WELCOME TO
NMP28 IN OCTOBER 2023

Through time and almost thirty programmes, NMP has supported leadership of change through every major shift of models of operation and ways of working in the mediahouse. Today, more than 150 alumni of NMP are active leaders on various levels in Nordic mediahouses.

The secret of its long life is that NMP is not a training programme for a distant future. The role of NMP is to provide a platform and a network-of-peers for leaders to develop their thoughts of purpose, plans for action and how to engage their teams in the current or imminent change at hand. Each NMP is powered by the exploring customers, question-driven leadership of change and by collaborative problem-solving during the programme.

We welcome you to read more about NMP below and consider signing up for this leadership quest. 

WHAT IS NMP?

NMP is a Leadership Programme and a Programme for Change.

AS A PARTICIPANT YOU WILL:

  • gain knowledge and inspiration for leadership that enhances understanding and inspires your team
  • be better prepared to lead company culture and teamwork to create better work practices
  • discover ways to help employees develop their self-leadership and be better team-workers
  • gain new ideas to enhance the organisation of work
  • be inspired and be in dialogue with other leaders in order to refine your personal vision

WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM NMP?

NMP is for leaders with a drive and desire to renew and improve current ways of working and performance. And who want to challenge themselves.

NMP is not a beginner’s course in Leadership, but it will benefit leaders interested in change and renewal regardless of their years of work experience.

THE UPCOMING PROGRAMME

PREPARATION: Self-evaluation and goal-setting with the coach

WHEN: August – September 2023 (online)

Getting ready.

In order to prepare for the Programme, we will help you take a closer look at yourself and your team. After this interview, we will help you identify personal goals to focus on during the Programme. The NMP Team will also develop the subsequent sections of the programme based on this information.

WORKSHOP COPENHAGEN: "Where is the Customer Going?"

WHEN: 4-6.10.2023

WHERE: Copenhagen, Denmark

In this first workshop, participants strengthen a personal view of the situations of the customers, how they are changing and the role of the newsmedia-house in the customers lives. The participants will also discover ways in which customer perspective can be explored deeply with their home teams.

A big part of the workshop activity is carried out as fieldwork in groups that will study and challenge the customer perspective for newsmedia. The participants will combine observations from other industries, use digital technology, their own experiences, as well as research in customer perspectives, in order to renew their view of their own company activities. The method to be applied has been developed by Dr Henrik Blomgren from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. The workshop will be concluded by presentations and dialogue on the results and suggestions from the fieldwork.

In the first workshop, we lay the foundation for the trust that will allow us to develop even deeper discussions as the Programme moves along.

WORKSHOP OSLO: “Leading by Purpose, Meaning and Strategy"

WHEN: 22-24.11.2023

WHERE: Oslo, Norway

In the workshop, participants are challenged to refine the stories, narratives of meaningful change and purpose that underpin their leadership. Furthermore, approaches for achieving engaging activation of strategy and are explored and discovered by reviewing examples both from within newsmedia and other industries.

The groups will be coached by NMP specialists to formulate questions for developing their leadership solutions.

WORKSHOP HELSINKI: “Leading individuals and teams in change from within"

WHEN: 7-9.2.2024

WHERE: Helsinki, Finland

In the workshop in Helsinki, The participants will develop hands-on solutions for improving work and performance in their teams ‘from within”.

The workshop builds on the notion of “leadership-clinique” in which each participant is supported in development by a team of fellow participant-leaders. Furthermore, media leaders state that the two years of the Pandemic have created even more need for new ideas about work practices and leadership supporting team-learning.

A starting-point of current research is that development and renewal of work and culture be approached as learning-process, not as a top-down project of “delivering change”. Change-as-learning grows from day-to-day activities, feedback seeking behavior and sharing examples of new behaviors. Leadership is a combination of coordination and individual coaching (vertical leadership) with teams participating in leading development activities (horizontal leadership).

During the workshop, participants will explore experiences of accomplished leaders who offer inspiration and insight about leading change and performance in digitally interactive teams. Coaches and specialists on team-learning and leadership facilitate the groupwork for developing hands-on solutions for leadership.

WORKSHOP SKELLEFTEÅ: “My Personal Leadership Quest"

WHEN: 20-22.3.2024

WHERE: Skellefteå, Sweden

In the last workshop of NMP, participants will explore their personal journey of past, present and future leadership. The workshop builds on extensive, structured dialogue and assignments triggering reflection. In addition, participants will develop practices for supporting strong self-leadership of employees with balancing input of personal leadership from the leader.

Research on work in digitally anchored and knowledge-intensive operations show high levels of self-leadership, of employees governing the set-up and the running of their own work. An increase in self-leadership is also widely considered necessary for achieving the sustainable, inclusive and productive organisations of work for the future. At the same time, current work-life shows great variation between employee capacity for self-leadership. For the leader, the question is: How can I personalise my leadership to support different levels of self-leadership and the need for support, and ensure that all colleagues are strongly connected to a shared culture?

During this final workshop, as in previous sessions, participants will work together with coaches and specialists to develop practical solutions for their organisations.

