Virtual Workshop - The Mismatch between Leaders and Complexity

This event is exclusive to members of The Henley Centre for HR & Organisational Capability.

To book please contact your HR or Learning and Development team at your organisation.

Unsure who to contact? Please do not hesitate to contact us at hroc@henley.ac.uk

We live in an increasingly VUCA world. In this workshop, we apply ‘levels of work’ theory to unmask the silent saboteur of leadership effectiveness that sits behind many recognisable symptoms. What can be done to counter this?

The event will kick off with Professor Andrew Kakabadse, world-renowned expert on top team leadership, talking about how leader ability to address complexity can create issues of strategic alignment and will pose participants questions such as "what is the one thing you would say to your leaders if you could?".

Professor Nick Kemsley will follow up with some input on a key leadership issue that is silently, in the background, hugely impacting your organisation's effectiveness but also resulting in challenge and stress for your leaders. We will use these two inputs to explore the topic of how well your leaders are interacting with complexity and to identify some things that we can do to address this.

Like any HR&OC Centre virtual workshop, a significant chunk of time will be given over to sub-group discussion and peer to peer exchange and learning.

Nick is an experienced HR and OD practitioner and recognised thought leader in organisational capability and HR effectiveness. He combines real-world corporate experience to group VP level with a senior consulting career, thought-provoking insights and research through his long association with Henley.

He offers considerable expertise and challenge on topics including HR strategy and operating models, talent and leadership, OD and organisational design, L&D, performance enablement, EVP, career pathing, succession planning and, in particular, organisational capability diagnosis and SWP, in which he is considered a global thought leader.

Working with other experts at Henley, our various other centres and our wider programme and administrative staff, Nick can ensure that you have access to Henley’s considerable resources in order to support the development of your function.

Professor Andrew Kakabadse has undertaken global studies spanning over 20,000 organisations (in the private, public and third sector) and 41 countries. His research focuses on the areas of board performance, governance, leadership and policy.

His background is in environmental sciences, public policy, child guidance and psychiatric social work, and organisational psychology.

Andrew has published 45 books and over 250 scholarly articles, including bestselling books The Politics of Management, Working in Organisations, The Success Formula and Leadership Intelligence: The 5Qs. He has won numerous prizes for his scholarly articles.

He has consulted for the British, Irish, Australian, Omani, UAE and Saudi Arabian governments, as well as Citi, Bank of America, BMW, Ford, NatWest Bank, RBS, British Airways, Lufthansa, Swedish Post, Severstal (Russia), Heidrick and Struggles, KPMG, Bank of Ireland, Royal Ulster Constabulary and numerous other organisations. He has acted as an advisor to several UN agencies, the World Bank, charities, and health and police organisations.

Andrew is listed in Who’s Who and is a life member of the Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame. He is a Fellow of the European Academy of Science and Arts, the British Psychological Society, the British Academy of Management and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries. He has lectured all over the world and held numerous visiting positions including Macquarie University (Sydney), Center for Creative Leadership (USA) and Université Paris II Pantheon-Assas.

*Up to 5 places per member organisation. 'Up to' indicates the maximum number per member organisation. All places are subject to availability at the time of booking.