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The essay examines managers reflection after attending a leader development program. When examining their thoughts the author starts out from the assumption that leader development programs with reflecting elements can create reflection on management/leadership and the organisations management behaviour. The examination is done whit help of a case study on a company in the paint industry. To test the assumption the author uses a combination of questioners and interviews on eight managers who has finished a leader development program. The result is analysed by bringing forward the managers general assumptions an by finding relations between opinions on needs, existing norms and preferred management/leadership. The essay also examines how local and global constructions of management/leadership can have an effect one the managers reflections. The author discusses the result whit support of different theories in the effort off making an understanding for the identified relations and the effect off local and global constructions. The essay ends whit the authors suggestions on how internal and external support functions can be uses to help the managers move in the direction of there preferred management/leadership behaviour. The result point in the direction that development programs whit reflecting elements can create reflection upon management and leadership.