Responsible Leadership through Experiential Learning

Many international organizations face the triple challenge of:

 

• Re-invigorating their leadership and teamwork development initiatives
• Ensuring their executives are leading responsibly
• Educating their executives about Corporate Responsibility to deliver tangible results both to the organization and society at large

 

The Responsible Leadership programme directly links leadership mindsets and behaviour to Corporate Responsibility. Using community projects as a powerful vehicle for experiential learning, participants are required to deliver solutions to real world challenges responsibly, and ethically by engaging a range of internal and community stakeholders.

Benefits

• Understand and role model the principles behind responsible leadership
• Identify how Corporate Responsibility should impact and influence core strategy and reputational integrity
• Develop responsible strategies for working with multiple stakeholders
• Heighten sensitivity in ethical decision making in a complex and often contradictory global operating environment
• Develop ambassadorial leadership skills to deal effectively with differing stakeholders, often with conflicting agendas

Audience

Leaders working in an international business environment seeking to develop their skills in responsible leadership, understand the relevance of Corporate Responsibility and create a culture of responsibility within their organisations.

Some key topics

• Responsible Leadership in a Contradictory World
• Receptive, Responsive & Responsible Approach to Responsible Leadership
• Rational & Relation Application of Corporate Responsibility Polices
• The ‘Future Proof’ Corporation
• Ambassadorial Leadership
• Challenging Comfort Zones Through Unfamiliar Value Systems
• Cross-cultural Communication & Understanding
• Coaching & Performance Management
• High Performance Virtual Teamwork

Methods

The format of the Responsible Leadership programme is highly flexible according to the needs and the time availability of the participants in question. Typically, however, each programme consists of a number of key phases:

 

• Project Briefing Launch
• Virtual Team Working Phase
• Project Delivery & Learning Consolidation (on-site in the community)
• Outcome Generation Event

 

Community projects are organized in conjunction with our partner, the CSR consultancy WSP Environmental. The projects can be sophisticated or relatively simple, with examples including:

 

• Building a sustainable business in a developing country
• Designing and delivering a short entrepreneurship programme for school leavers in an emerging market
• Provide seed funding, coaching and management advice for a new business idea

 

Well prepared, community projects in unfamiliar cultures offer a surprisingly rich microcosm of the challenges associated with running a global business, with real world complexities and contradictions.