New OLA Sweden office opens its doors
The latest Oxford Leadership Academy branch office was
officially opened in Stockholm earlier this month. OLA Sweden has
moved across Stockholm and now occupies offices in the Banhustorget
district in the very centre of the Swedish capital.
The OLA Sweden building
To start operations in the right spirit, Lasse Wrennmark,
President of OLA Sweden, organised a launch party
which brought together all the Fellows, OLA CEO and Chairman Brian Bacon, and a number
of representatives of the Swedish business community.
Lasse welcomes his guests
With the office packed to the rafters Lasse welcomed his guests
and outlined the purpose and vision that drives the Swedish
team:
Our intention with OLA Sweden is to grow the
business in Scandinavia and to start deep conversations with
companies about leadership and how to create more sustainable
business. We want to create a leadership community of senior people
who want to make a difference not only in Sweden but also in the
world.
Lasse is also planning to expand his team of Senior Consultants,
whose avowed aim is to contribute to changing the trajectory of our
civilisation through the encouragement of responsible and
enlightened business practice.
Fellows Jonas Sjöholm and Rein
Lallo then shared with the gathering why they felt that
OLA was the best vehicle for the contributions they want to make.
Jonas was eloquent about the passion that drives him:
I'm really proud to be a part of OLA. The wide
perspective that OLA have on leadership, the impact good leadership
has both on individuals, companies and on the world as whole. OLA
is a truly unique organisation with a true purpose, a great passion
and intention to really influence and be a part of the solution for
a better world through great leadership. The view from the
individual through to the big picture is something that really
creates motivation and the feeling of being able to make
change.
The way OLA works with leadership and business
creates real change for individuals, companies and society. The
outside expression that we see in action is always based on what's
going on inside. With that perspective OLA creates a higher level
of awareness, a true contact with the potential and the inner
compass in every leader.
A number of the guests at the launch were past or current clients
of OLA Sweden, such as Helena Anderberg, CEO of
Novare, Carina Tapper, HR Manager at
AkzoNobel, and Fredrik Karlsson,
CEO of Twicht Health. Another of their
peers, Anna Serner, CEO of
Tidningsutgivarna, a branch organisation of the
media industry which protects the interests of the press in Sweden,
shared her perspective of working with OLA. She said that the
experience had helped her executive team to cope with the very real
challenges that her industry had been facing in these turbulent
times. She added that one of the reasons OLA's intervention had
been so successful was the company was free from corporate jargon
and double-speak. It was important, she said, to work in an
atmosphere of complete transparency.
A few words from Brian Bacon
After an account from Oxford Leadership Academy CEO Brian Bacon
of OLA's global objectives it was time for guests and Fellows to
mingle and sample the organic food buffet of Swedish delicacies,
before drawing the evening to a close.
OLA Sweden:
Lasse Wrennmark,
Managing Director
Henrik
Lannerhjelm, Fellow
Elena Cartasegna,
Fellow
Karl Sundkvist,
Fellow
Jonas Sjöholm,
Fellow
Rein Lallo, Fellow