ISB explores an indian leadership model

Oct. 24, 2008 - PRLog -- Hyderabad: The Indian School of Business (ISB) is organising a conference on Leadership and Change Management. The theme of this conference is ‘Igniting the Genius Within’. The conference is being organised under the aegis of the Centre for Leadership Innovation and Change (CLIC) at the ISB. The conference will be held from October 24 to 26, 2008 at the ISB campus

CLIC has created a unique ‘Integral Approach’ to study Leadership, Innovation and Change Management – which is based on wisdom traditions, scientific principles and management practices. This conference aspires to create a community of researchers and practitioners of this approach.

Speaking on the need for this approach to Leadership, M Rammohan Rao, Dean, ISB said, “With an increasingly global workplace and a multicultural workforce, organisations are in a stage of transformation and require new age leaders, who have the ability to develop more leaders around them. CLIC at the ISB aspires to study companies, organisations and current leaders, prepare cases to develop this model of leadership.”

Speaking on the need for a platform such as this, Professor Prasad Kaipa, Executive Director, CLIC said,”When well established financial models have collapsed, when senior executives are accountable for jobs of thousands of employees, when subtle differences in character, attitudes, values and ethics begin to shape political futures in the current context, we need a new model of innovative leadership and this is precisely where CLIC has focussed its efforts”

“Indians are leadership material and this has been proved many a time. With Indians being increasingly recognised as leaders globally, it is critical that Indian leadership practices are given the importance they deserve. We will research on Indian wisdom practices that will support in building leaders who will inspire change, bring innovation, and build sustainability and ethical values in what they do

A highlight of the conference is the world café concept, which involves collecting opinion and views of all participants and using this data and the basis for further thought and action. Several interesting activities will add to the uniqueness of this conference. A graphic artist will be present on the occasion to visually interpret the proceedings of the day to day activities.

The conference has attracted participation from eminent leaders such as O P Bhatt, Chairman, State Bank Group, Neeraj Bharadwaj, CEO, Apax Partners, Neerja Raman, Reuters Fellow, Stanford University, Dr Lee Hartwell, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Domien Van Gool, CEO, Leader Academy, Belgium, Srinath Pendyala, Vice President and GM, Hewlett Packard and Dr Gary Jusela, Former CLO of Home Depot among others.

This conference will create a community of leaders who will follow contemporary approaches for developing global leadership, sparking innovation and nurturing change in organisations.

About the CLIC:

The Centre for Leadership, Innovation, and Change (CLIC), is the fifth centre of excellence set up at the ISB. Its mission is to develop accountable and ethical leaders in organisations and society, committed to practicing personal leadership, enhancing stakeholder engagement, sparking innovation, changing mindsets and inspiring leadership at all levels.  The Centre will also address the opportunity that is available to develop global leaders from India and emerging economies.

Contact:

Bhuvana Ramalingam
Senior Director – Communications
Indian School of Business
Tel.: 91 40 2 318 7431