Most leadership advice focuses on what to do: communicate clearly, delegate effectively, set direction. This webinar focuses on something less comfortable but arguably more important — what is actually happening between you and your team, regardless of your intentions.

Led by Bent Myllerup and Giuseppe De Simone, the session draws on psychodynamic theory and emotional intelligence research to explore how power operates in teams, why small behavioural shifts by leaders create disproportionate effects, and what authentic leadership actually requires beyond the buzzword.

What the session covers

Power and psychodynamics. Leadership is not just about authority — it is about how your team perceives and responds to your influence, much of which happens below the surface. The session draws on the Miller and Rice psychodynamic model to show how group dynamics are shaped by the person at the top of the system in ways that are often invisible until the damage is done.

Emotional intelligence in practice. Self-awareness and empathy are not soft skills — they are the structural foundation for trust and open communication. The session examines how to develop these capacities in a way that is practical rather than theoretical, and how the absence of them creates the kind of team environments where people say what they think is expected rather than what they actually believe.

Authentic leadership. Aligning your actions with your values sounds straightforward. In practice, it requires a level of self-examination that most leaders have not been asked to do. The session explores what this looks like and why teams consistently perform better when they trust that their leader means what they say.

Who should watch

This is most useful for managers, team leads, and Agile practitioners who want to understand the human dynamics underneath the framework — and who are curious enough about their own behaviour to examine it honestly. If you have experienced teams that seem to hold back, avoid honest feedback, or perform compliance rather than genuine engagement, this session offers a useful diagnostic lens.

Our CAL-1 and CAL-2 programmes develop these capabilities more formally for leaders who want to go further.