29 Nov 2022

Article
Resilience
One of our clients recently told me of his feelings of nostalgia for the "peaceful years" when there was time to think and decide with some sort of clarity. When I answered that I did not recall him behaving like things were especially peaceful back then - he used to be a hyperactive MD with ambition, strong desire to empower his team, and a relentless push for action - he laughed and ad...
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23 Nov 2022

Article
sustainability
"From 2024, large companies will need to publicly disclose information on the way they operate and manage social and environmental risks."(1) Medium size companies (> 350 employees, > 40m€) are also included in this new directive. Many medium-size companies are ill equipped to allocate sufficient internal resources with the capacity, skills and competence to study, understand, and...
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13 Oct 2022

Newsletter
Grooa News - Feb 2022 - The joys and hurdles of Inclusion
Things have been changing fast, lately, on all fronts. On the business side, following the great resignation, and in spite of the current geopolitical instability and economic uncertainties, many European companies are super busy with up-skilling, re-staffing, recruiting, and shuffling people around. In this constantly moving landscape, many find themselves in need to answer a key ...
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28 Feb 2022

Newsletter
Grooa News - Feb 2022 - The joys and hurdles of Inclusion
[caption id="attachment_7878" align="alignnone" width="300"] How patience can sabotage Leadership[/caption] Finally! Where I currently live - Northern Europe - spring comes much later than what I remember from my upbringing on the Mediterranean sea, so every year around April I grow quite impatient, why is spring not coming? Which brings me to a topic that frequently puzzles me: ...
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01 Feb 2022

Press Release
Grooa Award
Grooa Awarded Top Leadership Development Company in Europe, 2021 Grooa AS has been awarded the prestigious 2021 Top Leadership Development Award by Manage HR Magazine. Every Year, Manage HR scouts the market to identify and highlight the emerging consultancies that stand at the forefront of tackling customer challenges. Not only was Grooa AS identified as one of the top 10 Leadership De...
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12 Jan 2022

Newsletter
Grooa newsletter March 2022
For the last 15 minutes I have been sitting in front of the screen, pondering whether I wanted to start this letter with the traditional "Happy New Year" message or not. Initially I was not going to do it, it felt a bit like a perfunctory act, while I want my newsletters to be sincere and personal. But I finally decided that I really wanted to extend a warm virtual hug and share a messag...
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16 Dec 2021

Newsletter
Here we are, all frenetically struggling to finish the year, completing yearly reviews, trying to plan ahead in spite of Omicron, ordering and packing presents, juggling commitments to friends and family and trying to stay reasonably calm. So I will keep my news quick and simple and I will add links if you wish to read more during the holidays. Note that I also have a gift for you ...
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03 Dec 2021

Newsletter
It has been a while. My earlier intention to keep up with a monthly newsletter has lately faded. The last months have been a constant frenzy and I had to sacrifice our regular catch up. But here I am again, having skipped August and September, with a late Fall bi-monthly. Much is changing, much is happening and we keep learning, which is great, albeit at time a bit exhausting. Espe...
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26 Jul 2021

Newsletter 0 Comment
Newsletter July 2021
I had a rather nasty flu lately, lasting almost a week, and it got me to reflect about resilience. I started to think that perhaps, after staying put and being cautious throughout most of the pandemic, our built-in immunity against the common cold might have weakened. We may no longer be as physically resilient as we were a couple of years ago. Then I asked myself: how about emotio...
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22 Jul 2021

Digital Working Place, Inclusiveness and Women Leadership 0 Comment
The #1 post-Covid Challenge for Professional Women Article
The pandemic continues to have a devastating effect on the poorest and most fragile parts of the global population, but it is also a personal tragedy for many and a major disruption for everybody, even those in the most privileged situations. How disruptions specifically affect the working population varies in different sectors and professions, but it always creates stress and fatigue...
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