Browsing by Author "Perilä, Emma"

This research’s purpose is to examine what young leaders think about leadership, values and leadership styles in Finland. Four theme interviews were held in Helsinki, fall 2017. Interviewees were all in different kind of leadership positions. Their middle age was 25, 75 years. Purpose was to examine how young leaders see the leadership in the 2010s and how young people lead in the 2010s. Theory background was data driven. Theories that showed up in the interviews were value-based leadership, coaching leadership and team leadership. Transcribed interviews were 36 pages long. While forming categories, four themes showed up: what leadership is like, what is good leadership like, what kind of leader person is, what kind of leader person wants to be and what they value in their leadership. Interviewees said that good leading is conscious action where leader shows the way and enables to achieve the goals, as in coaching leadership. Leadership is executed through interaction. There are many proper leadership styles, but interviewees highlighted self-knowledge, social skills, emotional intelligence, desire of change and transparency. Interviewees recognized their skills that needed improvement and they tried to change their leadership to more value-based and more personal. They valued desire of change, humane, listening, reliability, transparency, equality and meaning making. Based on the results can be said that young people lead with their values and their personality, aiming to leadership instead of management. Results are attached to value-based leadership and coaching leadership. Interviewees emphasized also team’s wellbeing, which is attached to team leadership theory. To understand deeper the young leaders, comparative research between generations should be made.