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ISB explores an Indian leadership model
Hyderabad, October 21, 2008: 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.
About the ISB
The Indian School of Business is a premier
management institution established in 2001. In a
short span of seven years, the ISB has
successfully pioneered several new trends in
management education in India and has
established itself as a leading B-school across
the world. The ISB has a strong pool of research
oriented resident faculty and invites high
calibre international faculty from reputed
B-schools to teach in its Post Graduate
Programme in Management/Executive Education
Programmes as well as to participate in
collaborative research with the resident
faculty. The ISB has academic associations with
the Kellogg School of Management, The Wharton
School, and the London Business School
Contact:
Ms. Bhuvana Ramalingam
Senior Director – Communications
Indian School of Business
Tel.: 91 40 2 318 7431
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