{"id":2366,"date":"2026-02-23T15:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inrestyrka.se\/?page_id=2366"},"modified":"2026-05-18T09:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:57:14","slug":"about-birgitta-sjostrand","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inrestyrka.se\/en\/about-birgitta-sjostrand\/","title":{"rendered":"About Birgitta Sj\u00f6strand"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2366\" class=\"elementor elementor-2366\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-83611e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"83611e3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-255c329\" data-id=\"255c329\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7394786 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7394786\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Birgitta Sj\u00f6strand \u2013 Leadership and Conflict Specialist in Sweden<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2be776c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2be776c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">It started on a foreign exchange desk in Stockholm.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf7e2b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf7e2b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"23\" data-line-end=\"24\">The eighties. Phones ringing all day. Interest rates, currencies, millions moving within a quarter of an hour. That is where I learned to make decisions quickly \u2014 and to live with the consequences.<\/p><p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"25\" data-line-end=\"26\">We always had stop-loss thinking. You never hold a position that is going wrong. The hard part is not making the decision. It is staying with it afterwards \u2014 and correcting fast when you were wrong.<\/p><p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"27\" data-line-end=\"28\">What I did not know then was that ten years later I would do something entirely different.<\/p><p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"29\" data-line-end=\"30\">And that those ten years would become the foundation for everything I do today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c7a669 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c7a669\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e54974\" data-id=\"9e54974\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10f9670 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10f9670\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From the trading floor to leadership<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-062420c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"062420c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"37\" data-line-end=\"38\">I worked in the financial markets for ten years \u2014 interest rates and currencies, in Stockholm and London. It was a world of high tempos, clear winners and losers, and people under serious pressure. I loved it.<\/p><p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"39\" data-line-end=\"40\">Then came the children \u2014 three of them, born in 1994, 1996 and 1999. Same husband then as now, still married. We moved back to Sweden after fourteen years abroad, mostly in London with eighteen months in Luxembourg in between. Coming home was not what I had imagined. Sweden had changed. So had I.<\/p><p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"41\" data-line-end=\"42\">I went back to studying. Two years at the Scandinavian Leadership Academy. UGL group leadership. Coaching. NLP \u2014 all the way to Master Trainer. LAB Profile to Master Trainer. DISC. GDQ. Conflict management and mediation. Group development. Neuroscience. It is not a CV list \u2014 it is twenty years of curiosity about what actually makes people change.<\/p><p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"43\" data-line-end=\"44\">In 2003 I founded Inre Styrka, it became 2010 AB.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff65d14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff65d14\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f88fb54\" data-id=\"f88fb54\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0832421 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0832421\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What I have seen work<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f974fb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f974fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"51\" data-line-end=\"52\">After twenty years in the room with managers \u2014 from new team leaders to CEOs of global companies \u2014 I know a few things for certain:<\/p><p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"53\" data-line-end=\"54\"><strong>Leadership is a craft, not a personality trait.<\/strong>\u00a0It can be learned. It can be improved. And it can break you \u2014 if you do not get the right tools at the right time.<\/p><p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"55\" data-line-end=\"56\"><strong>Most conflicts are not malice. They are misunderstandings that have grown in silence.<\/strong>\u00a0That is why I work as much with communication as with conflict management. They are the same craft, seen from different angles.<\/p><p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"57\" data-line-end=\"58\"><strong>Being clever is not enough. You have to dare to be human.<\/strong>\u00a0That is where many experienced managers get stuck \u2014 they have all the knowledge, but no one really talks to them anymore. That can change.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ba4465 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ba4465\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b05111\" data-id=\"3b05111\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-488e4b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"488e4b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Outstanding in the Middle<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89cdb70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89cdb70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"65\" data-line-end=\"66\">During the pandemic, all my assignments were cancelled. I sat at home in Sigtuna and did not know what to do with all the time. So I wrote the book I had been carrying for ten years \u2014 about middle managers. The ones who often get blamed but rarely get the tools.<\/p><p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"67\" data-line-end=\"68\"><em>Outstanding in the Middle: How Middle Managers Make the Difference<\/em>\u00a0became an Amazon bestseller in the summer of 2021. It is now used as reference reading on several leadership programmes.<\/p><p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"69\" data-line-end=\"70\">I am still surprised by how far it has travelled. And grateful.