When Elephants Fly

What do you do when elephants fly? Lars Karlsson shares his experience and learning from a leadership career covering forty years, having met and served with some of the most successful leaders of our time. These leaders from different sectors, public and private, politics, international institutions, sport and culture, are sharing their best leadership stories in conversations with the author. This book is different, a book for managers in customs, borders and trade. A practical guidebook to leadership not found among the management books at the library and in the airport stores. A book for all. Nothing is impossible. Life is about learning, learning is life. About the author: Lars Karlsson is one of the most well-known customs leaders in the world. Over four decades he has spearheaded innovation of customs and borders as an architect of the current leading models for customs and international trade. He has held executive positions in customs and trade on all levels of; Government, Customs, international institutions and the private sector, leading multinational and multicultural teams from 5 to 3000 people. Having visited 174 countries and being an acknowledged speaker, mentor and guest professor with several books and numerous academic published articles to date, he is today senior advisor to international institutions, governments and multinational companies.