Amazon.com WidgetsLeadership is never easy. In our ever-more-complex and uncertain world, the challenges for leaders are magnified. RMI publishes white papers and reports that endeavor to bring forward fresh thinking and insights into the world’s leadership challenges. The goal is to stimulate dialog that catalyzes change. The questions, after all, are as important as the answers.
What It Means to be a Systems-Centric Leader: In a world fraught with uncertainty, leaders must think beyond their immediate firms. They must work to comprehend the larger system in which they operate and engage a full-range of stakeholders. They will soon discover that they have ownership in, but not ownership of, their brand and other assets long thought proprietary to their firm. In this companion white paper to The Four Pillars of the New Reality, Eric McNulty explores dimensions of leadership not generally addressed in business school curricula or the traditional literature. By Eric McNulty
Pillar Trends: Four Pillars of the New Reality and Their Implications for Leadership by Eric McNulty and Kelvin Thompson
Pillar Trends are those that are have the potential to fundamentally reshape the way we live and work, are global in scope, and for which no single person, organization, or government can bend the trend curve. This paper discusses the leadership implications of four: climate change, global urbanization, the aging of the developed world, and the exponential growth of knowledge.
“Should the C-Suite Have a “Green” Seat?” A Harvard Business Review Case Study and Commentary by Eric McNulty and Rupert Davis.
As more and more global organizations embrace sustainability, must they also have a Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO)? Enthusiasm for additions to the c-suite wax and wane: this case study posits a scenario in which the CEO of a corporation must decide whether the firm’s strategy is best served with or without a CSO.
“The role of corporate and personal reputations in the global war for talent,” (by Kelvin Thompson with contributions from Jodi Kaelle), a chapter from Reputation Capital.