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2775f1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2775f1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/inrestyrka.se\/en\/outstanding-in-the-middle-leadership-book\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more about the book<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-94e4830 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"94e4830\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c845f6f\" data-id=\"c845f6f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-446c103 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"446c103\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What I have learned along the way<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a9d833 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a9d833\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e91b077\" data-id=\"e91b077\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7efc479 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7efc479\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"79\" data-line-end=\"80\"><strong>Scandinavian Leadership Academy<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 two-year programme<\/li><li class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"80\" data-line-end=\"81\"><strong>UGL<\/strong>\u00a0(Group Development and Leadership)<\/li><li class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"81\" data-line-end=\"82\"><strong>NLP Practitioner, NLP Master, NLP Trainer \u00d7 2<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"82\" data-line-end=\"83\"><strong>LAB Profile<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 all levels, Master Trainer<\/li><li class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"83\" data-line-end=\"84\"><strong>DISC<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 certified trainer<\/li><li class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"84\" data-line-end=\"85\"><strong>GDQ<\/strong>\u00a0(Group Development Questionnaire) \u2014 certified<\/li><li class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"85\" data-line-end=\"86\"><strong>Conflict management and mediation<\/strong><\/li><li class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"86\" data-line-end=\"87\"><strong>Group development and group coaching<\/strong><\/li><li class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"87\" data-line-end=\"89\"><strong>Neuroscience and leadership<\/strong><\/li><li class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"87\" data-line-end=\"89\"><strong>AI<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"89\" data-line-end=\"90\">And twenty-two years as a working trainer. That is where most of the learning has actually happened.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea870bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea870bf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d361cd\" data-id=\"2d361cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abf8dec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"abf8dec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When I am not in a classroom<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b01fd69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b01fd69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"97\" data-line-end=\"98\">I live in Sigtuna with my husband and our two Kleiner M\u00fcnsterl\u00e4nder \u2014 hunting dogs that demand long walks and keep me on my toes. In the summer I paddle a canoe. When the weather and my body agree, I ride my mountain bike.<\/p><p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"99\" data-line-end=\"100\">Many years ago I had a riding accident and broke my back. I healed fully \u2014 but it changed me. It made me more alive and more present. It is hard to put things off when you have once stood in front of perhaps not being able to do them at all.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edc3daf elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"edc3daf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/birgittasjostrand\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">LinkedIn<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e65bd86 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e65bd86\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e638e84\" data-id=\"e638e84\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7b34cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e7b34cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Retirement is not the plan<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7249200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7249200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"107\" data-line-end=\"108\">Many of my friends are retiring. I am building on \u2014 and I plan to work for at least another ten years.<\/p><p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"109\" data-line-end=\"110\">It is not by chance that I see it this way.<\/p><p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"111\" data-line-end=\"112\">After leaving her job at the bank, my mother served as legal guardian (<em>god man<\/em>) for thirty people who could no longer manage their own affairs \u2014 handling their finances and tax returns while they lived in care homes. She kept doing this until she fell ill with cancer and passed away at 79. My grandmother started learning English at 80 and lived to be 99. I have good examples to follow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-740684a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"740684a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fb4215\" data-id=\"6fb4215\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1d26df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d1d26df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Three ways in<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-807bb6e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"807bb6e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-09e9a60\" data-id=\"09e9a60\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48dbf04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48dbf04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>As an individual manager:<\/strong>\u00a0take my online programme in conflict management for the hybrid workplace. Four weeks, at your own pace.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0617f41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0617f41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/inrestyrka.se\/en\/conflict-leadership-programme\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">See the programme<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5034bed\" data-id=\"5034bed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16b80f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16b80f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>As an organisation:<\/strong> book me for training, facilitation or coaching on site.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-237528b elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"237528b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/inrestyrka.se\/en\/about\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more about my corporate work<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80bd705\" data-id=\"80bd705\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d8981a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d8981a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>As a reader:<\/strong> start with the book. It is a good way into how I think.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48ef327 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"48ef327\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/inrestyrka.se\/en\/outstanding-in-the-middle-leadership-book\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more about the book<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-152201e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"152201e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e42515c\" data-id=\"e42515c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71a6191 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71a6191\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What I hope you take with you<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79f42bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79f42bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"131\" data-line-end=\"132\">You have just read about someone you have not met. That says very little about me \u2014 and even less about you.<\/p><p class=\"has-line-data\" data-line-start=\"133\" data-line-end=\"134\">If something here made you curious \u2014 about the programme, the book, or a conversation \u2014 get in touch. 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