PRICING

Standard participation fee:
7300 euro/person (excl. VAT)

Early-bird for applications by 30th June:
participation fee 6500 euro/person (excl. VAT)

The participation fee includes tuition. It does not cover costs for travel, hotel accommodation and meals. These costs will be carried directly by the participants at the venue for each workshop. Based on data from earlier NMP-programmes the costs for conference meals, hotel accommodation (3 nights) and travel amounts to approximately 1000 euro/participant.

INTERESTED IN NMP28?

Let us know if you are interested in joining NMP!

Expressing your interest will not commit you to anything, but we will be in touch and answer any questions about the upcoming programme. NMP is a challenging programme for those committed to building the future of the news media industry. Here you will find all the tools you need and the network that will help you reach your goals.

The journey starts today!

EXPRESS INTEREST FOR NMP28

THOUGHTS ON NMP

”NMP is a fantastic opportunity to take a step back and refelct on your leadership and on what’s ahead. NMP simply makes people better, with the help of good facilitators, inspiring speakers, not to mention the interesting group work with colleagues from other parts of the media industry – all working with the same challenges and opportunities. 

The learnings and exciting ideas gained here give energy. And on top of everything – a network and friendships I hope will last a lifetime.”

 

Daniel Nordström
Editor in Chief and ansvarig utgivare,
VLT, Norrtelje Tidning, Länstidningen Södertälje, Nynäshamns-Posten,
Arboga Tidning, Bärgslagsbladet, Fagersta-Posten och Sala Allehanda.

”NMP 25 was an exciting and educational time for me. I strengthened my strategic thinking, gained deeper insight in the digital transformation and, most importantly, gained a fantastic network of colleagues from the different Nordic countries.”

Kasper Krogh
Managing Editor
Berlingske

”NMP supports development by provoking and inspiring participants. The intensive group discussions challenge you to question old beliefs and structures, and as a participant you really have to re-evaluate yourself as a leader as well as the role of the media industry as a whole. It is both useful and mind-boggling, at times even confounding, but the experienced coaches make sure the direction is always forward. The network and connections created between us participants are an extremely valuable added bonus. NMP gave me renewed strength to take on upcoming challenges. “

Kristina Bingström
Editor in Chief and publisher
Smålandsposten

“For me NMP 25 was a fantastic journey. Thanks to the great speakers and workshops I developed deeper insight into the challenges that media houses face today. Moreover, I gained new friends and a broad network in other Nordic media houses. Most importantly, however, NMP gave me the tools I needed to take the next step in my career.”

Nina Dahlbäck
Assistant Editor in Chief and Publisher
Vasabladet


”NMP broadened my understanding of the challenges that the industry is facing and the programme was valuable to me for many reasons. Inspiring speakers, a methodology that created insights on e.g. business development and personal leadership. And last but not least, a valuable network of colleagues who share the same challenges as me. Pure gold!”

Catrin Ljung
Chief of Ad Sales
Borås Tidning

THE NMP WAY OF WORKING

As opposed to traditional leadership programmes, the NMP-sessions are not filled with endless powerpoint presentations. In NMP time is dedicated to co-working on solutions and finding answers that will serve all participants. The learning process of challenging with questions and taking part in dialogue is lead by experienced and passionate coaches, firestarters, knowledge creators and researchers in the fields of leadership, customer relations, society and media.

QUESTION-DRIVEN LEARNING

NMP is an intensive learning process that builds on collaborative knowledge-creation and question-driven learning. The process is driven by good questions and in each sessions participants are challenged to develop their own questions relating to the the theme at hand. We work together on each others questions – knowledge is created through dialogue.

The starting point for creating engagement and dialogue in the sessions is found in concrete questions posed by leaders in different organisations. Armed with new tools, concepts and research results our participants go about creating their own understanding of and answers to the questions presented. An important aspect of the knowledge-creation process is leaving the meeting room in order to visit, observe and interact with reality. NMP not only develops participants’ understanding of the themes discussed. In NMP we put great emphasis on supporting the change that participants are working on in their own organisations. Going from understanding to real action requires hands-on experiences and a desire to use the new tools in practice.

THE NMP WAY OF WORKING

As opposed to traditional leadership programmes, the NMP-sessions are not filled with endless powerpoint presentations. In NMP time is dedicated to co-working on solutions and finiding answers that will serve all participants. The learning process of challenging with questions and taking part in dialogue is lead by experienced and passionate coaches, firestarters, knowledge creators and researchers in the fields of leadership, customer relations, society and media.

QUESTION-DRIVEN LEARNING

NMP is an intensive learning process that build on collaborative knowledge-creation and question-driven learning. The process is driven by good questions and in each sessions participants are challenged to develop their own questions relating to the the theme at hand. We work together on each others questions – knowledge is created through dialogue.

The starting point for creating engagement and dialogue in the sessions is found in concrete questions posed by leaders in different organisations. Armed with new tools, concepts and research results our participants go about creating their own understanding of and answers to the questions presented. An important aspect of the knowledge-creation process is leaving the meeting room in order to visit, observe and interact with reality. NMP not only develops participants’ understanding of the themes discussed. In NMP we put great emphasis on supporting the change that participants are working on in their own organisations. Going from understanding to real action requires hands-on experiences and a desire to use the new tools in practice.