Head of Innovation Norway Takes Leave to Attend the Armed Forces Leadership Course
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The chief executive of Innovation Norway is to take three months' leave from his position. The reason is that he will take part in the Armed Forces Leadership Course, a course for leaders who want to learn more about military leadership and decision-making. The news was published by the website SHIFTER.
Innovation Norway is a state-owned company that helps Norwegian businesses grow, both in Norway and abroad. Among other things, the company provides advice, loans and grants to newly established and existing enterprises. For this reason, it is of interest to many business actors when the company's leader is absent from work for a period.
The original report does not state who will lead the company during the leave period. Nor does it say when the leave begins or how it will affect the company's work. The article is brief, and further details were therefore not available when it was written.
The leadership course is a course for leaders in the Armed Forces and other organisations that need good leadership under pressure. Courses of this kind are common in many countries, and they are often used to develop the ability to make quick and sound decisions. That a senior leader of a state-owned company is taking part shows that such skills are also relevant outside the defence sector.
The news is an example of how leaders of public companies can take time for their own development. It will be interesting to see whether Innovation Norway provides more information about the interim leadership as the leave approaches.
Sources: SHIFTER
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