Leadership for an emerging world

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What are the benefits?

In the time I have spent here I have been very impressed with the thought and effort that has gone in to putting this programme together. I feel privileged to have been a part of it.

Group Head Retail Banking Products Standard Chartered

The benefits of the programme are usually three-fold for the business, participants and field experience hosts. They often report the below outcomes:

Participants

  • Understanding of organisational and personal leadership through awareness and practice  of skills, effectiveness and personal impact
  • Commitment to and understanding of corporate responsibility principles and the ability to factor environmental and social considerations into business decision making
  • Awareness of the impact of cultural diversity on individual, team and business effectiveness and the ability to drive results through difference
  • Confidence to engage in meaningful dialogue and build collaborative partnerships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
  • Ability to gain insights amidst unfamiliar and complex situations and to stimulate insights and innovative thinking with others
  • Inspiration from having a visible impact in the world and seeing positive examples of social and environmental leadership

Organisation

  • Enhanced ability of high potential population to manage culturally diverse workforce and stakeholders.
  • Emerging leaders with deeper understanding of sustainability as well as motivation to integrate to business day-to-day activities, decisions and outcomes.
  • Fresh insights on strategic markets and critical business issues and opportunities associated with sustainability.
  • Enhanced brand equity with employees, communities and the market.
  • Tangible business benefits delivered through the business projects.

Local partner

  • Access to external skills, expertise and social capital.
  • Opportunity to step back, reflect on their work and learn from others.
  • Strengthening of reputation and self esteem.
  • Fresh insights and solutions from highly skilled professionals on the real sustainability challenge they face.
  • Better capabilities in teamwork, managing change and cultural integration.