Leaders in Scotland
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LiS Thought Leadership Lunches 2012
Ethics and leadership Thurs 9th Feb Karen Carlton
Resilience and leadership Thurs 8th March Caroline Donaldson
Functions of Leadership Tues 10th April David Watt
Confidence and leadership Tues 8th May Ros Taylor
Sustainability and leadership Tues 12th June Fran van Dijk
Creativity, leadership & innovation Thurs 12th July Joe Lockwood (note change of date to Thurs 12th).
Psychopaths and leadership Tues 11th September Mary Turner Thomson
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VENUE: Edinburgh, sponsored by HSBC Bank, Corporate Scotland
The theme for these thought leadership lunches is exploring how various aspects of leadership can make a difference for the individual leader and also for their organisation. They offer an ideal opportunity for leaders from different organisations to share ideas in an informal setting and create the potential for innovative thinking about leadership and the impact it has and could have for themselves and their own organisations.
Thought leadership is the basis of innovative change and is all about ideas and changing the way people think. Come to these lively events to explore stimulating topics relevant to leadership, with an invited speaker to open the conversation. Scotland faces challenging times and developing innovative leadership is central to engaging with these challenges, opportunities and solutions. What does this mean for you, your career and your business or organisation?
Events are held on the second Tuesday or Thursday of the month from 12 - 2pm and include a buffet lunch and time for networking. Book early to secure your place as space is limited.
The concept
Formulating ideas
Insightful points of view
Understanding issues that leaders face
Capturing ideas in various ways
Sharing ideas, knowledge and wisdom among leaders in Scotland to:
learn and grow as leaders;
engage in dialogue; and
build a trusted community, through building connections and relationships.
Approximate timetable
12:00 – registration and networking, buffet lunch starts
12:15 – introductions
12:30 – 1:45 exploring the topic of the month
13:45– 14:00 networking to finish
We usually have the room available later, so feel free to continue the discussion and network after 2pm if you don't need to rush off.
Tickets: £25 incl. VAT, including buffet lunch and drinks. BOOK HERE
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Ethics and Leadership
What are ethics? How are ethics relevant to leaders?
If ethics are standards of behaviour, does it matter whether or not they are aligned with our own values? the company values?
What difference does it make to our authenticity as a leader?
Do ethics impact the 'bottom line' – however you measure it?
What difference does it make in the public sector? What about the private sector? ( Recent examples might be banking and news of the world. )
Who is responsible for raising ethics? How are ethics sustainable?
Resilience and Leadership
Caroline will open a discussion exploring resilience and leadership, involving group debate and smaller group work on questions such as:
What makes the difference between riding the waves and being battered by the surf?
What does resilience mean to you? What is adversity to you?
How do you react or respond?
How do you become resilient as a leader?
What difference does it, or could it, make for you as a leader and for your organisation?
Functions of Leadership
This month, David Watt, Executive Director at the Institute of Directors, Scotland, opens the thought-leadership debate on functions of leadership. He will be exploring what contributes to successful delivery of leadership, drawing on examples from some of his own experience in the sporting industry and civic life, and comparing the two situations. This is a unique opportunity to hear David's insights and share experiences with others in the room.
Confidence and Leadership
What is confidence?
Why do leaders lack confidence?
How do leaders know if they lack confidence?
How do we know if they lack confidence – what are the tell tale signs?
What is the impact on an organisation? When leaders do have confidence and when they don't.
If "confidence" as someone once said is "a state of mind" then the state of your mind is important. A lot of people think that confidence is something that you "get". Like bananas. It isn't. It's something you become. Like older gracefully. In other words it is an attitude of mind.
Confidence is a mixture of skills - it begins with self awareness and the language you use to describe yourself; strengths and limitations. Relaxation is crucial, and of course a little pzazz helps along the way.
* Learn what thought leaders think about confidence
* Discover your individual recipe
* Combine ingredients for career success
* Stir with creativity and flair
.....and of course all of the above with discussion and participation.
Sustainability and Leadership
What is sustainability?
Why is sustainability relevant for leaders?
What does good leadership for sustainability look like?
Why does it matter?
What impact can it have for your organisation?
"Green" is the not so new business buzzword, but is there more to sustainability than going green? What can reducing carbon emissions really do for us as leaders and individuals, for our business, and for Scotland and the planet? Is it more than just recycling and low-energy bulbs? How can leaders promote sustainability in all its guises - and transform sustainability challenges into business value?
Creativity, Leadership and Innovation
What is creativity?
How are creativity and innovation different?
How do leaders use creativity in business?
What can leaders do to be more innovative?
What difference can it make to your personal leadership and to your organisation?
‘The essence of creativity is not the possession of some special talent. It is much more the ability to play’
‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast’ Drucker
‘Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted’ Albert Einstein
Three capabilities distinguish the most successful and innovative Times Top 1000 organisations from the lowest performers[1]: a deliberate process for idea management, building a creative climate and an inclusive approach to leadership. A study of top CEOs [2] identified creativity as the most important leadership quality required to cope with growing complexity. Here creativity is consistent with a situational view of leadership in ‘creating a "field" of creative leadership, by igniting the collective creativity of the organization from the bottom up’[3].
How can leaders stimulate a ‘culture of innovation’ and enable a collective ‘creative’ capability to learn and innovate? A complex adaptive system (CAS) approach can be helpful, regarding the organisation as having ‘a large number of components… that interact and adapt or learn’[4]. What does that mean in practice?
[1] Davis, T (2000) Innovation & Growth: A Global Perspective. London: PriceWaterhouseCoopers
[2] http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/ceo/ceostudy2010/?sa_campaign=message/leaf1/gbs/study/CEO
[3] http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/05/how_to_ignite_creative_leaders.html
[4] Holland, John H.; (2006). "Studying Complex Adaptive Systems." Journal of Systems Science and Complexity19 (1): 1-8.
Psychopaths and Leadership
What is a Psychopath?
How can this possibly be relevant to leaders and leadership?
Jon Ronson’s book "The Psychopath Test" found that psychopaths are four times more likely to be at the top of organizations than at the bottom. Interestingly, some of the traits described in Robert Hare’s psychopath test can also help you rise to the top of organizations, such as a grandiose view of self worth or superficial charm. There is an online version of the Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale here if you are interested.
Before this event, it is well worth seeing the "I am <fishead(" MOVIE, which delves into the world of psychopaths and heroes and reveals shocking implications for us and our society. A psychopath is a person who lacks empathy and conscience, the quality which guides us when we choose between good and evil, moral or not. Most of us are conditioned to do good things. Psychopaths are not. Their impact on society is staggering, yet altogether psychopaths barely make up one percent of the population. Corporate Psychopaths are not the crazy killers we normally think of by the word "psychopath" - they actually do well in business. See the "I am <fishead(" MOVIE website here and the taster clip below. Email Sue on info@aeona.co.uk if you need the password to view the movie online.
Potential topics: Leadership and ….
- Values
- Trust
- Ethics
- Motivation
- Confidence
- Responsibility
- Sustainability
- Innovation
- Creativity
- Resilience
- Aspiration
- Wisdom
- Legacy
- Economy / business growth
Leaders in Scotland aims to facilitate a community of people interested in leadership through sharing, learning and networking. http://www.leadersinscotland.co.uk. Aeona created and manages Leaders in Scotland.
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