The case for building more diverse teams in Asia: Agility
Everyone is familiar with the Indian story of six blind travellers that come across an elephant.
Everyone is familiar with the Indian story of six blind travellers that come across an elephant.
Junior-level managers and working professionals are all invited to benefit from Harvard thought leadership on change-making through the Executive Leadership School (ELS) from August 20 to 22, 2019 in this city.
How does change happen and what is needed to sustain it? What forces need to be at work for change leadership to create lasting impact? Responding to the need to break down the science of change-making in the 21st century, the Center for Asia Leadership will be launching on July 22 CAL Online at http://online.asialeadership.org.
If we look at government the same way we look at business, and our politicians as managers, then that would make us citizens its shareholders. Sadly, we Filipinos would have to give our country failing, or at best, uneven marks. Despite its mandate to help citizens enjoy better quality of life, the government seems to be perpetuating a broken system that still sees millions stuck in poverty with thousands more preferring to leave the country.
Turning 40 last year certainly put me into deep reflection mode. I realized that it has been some time since I have thought about who I was becoming, where I was, and the work I was doing.
Leadership is said to have a multiplier effect, probably because it’s contagious. What is it that leaders do that creates more leaders? Since leadership is an activity or practice not dependent on title or authority, it can be taught.
While it is a region that boasts 50% of the Fortune 1000 companies and 69% of the world’s natural resources, it also has 8 out of 10 of the most heavily militarized zones in the world and harbors 56% of the world’s poverty-stricken.
For the first time the Center for Asia Leadership (CAL) will be bringing the Asia Leadership Forum (ALF), a venue to explore leading-edge 21st leadership frameworks and ideas, as taught by professors from leading institutions, to Kuching, the seaside capital city of Sarawak, on May 10 at the Borneo Convention Center.
What kind of leadership does it take to initiate change and thrive in a highly unpredictable and unstable landscape?