Project Description
The Leadership Model
OVERVIEW
You will read the book “The Leadership Model” together with Carl Starendal and the other attendees over 10 weeks. You’ll learn about the research-based Leadership model and also how it connects to and supports leading Agile teams, trains/tribes and organisations.
Every other week you will meet online with Carl and the group for a 90-minute session, detailing the chapters that you have been reading, as well as discussing and reflecting on the material in the book.
FORMAT
- 8 – 25 participants
- 5 sessions, 90 minutes each
- You receive a physical copy of the book and a certificate of participation
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Executive Leaders and managers
- Line Managers
- Group and Team managers
- Business Owners
- RTEs and Solution Train Engineers (STEs)
- Program and project managers
- Scrum Masters
- Agile coaches
- SAFe Program Consultants (SPCs)
SESSIONS
- Session 1: Introduction to Leadership & The Leadership Model (20 pages to read)
- Session 2: Behaviour – Leaders and surrounding social & cultural context (40 pages to read)
- Session 3: Leadership styles and combination of Leadership behavior (30 pages to read)
- Session 4: Indirect leadership and Development of leaders (20 pages to read)
- Session 5: Workshop – what does this mean for me?
BOOK: THE LEADERSHIP MODEL

The Leadership Model is a description of the models and theories behind the popular leadership tools, models and trainings from the Swedish defence University. It is a great book to use to discuss and learn about leadership from a research-based, empirical and principled stance.
“The central hypothesis of the Leadership Model is that leadership is shaped through an interplay between the characteristics of the leader and the external social and cultural context. The Model consists of three main components: leader characteristics, contextual characteristics and leadership styles. The complex interplay between these components is described in detail and illustrated using a large number of examples. The Model also serves as the basis for three of the most widespread leadership programs in Sweden based on academic research: Developmental Leadership (UL), Understanding Group and Leader (UGL) and Indirect Leadership (IL).”
The Leadership model also forms the theoretical basis for the very popular research-based leadership course Developmental Leadership (UL) that we are offering.
READ MORE
Read more about The Leadership Model here:
- Book: The Leadership Model (English)
- Bok: Ledarskapsmodellen (Svenska)
- About the research and researchers (English)
- Intervjuv med Professor Gerry Larsson (Swedish)
- Ledarskapsmodellen hos försvarshögskolan (Swedish)
- Video: How to take a Transformational Leadership approach as a Release Train Engineer (RTE) (English)
- Video: The RTE Kata – taking a transformational leadership approach to serving the ART (English)
- Course: Develiopmental Leadership (UL) (English)
INCLUDED
High quality facilitation delivered by Carl Starendal
Five online sessions, 90 minutes each
Prepared slides and workshop material
Certificate of participation
An English or Swedish physical copy of the book
Added topics and discussions connecting The Leadership Model and Agile
AVAILABLE PUBLIC BOOK CIRCLES
RESERVE YOUR INTERNAL BOOK CIRCLE
Enter your details here below, and we’ll contact you to work out the details for how to run this book circle as an internal session/series in your organisation