Leadership and Innovation 2024
Online Conference

Why Great Leadership is About Understanding Yourself & Others

Maria Ebro Andreasen , Leadership and Innovation 2023 Presenter

Maria Ebro Andreasen 

Head of People & Culture, Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, Holly Springs

About the Presentation

Psychological safety, trust and emotional intelligence have been the talking points across industries and regions for decades. It is time we dig deeper into the psychology behind these terms and the leadership capabilities needed to enable safe relationships and trust to exist in the workplace. Spoiler alert: Mentalization is the key!

In this talk, Maria Ebro Andreasen deep dives into the concept of mentalization, where it originates, and how it enables great leadership. Maria will also bring you into a new way of understanding what talent is, the psychology behind talented leadership and give you practical exercises to grow your mentalize capacity and bring it into your organization to grow the psychological safety across your teams.

Key Takeaways

  • Understand how you can accelerate growth and psychological safety in your company
  • Get practical exercises for you to take home and start practicing to grow safety and trust
  • Gain insights into how you can rethink leadership to ensure real growth of both your employees and your company

About Maria Ebro Andreasen 

With a master’s in psychology and in philosophy, a coaching degree and a number of certifications within people assessments, organizational development and project management in her backpack, Maria Ebro Andreasen has combined theory with real life experience. Through her past 10 years of working as a leader and with leaders from various global large-scale companies, Maria Ebro Andreasen has tested out different psychological leadership theories and manages to bring the world of psychology into the everyday life of practical leadership.
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