COVID 19, blip or shift?
Africa's Leading Voices
English - April 16, 2020 19:00 - 41 minutes - 16.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBusiness leadership africa rising change african excellence the africa we want navigate for impact awake to ourselves Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
My guest Ralf Schneider is Managing Partner at Better Business, and part of the Better Business-Institute. He has spent more than two decades in leadership roles of large businesses in the global professional and financial services industries.
As a thought leader, consultant and speaker he has been contributing to the development and practice of Responsible Leadership as a new model for Next Generation Business. As a Consultant and Coach, he works with C-suite executives and their teams to build a culture for sustainable performance. He has spearheaded award-winning talent and leadership initiatives linked to building leading global industry brands.
The Better Business Insitute is offering a free webinar series until the end of May 2020. The idea is to dialogue and innovate towards better business. The webinars explore new ways of being, living, working, and leading in this 'new normal', viz COVID 19. You can register via this link. https://www.betterbusiness-institute.com/english/Home/
In this episode, we explore
Three chapters in Ralf's career: Airforce, Academia, Global Consulting 1:58
COVID 19, blip or shift? 9:04
The Realist's response 11:12
Drawbridges and old mindsets 15:24
Batten down the hatches or show up more human? 17:49
Connecting to self, as a leader 20:29
Culture, Diversity and Performance 21:04
Dichotomy: who we are as leaders vs who we show up as 24:06
Defining Future/Next Generation Leadership 28:06
Next-Gen leadership as an inclusive, co-creative practice 30:36
Leadership as 'energy' 33:34
Both control and trust are required 36:04