Fracturing, Mistrust and Tension: Leaders Must Step Up to the Challenge!

Hosted by Henley Business School.

‘Management does not keep promises.’ ‘Trust is so low.’ ‘There’s no team here.’ These laments are heard all too frequently. Fractures, tensions and misalignments in the workplace are becoming the norm. The complexity of markets, and the continued ever-greater pressure for competitiveness, all within the context of climate change, post-Brexit existence and war, are making businesses vulnerable.

Global studies across 43 countries found:
• 34% of boards and C-Suites cannot reach an agreement on mission, purpose and strategy
• over 67% of leaders are too inhibited to raise the critical issues that, if they remain unaddressed, cripple the organisation

Leaders are still perplexed about how to address these circumstances effectively. Critical is the intellectual capacity to understand and clearly define the challenges being faced. Equally necessary is the sensitivity to continually engage, so that a satisfactory alignment of interests can be realised.

This session will focus on exploring the leadership capabilities necessary to work through these misalignments and will offer real-life case studies, best practice leadership, the sharing of experiences, and how to integrate the board and the C-Suite to strengthen the organisation to face a sustainable future. Research shows that only 25% of leaders display such capacity. So, what makes that vital difference is given full attention in this masterclass.

In this session, you will learn how to:

• Understand why tensions, misalignments and underhand politics arise in organisations.
• Navigate through misalignments and differences so you can realize high levels of engagement with stakeholders.
• Understand your potential for top management positions.

• Senior leaders who want to take a strategic view of the performance of their organisations, and their success factors.
• Senior leaders who are willing to take a critical lens to the behaviours and potential mis-alignments of their teams and organisation.
• Senior leaders who want to understand the critical leadership qualities and capabilities that it takes to create alignment and to orchestrate strategic implementation.