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Being a leader is fantastic – most of the time. But the many changes, expectations and emotional demands can also sometimes feel overwhelming when the leader is there in the middle of it all, trying to manage both well-being and results. That creates a high-risk work environment, which can put the leader’s well-being at risk.
Leaders and managers, like anyone else, can come under strain. When their work environment and well-being are under pressure, vast reserves of energy and drive are drained away. This affects the organisation’s results, and it affects lives – both the leaders’ own and those of their employees.
Drawing on research and many years of practical and professional leadership experience, the two authors of WHO LOOKS AFTER THE BOSS? provide a language and a direction for working with leaders’ well-being. They argue that the key to leader well-being does not lie with the individual leader alone, but in strategic prevention and the involvement of multiple actors. Leaders’ well-being is not simply about an individual leader’s busyness and workload; it is a shared responsibility. The conditions for well-being, satisfaction and engagement in the leadership role must be created collectively and across the organisation.
Fakta
- Udgivelsesår
- 2026
- ISBN (Bog)
- 9788771859461
- Antal sider
- 202
Om forfatterne
About the authors
Louise Dinesen is a business and crisis psychologist specialising in high-risk contexts, organisational preparedness, and preventive practices. Louise is the founder of Dinesen & You and Better Worklife. She has served as an external examiner and lecturer on the Danish Defence’s Master’s programme in Military Leadership and has for several years advised the Armed Forces’ most senior leaders. In addition to extensive practical experience as a leader and consultant, Louise has also been affiliated with the University of Copenhagen as an external lecturer.
www.louisedinesen.dk | www.betterworklife.dk
Lill Palmblad is a business psychologist specialising in psychosocial work environment, leadership, and leader well-being. She is the founder of Palmblad Business Psychology and Better Worklife, and former Head of Inspection at the Danish Working Environment Authority. Lill advises organisations and leadership teams, facilitates network groups for leaders and H&S professionals, supervises colleagues, and coaches leaders. She has previously been affiliated with the University of Copenhagen as an external lecturer.
www.palmblad.dk | www.betterworklife.dk
Transleted from the Danish bestseller
Who Looks After the Boss? is translated from Hvem passer på chefen? and postedited by Matt Cottrell.
Quotes
We need to get better at looking after each other. Who Looks After the Boss? focuses on how organisations can work to support leader well-being. The book shifts the focus from the individual to a much-needed emphasis on what many can achieve together.
Christian Ørsted, Management consultant
This important book highlihts the importance of leaders' well-being in sustaining effective leadership amid growing organisational complexity and demands. Its insights are relevant across organisations and cultures, offering a valuable contribution to understanding how supporting the well-being of individual leaders and leadership teams benefits not only the leaders themselves but also their teams and overall organisational performance.
