Challenges to Leadership in the 21st Century
Description
This workshop will bring together three major leaders from industry and the public sector; will explore the inner skills necessary for leadership to be effective; and will present some findings from a recent LSE project on the Challenges to Leadership in the 21st Century, using an innovative approach based on complexity theory.
Lord Currie, Chairman of OFCOM, Keith Butler-Wheelhouse (recently retired) CEO of Smiths Group plc and Dr Paul Stevens, (also recently retired) VP of IT at GlaxoSmithKline, will speak on leadership in three different contexts. Prof Eve Mitleton-Kelly, Director of the LSE Complexity Group will report on the findings from the LSE Leadership project, which included interviews with fifteen FTSE 100 CEOs, Chairmen and Senior Civil Servants. What emerged was not just identification of some key challenges, but also some deep insights on how to be a better leader.
Participants from business, industry and government will also be able to raise their own challenges to leadership and discuss them with the speakers. Leaders and aspiring leaders are invited to attend. Places are limited and early registration is advised.
Documents
- ChallengestoLeadershipWhpJuly08Application.doc
- ChallengestoLeadershipWhpJuly08invitation.pdf
- LeadershipWhp18 July08OutlineProgramme.pdf
- LeadershipWhp18July08Programme_with_pics.pdf
- Challenges_to_LeadershipWorkshopJuly08_v3.pdf
Welcome & Introductions
Presenters
- Professor Eve Mitleton-Kelly — LSE
- Professor Sarah Worthington — Co-director for Research — LSE
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The Challenges of Leadership
Presenters
- Keith Butler-Wheelhouse — (recently retired) CEO — Smiths Group plc
Description
During the first half an hour I would like to discuss how I understand leadership, what are its functions and what determines a leader’s style. Moving on to the most difficult challenges faced by leaders and what attitude and behaviour they need to exhibit. The most enjoyable will be plenty of time for question and discussion.
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Transforming Organisations
Presenters
- Lord Currie — Chairman — OFCOM
Description
Lord Currie will talk about his experience of transforming organisations, both at Cass and Ofcom, and the lessons that were learnt from that.
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The Inner Skills of Leadership – an interactive practical session
Presenters
- Kate Hopkinson — Director — Inner Skills
Description
One of the potential benefits of a complexity approach, is that it provides a fresh perspective on issues and challenges. A central challenge of leadership, in whatever context, relates to the complexity and apparent unpredictability of human beings and their behaviour. In this session, participants will have the opportunity to explore this inner complexity – your own and that of others – and identify some of the implications for effective leadership. The session will be participative, and should be fun as well as illuminating.
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Some insights from the ‘Challenges to Leadership in the 21st Century’ project
Presenters
- Professor Eve Mitleton-Kelly — LSE
Description
Prof. Eve Mitleton-Kelly will present some insights from the LSE ‘Challenges to Leadership in the 21st Century’ project, which included interviews with fifteen FTSE 100 CEOs, Chairmen and Senior Civil Servants. What emerged was not just identification of some key challenges, but also some deep insights on how these challenges were being addressed. She will describe how complexity theory underpins and explains some characteristics of good leadership; how and why effective leaders are able to create the right enabling environment once they have understood the complex challenge their organisation is facing.
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Leadership & Complexity: Aligning IT with Business
Presenters
- Dr Paul Stevens — (recently retired) VP of IT — GlaxoSmithKline
Description
I will discuss events that happened after the merger of GlaxoWellcome and SmithKlineBeecham that led to the use of IT, in the newly created GlaxoSmithKline, to create true competitive advantage and add real value to the bottom line. Complexity ideas will be explored throughout the talk.