Ensuring the future viability of an organization through holistic, value-based leadership assessments and development programs - “beyond meritocracy”:
Technological expertise and analytical capabilities are fundamental components of today's and tomorrow's leaders’ skill set.
Despite the strong focus on these aspects in personnel selections, assessments, and development processes, they are not sufficient when it comes to orchestrating existential transformations or revitalizing competitiveness.
World-class leaders are rather characterized by an extraordinary interplay of "heart and mind" and are capable of dealing with highly complex and ambiguous situations and politically precarious conflicts by building on a deeply rooted set of values and their resilient character.
It is precisely this interplay that enables leaders to thrive in a rapidly changing world with an enhanced link between politics and the economy in the context of rising socio-economic challenges, a recalibration of geopolitical powers, and the disruption of existing value chains.
As the relevant competencies cannot be evaluated by standardized score assessments, our value-based leadership assessment and development approach is designed to address this gap.
Read more about value-based leadership in the interview with Dr. Stefan Bornheim, Mr. Frederik Sonner and Mr. Ole Matthiessen in the "Monocle", volume 169 (click here to open PDF).
To successfully set the right guardrails in a world that is characterized by change at an unprecedented pace, an unseen level of ambiguity, and an inconceivable degree of complexity, we need to understand the “hearts and minds” of top executives.
At the core of our approach is the belief that it is essential to understand the inner drive of leaders with respect to their nature and their interaction with the relevant ecosystem at various levels.
We focus on assessing core beliefs, values, personality, moral integrity, confidence, and the ability to challenge oneself fundamentally.
Only the symbiotic interaction of one person’s “heart and mind” with their external environment will enable people, teams, and organizations to achieve the extraordinary.
