7 minutes into the presentation to go direct to the concept):

If you want to learn more on why our clients ask us to take their team through the Leadership Challenge progam, simply call us.

At NDUNA, we are certified and authorized in Belbin Team Roles. We deliver value adding team role profiles and team processes to increase efficiency and work atmosphere.

“When you complete the Belbin® Self-Perception Inventory you will receive – among other reports – a ‘fingerprint’ of your Team Role preferences.

Very few people display characteristics of just one Team Role. Most people have 3 or 4 preferred roles, which can be adopted or eschewed as the situation requires. Belbin Team Roles improve self-knowledge and understanding among individuals and teams.

Karen Marie Leth-Nissen - certified Belbin Team Role facilitator

Team Roles depict a current behavioural pattern – a snapshot of your behaviour at one time. Preferences aren’t fixed, since many factors can influence behaviour, whether a new job, promotion or circumstances outside work. To recognise these changes, you should look to complete Belbin® Self-Perception Inventories throughout your career.

Grundfos Team Development by NDUNA

To find out which of the 9 Belbin Team Roles you have an affinity towards, and which ones you don’t, you need to start by completing a Belbin Self-Perception Inventory.” Read more at the official Belbin site, which is our source for information and purchase of tests. We have  been trained at the Danish Potential in Belbin Team Roles.

Call us if you want to improve your team performance.

NDUNA develops Global Teams at Vestas Wind Systems

Just 5 months after Dorthe Vilandt introduced Energy Leadership to our Danish clients it’s has proven to be of great value. Quite a few – from sales executives to managing directors – have benefitted from learning new ways of managing their resources and approach to people, their relationships and everyday business and private issues.

In order to further develop our competences within Energy Leadership, Dorthe Vilandt is going to Los Angeles in January where she will learn about the latest cutting-edge approaches and innovative strategies to secure permanent change leadership strategies.

To be more specific, Dorthe Vilandt will look into the new additional component called the “SHIFT” which means Strategies to Help Innovative, Focused Transformation (SHIFT). It is a movement that facilitates proactive change to recreate any, and all, aspects of our lives—our careers.

Dorthe Vilandt is a certified iPEC coach

For your inspiration please find the 8 Building Blocks of the Energetic Leader:

• Emotional Intelligence
• Dynamic Communication
• Influencing and Engaging Others
• Problem Solving
• Productivity and Decision Making
• High Energy Relationships
• Health and Wellness
• Time Management and Balance

The most successful leaders in the world truly enjoy what they do. In fact, when asked, they consistently say that they feel they rarely ever “work.”

We can´t wait to get Dorthe home from Los Angeles to learn more of the SHIFT program.

At NDUNA we help you define clear goals and set a specific time frame for you to obtain these goals. Some call it coaching, advising, motivation, mentoring or whatever. To be honest, we do not care too much about what you call it. What we care about is helping you to achieve the professional goals that you desire within a limited time frame. That’s what makes us effective.

An example
When I started coaching Christian (name made up) a couple a years ago, he was a manager working in a global organization. Christian had just turned 40. He stated that his goal was to find out  whether he was a ‘true leader or not’ as he put it. If not, he would focus on specializing what he was good at like developing balanced scorecards and strategy maps. If yes, he would use his talent to climb the leadership ladder in the organization.

In the first session we talked about role models within leadership. After Christian mentioning a few I asked him to think of a leader who had meant the most to him. Christian then told about Oluf, a very wealthy farm estate owner who always paid attention to the lowest raking workers in the hierarchy: the boys, helping the grown up workers. Having been one of the boys, Christian now talked with great passion and admiration about Oluf. Oluf was a success. He was respected, he had ‘made it,’ Christian told me.  The very idea that Oluf could be so rich and powerful and at the same time show true respect to the lowest ranking workers made Christian reflect on the values Oluf was living his life by.

The values Wisdom, Truth and Trust kicked Christians leadership career in the right direction

That made Christian identify his own values and measure to what extend he had lived by these values so far in his professional life. Christians values were Wisdom, Truth and Trust. When measuring the extend of how much he had been living these values, Christian realized that there was a lot to gain both professionally and privately by focusing more on these values.

“I wish I could be like Oluf,” he said. “What would it take?,” I asked. That question sparked an avalanche of actions that Christian wanted to carry out. Suddenly he could see his rather weak communication to his boss and peers on who he was, what he wanted and how he would get it. Now he could see where to start, what to do and how to go about it. That session launched a series of action plans and action points that made the organization respond right away.

To cut the story short, Christian now holds a senior position as a regional sales director in the same company. He got what he wanted. Clarification on his leadership career , motivation to kick start it and a new job serving at a higher level with more satisfaction.

This blog post was inspired by an Christmas email from Christian thanking NDUNA for the help provided some years ago. 30. December 2009. Søren Leth-Nissen

Tina Enggård

In a still more visual world, you need someone capable to tell the good stories using visual media. This is why we work with Tina Enggård Jensen. YouTube is filled with nice, remarkable video stories that captivates its audience. Less often, we fine good quality, good sound and picture and storytelling techniques on YouTube. Tina is the one who can deliver these stories for our clients.

Originally, Tina was trained a Political Scientist. After that she went to University of South Denmark where she studied Journalism, specializing in Video Journalism. Since her graduation in 2005, she has worked as a news video journalist researching, filming, interviewing and editing. Tina really loves to dig up the good story hidden behind the glittery surface of most people.
Biographies, portraits and features are all part of her trade mark.

The team of NDUNA consists of highy experienced and well qualified consultants and business coaches:

• Søren Leth-Nissen, founder & owner
  
• Charlotte Barfod, ACC Coach, NLP
• Tina Enggård, Associate, Video Journalist
• Annette Kledal, PCC Coach, Leadership developer
• Karen Marie Sø Leth-Nissen, Associate, Belbin Team Role Specialist, Ethics specialist
• Lone Leth-Nissen, Associate, Coach, Systemic Process Consultant
• Karen Lassen Nørgaard, Organisational Specialist
• Anne Rosenvold, Coach, Communications Strategy Expert, Media Specialist
• Michael Skjøt, Associate, ACC coach, Leadership developer
• Felicia Heinicke, Associate, Coach, Teambuilder
• Dorthe Vilandt, Associate, Energy Leadership Coach
• Karen Würtz, Associate, Management Consultant, Analyst, Process Designer

Feel free to explore our site in order to learn more about us.