Boss Level Podcast

Björn Wahlroos on leading organizations

Episode Summary

My guest for this episode is Björn Wahlroos, one of the most influential businessman in Finland. He's currently the chairman of the board at Sampo Group, Nordea and UPM-Kymmene. Björn talks about his background in academia and how it has affected his world view. He also points out what are the defining moments in his career that have made significant impact in his thinking. We also talk about hardness of making big decisions and about the way we should run organizations. Björn also tells what kind of skills he values in leaders. Björn is known to have pretty strong opinions, and he doesn't exactly hold back in expressing them. Listen to the episode and tell us what you think!

Episode Notes

My guest for this episode is Björn Wahlroos, one of the most influential businessman in Finland. He's currently the chairman of the board at Sampo Group, Nordea and UPM-Kymmene.

We talk about Björn's background in academia, his defining moments, his current roles, sleepless nights, self confidence and leadership.

Björn is known to have pretty strong opinions, and he doesn't exactly hold back in expressing them. Listen to the episode and tell us what you think!

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