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I still have to pinch my arm a bit. As you do, when dreams come true. Right? Eurovision Song Contest came to MY city Malmö last year. And I got to spend an entire week backstage, working with the broadcast commentators. I was a tiny, tiny cog in a big, big cogwheel - the sparkly, glammy, glittery show that I've been following since I was a little girl. HEAVEN. And the evenings, at the live shows, with my sister a k a partner-in-bling, going all in on outfits, glitter, hairpieces and feathers. Did I say heaven? An intense and fun week which left me with memories of a lifetime. And, some leadership lessons. So as KAJ and the Swedish entry "Bara bada bastu" gets ready for the stage in the first semi-final tonight... ...here's what I observed and learnt about leadership from working behind the scenes. 💬 Will you watch Eurovision? 💬 Who's your favourite? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 🤓 I’m Annika — I coach women in demanding roles to lead and live without losing their minds, their energy or themselves. 🛎️ Follow to get insights + nudges on ambition, energy and leading from the inside out.

Her nervous system was already in fight-or-flight. And she hadn’t even left the bed. I spoke to a senior Communications Manager the other week. She said: “I start every day already behind.” Before her eyes even opened, her brain was scanning: — Her mailbox — Her Teams chat pings — Her back-to-back calendar. — The quiet pressure of keeping everyone and everything moving. 🕰️She thought the problem was time. 👊🏼Or willpower. 🥷🏼Or needing better ways of organising (but trust me, she’s a ninja at at that already). It’s easy to think we just need to work smarter. That's we're being too ambitious. And then we end up feeling "not enough". But ambition is not the problem. How you fuel it is. It wasn’t her ambition that wore her down. It was how she had fuelled it: with pressure, self-critique and (almost) no pauses. We’ll now be working on shifting the fuel. Keep the ambition, keep the drive...but make it sustainable 🌱 If that sounds like a shift you’d like too: Join me for a free webinar next week on how to fuel your ambition without losing yourself in the process: 🗓 Thursday, May 22 🕡 12.00 noon CET på svenska 🕡 3.00 PM CET in English 📍 Link to sign up: https://lnkd.in/dAH9yqVW ✨ Welcome!

The women I coach don’t need more productivity hacks.They need permission to stop sprinting. I know that you know you should slow down But when action is how you prove your worth, how do you stop.... without losing who you are? You keep telling yourself: “I’ll take a break when things calm down.” But things never calm down, do they? (never did for me, anyway) The pace, the pressure, the pride in keeping it all together. You know what? 👉🏼 Slowing down isn’t about doing less. 👉🏼 It’s about doing what matters. This is not an overnight shift (our thought & behaviour patterns go deeper than that). But there's a way to start, and that's learning how to ✨ Pause and think before saying "yes". ✨ Refill your energy, not just consume it ✨ Make choices based on what’s right for YOU, not just what’s expected It’s not about dropping your ambition. It’s about learning to fuel it differently, and leading yourself in a more sustainable way. Because when you stop running on autopilot, you can finally start moving in the right direction. How you lead yourself sets the tone for everything else. 💛

You made it to the weekend. Now give your mind a minute. It's Friday. It's end of May. Right in the middle of a long weekend. (is anybody even here today...?) So let's keep it short and sweet. Before we head into the first official summer month, can we do this: Commit to invest 15 minutes in closing May. ✍🏼Reflection helps you to become more aware about your thoughts and your choices. ✍🏼 It helps you to appreciate what you have and who you are. 🌿And what we focus on grows...so this is an opportunity for you to steer your mind and be more intentional with what you do. As usual, some questions to get you going, brought to you today from Paris (can you sense the metropolitan vibe?). 🥐🧀🍷Enjoy your weekends! What are you all up to? PS. So as I'm in Paris, this will be a bit of a post-and-ghost-thing. But I wanted to get you these questions. Good thing with this scheduling-function, isn't it 🤓

