Business creates value. It does so by solving challenges the world faces
It creates value for its customers such that they are happy to pass a fair share of that value on to the business
The business in turn shares fairly that value between its staff, its investors and funders, its suppliers and its wider community
The term business is intended to include all forms of enterprise private, public and third sector as the purpose of all should be to create value and share it fairly
Leaders make a difference
The person who has the greatest impact on the extent to which a business creates value is the leader of that business
Leadership is a learning journey
- None of us are the finished article – the perfect leader
- However good a leader we are, we can always be even better
We succeed or we learn
- We get things right – and we succeed
- We make mistakes – and we learn
- We become an even better leader
We can learn quicker
- By being hungry for ideas
- From fellow leaders, specialists, experts and thinkers
- By sharing best practice
- By sharing experience with diverse peers
- Learning from their successes and their mistakes
- And they learning from ours
We are stronger together
- “A rising tide lifts all boats”
- Sharing parallel journeys
- Comparing parallel experiences
- Learning from successes and mistakes
- Supporting and challenging
- Helping each other to be the best we can be
- It’s no longer lonely at the top!
We are individual leaders
- Equal but different
- We are people of varying genders, races, backgrounds, education, physical and mental characteristics
- We are leaders at different stages of our career and have varying personalities, attitudes, beliefs, values and goals
- We have different types of leadership role operating within a variety of ownership structures and ownership ambitions
- Our organisations are at different stages of development targeting different purposes with differing business models in a range of sectors and geographies