Donatella De Paoli

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Donatella De Paoli

• Mrs. Donatella De Paoli is a associate professor
  at The Norwegian School of Management BI.
• This School is one of Norway's largest research
  based educational institutions, and it
  represents the country's largest academic milieu
  within the areas of business economics and
  administration, marketing and management.
• Professor Donatella De Paoli has written a thesis
  regarding the organisation of big building
  projects and have also been a visiting scholar
  at Construction Managment Department at Stanford
  University in the United States.

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Leadership from a Norwegian perspective

• - The case of the construction industry
• by dr. oecon Donatella De Paoli
• Norwegian School of Management BI

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Content

• Leadership challenges within the construction
  industry
• Historical background of the Norwegian leadership
  perspective
• Central ideas of a Norwegian leadership model
• Applying the Norwegian way of leading on
  construction

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Leadership challenges within the construction
industry

• Developing leadership abilities
• Building trust and teamwork across disciplines
• Encouraging client focus in projects
• Reevaluating traditional roles and communication
  patterns

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Historical background of the Norwegian leadership
perspective

• Dugnad - the first widespread Norwegian project
• The development of social democracy
• Democracy in the workplace
• Cooperation between labor groups and
  employers/managers
• The self-directed groups movement
• Democratic leadership

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Central ideas of a Norwegian leadership model

• Values Equality, participation and harmony
• Perception of the leader Counselor or couch
• Perception of employees Students or soccer
  players
• Role models Political leaders,Leading soccer
  trainers, Explorers

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Central ideas of a Norwegian leadership model

• Self-directed groups - the beginning of the team
  movement
• Ownership and control to the workers
• Open dialogue and participation
• From self-directed groups to nowadays empowered
  teams

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Applying the Norwegian way of leading on
construction agencies

• Meets the need for greater flexibility and
  technological change
• Meets the need of the new workers - the
  educated professionals
• Stimulates the generation of new ideas,
  cooperation and dialogue
• Empower - Give responsibility for job and client

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Applying the Norwegian way of leading on
projects

• Use of teams and empowering leadership style to
  revitalize construction projects
• Contingent use of teams based on the duration of
  project, project stages, size, technology and
  environment

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Challenges to the Norwegian leadership model
due to changing economic conditions

• Increasing globalization of economy
• Drive toward tighter competition and efficiency
• Outsourcing of functions and departments

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Relevance for you as a leader

• Impulses to reflect upon the relevance of
  history, traditions and values for your
  leadership style
• Contribution to rethink your values and
  leadership style
• Inspiration to take the leadership role seriously