Jag var med i Eurovision och 163 miljoner såg mig i glitterglasögon och fjädrar. Signalerar inte seriös coach precis. Syrran och jag blev fångade i bild efter Sveriges nummer, viftandes och vrålandes i våra bästa glitter-outfits. Våra telefoner exploderade💥 “Jag såg er!” “Kan man rösta på er?” “Skrek rakt ut – där var ju NI!” Synlighet. Och engagemang. Allt inför en publik som inte har en aning om vad jag gör eller erbjuder. Så vad spelar det för roll? Inget. Och ändå allt. För även om de där 5 sekunderna i tv inte säger nåt om mitt arbete – så säger det nåt om mig. Vissa gillar min energi och min lekfullhet (och mina glittriga fjärilsglasögon). Andra tänker: “En sån kan väl ändå inte vara nåt vidare professionell coach?” Bra. Då vet vi var vi står. Jag jobbar med dem som vet att det går att kombinera fjäderboa med skärpa. Jag jobbar med dem som fattar att man kan skratta högt, glittra och glänsa OCH dyka upp som ett superproffs när det väl gäller. Lekfullhet och professionalism utesluter inte varandra. Tvärtom. Släpp in mer av det, säger jag! Och vem vill inte ha kul på jobbet? Happy Eurovision week — ääääntligen är det dags igen!! 🎶....bara bada bastu, bastu…🎶 Vad tror ni, vinner Sverige?

It doesn't matter how determined and focused you are, if your brain is out of energy. If you: 🌀 have a lot of responsibility – both at work and at home. 🌀 are always delivering, but rarely have time to check in with yourself. 🌀 sense you can’t keep going at this pace forever. 🌀 long for a life with energy left for the things and people you love 💛 ...then mark May 22nd in your diary: ✨ The Energy Code: How to fuel your ambition without burning out✨ Come join my 60-minute masterclass for ambitious women who want a lot from life — without paying with their energy, health or happiness. Life should be more than just delivering and firefighting… you're meant to enjoy it too! During this hour, one in Swedish and one in English, you’ll learn what actually affects your energy, your capacity and your well-being in both the short and long run. You’ll reflect on where you are right now and which building blocks you might need to adjust in order to both feel well and perform well over time. You’ll get: ✔ A check-in on your energy patterns ✔ 6 keys to sustainable performance ✔ Simple tools for balance and energy The masterclass is online, free and there are two time slots: 🗓️ Thursday May 22nd 12 noon CET - in Swedish 🗓️ Thursday May 22nd 3 PM CET - in English 🔥Your ambition is not the problem: how you fuel it is. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/dAH9yqVW I so look forward to this - hope to see you!

Jag ÄLSKAR... ...att få träffa så många fantastiska kvinnliga ledare i Ledarprogrammet Perspeqtiv. …att köra programmet ihop med Elin och genuint känna att det vi gör bidrar och gör skillnad. …att vi är igång med två grupper redan, och startar en till (minst!) i höst. ...att få så fin återkoppling från deltagarna. "Jag tror inte ni någonsin kommer att förstå vilket rum ni skapat, vilken kraft ni släppt lös och vilka helt ofattbart fantastiska människor ni är ❤️" Hur glad och stolt blir man?! Ja. Det var nog bara det idag. Du då, vad älskar du med det du gör? PS. Älskar också att Ledarprogrammet Perspeqtiv fått en hemsida! Eller, fått och fått... Elin byggde en till oss. Hurra för henne! 👇🏼 www.perspeqtiv.se

