Anna Elgh on self-managing teams and shifting conflicts at Svenska Retursystem

Anna Elgh is the CEO of Svenska Retursystem, a Swedish circular economy logistics company. We talk about the transformations she has led at the company since joining in 2014, from Lean to nearly three years of moving towards self-managing teams. She shares what she has learned about transforming conflicts, distributed decision making, disbanding the management team, as well as leadership and the power of letting go.

Resources:

• Svenska Retursystem’s website
• The book Lisa has co-authored with Karin Tenelius, Moose Heads on the Table
• Related Leadermorphosis episodes:
• • Ep. 55 with Frederic Laloux, author of Reinventing Organisations
  • Ep. 37 with Miki Kashtan about the inner shifts that need to happen for self-management to work
  • Ep 45. with Amy Edmondson about psychological safety and climate (vs culture)
• The Enneagram Institute
• Tuff Leadership Training