Bakgrund: Ledare i dagens samhälle leder sina organisationer och medarbetare under ständig förändring. VUCA världen, en osäker och komplex värld som saknar en tydlighet om vad som komma skall för morgondagen. Vilket sätter ledare i en svår situation när att arbeta och leda utifrån ett hållbarhetsperspektiv för att säkra upp för framtiden i en VUCA värld. Syfte: Att tolka hur ledare praktiserar ett hållbart ledarskap i kontexten av en VUCA värld. Metod: Studien antar en induktiv ansatsmetod med en kvalitativ strategi. En fallstudie har genomförts med sex semistrukturerade intervjuer för att samla in relevant empiriska data. Resultatet från empiriinsamlingen har analyserats genom en induktiv tematisk analys där fyra huvudteman framkom: Målsättning och beslutsfattande, Teamarbete: Individuella ledarskapet – vem ingår i ditt team, Delegering och Rätt kompetens i huset. Slutsats: Analysen av studiens empiri har påvisat att det hållbara ledarskapet praktiseras utifrån fyra byggstenar: Hållbar målsättning och beslutsfattande, Hållbart och framgångsrikt teamarbete, Hållbar och effektiv delegering, samt Hållbar och långsiktig kompetensförsörjning. Dessa fyra byggstenar består av 2–3 underteman som påvisar hur det hållbara ledarskapet ska praktiseras. Exempelvis Hållbar målsättning och beslutsfattande består av följande underteman: Leva som vi lär, Alla mål har olika vägar samt Inte bara se till organisationens behov utan även de anställda = nöjd personal = motiverad personal. Vidare har studien påvisat hur det hållbara ledarskapet består utav flertalet ledarskapsstilar: autentiskt ledarskap, etiskt ledarskap, tillitsbaserat ledarskap, tjänande ledarskap samt situationsanpassat ledarskap. Det hållbara ledarskapet praktiseras genom de fyra ovan nämnda byggstenarna i relation till hållbarhetsaspekterna: sociala, ekonomiska och miljömässiga där den sociala aspekten är övervägande i fokus i kontexten av en VUCA värld. / Background: Leaders today are leading their organizations and employees through constant change. The VUCA world, an uncertain and complex world that lacks clarity about what’s coming for tomorrow. This puts leaders in a difficult situation when leading from a sustainability perspective to secure the future in a VUCA world. Purpose: To interpret how leaders practice sustainable leadership in the context of a VUCA world Method: The study takes on an inductive approach with a qualitative strategy. A case study has been conducted with six semi-structured interviews to collect relevant empirical data. The results of the empirical data collection have been analyzed through an inductive thematic analysis where four main themes emerged: Goal setting and decision making, Teamwork: Individual leadership – who is in your team, Delegation, and The right competence in the house. Conclusion: The analysis of the study’s empirical data has shown that sustainable leadership is practiced based on four building blocks: Sustainable goal setting and decision making, Sustainable and successful teamwork, Sustainable and effective delegation, and Sustainable and long-term competence management. These four building blocks consist of 2-3 sub-themes that demonstrate how sustainable leadership should be practiced. For example, Sustainable goal setting and decision making consists of the following sub-themes: Living as we learn, All goals have different paths and Not only looking at the organizational needs but also the need of the employees = satisfied employee = motivated employee. Furthermore, the study has demonstrated how sustainable leadership consist of several leadership styles: authentic leadership, ethical leadership, trust-based leadership, servant leadership and situational leadership. The sustainable leadership is practiced through the four building blocks mentioned above in relation to the sustainability aspects: social, economic, and environmental where the social aspect is predominantly in focus in the context of a VUCA world.

Weathering the entrepreneurial storm is considered by many an art form in itself but an undeniable, universal truth is the unilateral impact of an extraordinary leader on the chances of triumph in the face of great adversity. Yet the focus of academic studies all too often concerns the understanding of the weather patterns, the choice of captain and the direction of the ship rather than how to turn the wheel, raise the mast or set the sails. This study has the aim of deciphering the routines, actions and methods of entrepreneurial leaders so as to produce tangible, actionable knowledge which real practitioners can bestow upon themselves. This is a collective case study which examines ten entrepreneurial leaders from various cities throughout Sweden using semi-structured, in-depth interviews. The findings pertain to routines, activities and methods that they use to fulfil five roles of effective entrepreneurial leadership which are further boiled down to 52 thematic strategies. These strategies are then aligned into five fundamental skills; encompassing a collective approach, building individual relationships, fragmentation, dynamic perspective and utilising feedback. We believe that through developing these skills that entrepreneurial leaders can better cultivate their own routines, activities and methods contingent to their particular circumstance and transaction set.