&gt;He wasn&#x27;t insecure. His source of confidence came from within and he didn&#x27;t need anyone’s approval.<p>You can teach management. People can learn how to become great managers. You can&#x27;t build great leaders. Leadership qualities are personality qualities.<p>All that said, I think there is something in Swedish workplace culture enables lagom leadership to succeed. When going gets tough, Swedes have &#x27;fika&#x27;.