What does good leadership mean to you?
Being a manager is a title, being a leader requires that you have earned the trust of both your staff and the world around you. For me, good leadership means showing clear commitment to the task and to the people. To be there to support decisions when needed, but also to dare to give employees the confidence to pursue their own issues. The balance between leading by managing and leading through others is a challenging but interesting part of the leadership role.

Can you share any important lessons from your time as a leader that have influenced your leadership style?
As a young leader, I was with a group in England where we witnessed a fatal accident. It took a few minutes before we got the whole group together and realized that no one in our group was affected. I think it has affected me in a way that makes me try to ensure that "everyone is included", both figuratively and literally.

In the "Under the Skin" podcast you talk about greed. The counterpart to this is generosity. How do you think about this virtue?
I appreciate receiving, of course, but I think it's even more fun to give. Generosity is often associated with gifts or money, but in the leadership situation it is more about generosity of trust and confidence. In my private life I am generous with appreciative feelings, in the professional roles I am generous with time. Working on balancing this better in both cases