En kick-off med sig själv sa du? Precis det sa jag. Och inte bara jag: När jag pratat med kvinnliga ledare och företagare i mitt nätverk har jag fångat upp en längtan efter detta: 🌱 Byta miljö (till en skön, kreativ miljö) 🌱 Känns gemenskap med andra 🌱 Sakta ner och lyssna inåt före man trycker på höstens gaspedal 🌱 Bli påfylld med ny kunskap 🌱 Ta ut kursen för hösten 🌱 Få en energi-boost 🌱 Plocka med sig nya verktyg för såväl ”eget bruk” som för verksamheten hemma. Så vad säger du om jag säger att jag har skapat plats för allt detta på Åhus Seaside i september? Du får ett dygn för dig själv, tillsammans med andra, att jobba med din riktning, ditt självledarskap och ditt mindset. Att workshoppa, reflektera, lyssna, skratta, koppla av och äta gott. Lunch-till-lunch den 14-15/9 för kvinnliga företagare och ledare. 🤓 Mer info om allt det hela på länk i min "Utvalt". Sprakar det till och du känner ”JA!” så in och anmäl dig på länken här: https://lnkd.in/dmnwVc8a PS. Vänta inte för länge: hälften av platserna är redan tagna. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 🤓 I’m Annika — I coach women in demanding roles to lead and live without losing their minds, their energy or themselves. 🛎️ Follow to get insights + nudges on ambition, energy and leading from the inside out.

How do you know who’s struggling? You don’t. Some challenges are invisible. Here’s my oldest daughter. She turns 20 today. There's a journey behind this smile. You’d never guess how much she’s fought to get here. When she was around 12–13, something shifted. From being bright, creative, full of life.... she started to struggle. We didn't notice at first. She was good at masking - as girls often are. Back then, we didn’t know she had ADHD. But we could tell life got harder. School, friendships and the world around her... it became overwhelming. Some friends (and their parents) quietly pulled away when things got tough. Judged her. "Lazy", some said. "Rude", others said. "Messy, irresponsible, careless...." Now, those are interpretations. Judgements of the intention behind. Guesses at where the behaviour comes from. 👉 How can you tell if someone is lazy – or completely exhausted? 👉 Rude – or unable to control their impulses? 👉 Disorganised – or can't find their way out of chaos? We had to unlearn and relearn everything. We spent hours reading, listening, talking about NPF. To understand what was going on, to understand her and to meet her in a way that met her needs. Today she turns 20. Next week she graduates and heads out into adulthood. Bright, creative, full of life... I'm incredibly proud of her, and the journey she's been through ❤️ What I want for her is what I want for all: ✨ To be met with curiosity instead of judgement. ✨ To be accepted and appreciated as is. ✨ To be free from the idea of having to change in order to fit in. This is where emotionally intelligent leadership starts. And this is what I wish more people understand. Both at work and in life. You never see the full story. You never really know what someone is carrying. Therefore: Curiosity over assumptions. What would shift if we got a little more curious - and a little less quick to judge?

No, not everyone wants to: - Work from a beach - Leave their corporate job - Run a half (or even a full) marathon Stop making people feel bad because they don’t. There's no one-size-fits-all version of goals. People saying this is it and everyone should want it undermine other dreams in life. Other needs. Other values. Ultimately: Undermine the importance of listening inwards. To YOURSELF. Don't follow the noise. Do YOUR thing. PS. Here I am again — same desk, same office, yet another day, putting in the work. Thing is, I LOVE it. My coffee, my laptop and a 20 minute bike ride from my home where I have my husband and 3 teenagers. If you don't love what you do every day, you will struggle. Fact. 💛

The stress isn’t just from work. It’s also from you. You are the person you spend your whole life with. Your longest relationship. Often your worst one too. Treated with: 🥴 Constant pressure 😑 Unrealistic expectations (goals way out of reach) 😒 And a tone of voice we’d never use with anyone else Imagine saying to your best friend: “Not good enough. You should have done more. You’re falling behind.” Howcome it is OK to treat yourself like that? Self-compassion isn’t a just a nice idea. It's neuroscience. 👇 Kindness towards yourself activates systems in your brain that calm and restore. Its a science-based strategy for personal sustainability. It lowers stress. It helps you bounce back faster. And it saves energy you didn’t even realize you were wasting on beating yourself up. The way you treat yourself really does set the tone for everything else. If you want less stress, start here. How would your day change if you talked to yourself like someone you cared about?