New Delhi : -SOIL or School of Inspired Leadership, a Gurgaon-based business school, announces its annual Inspired Leadership Conference 2016. This year, the event will involve talks on underlining the importance of establishing ‘Dialogue across Differences’ for developing competency in leadership roles.The 2 day conference is scheduled to commence on the 14th of October, 2016. The inaugural address will be chaired by the event’s key note speaker Mr. Arun Maira – former member of Planning Commission of India, and former Chairman of Boston Consulting Group (India).
For some time now, industry leaders have witnessed that differences across gender, age, ideologies, identity, income groups, etc. are some of the key reasons that have contributed in lack of competency within leadership roles. Thus, keeping these factors in mind, SOIL decided to design this year’s leadership conference around ‘Dialogue across Differences’, and why establishing dialogues for the same is a critical factor.
Commenting on the conference, Anil Sachdev, Founder & CEO, SOIL said, “Nowadays, almost all sectors and industries witness cut-throat competition, whether in India or around the world. Be it people or organizations, all of us are attempting to become an integral part of the elite group, i.e. the ones who lead the way.However, brutal reality is that not all of us manage to beat the odds and/or thrive under pressure. Moreover, lack of relevant skills in most candidates renders them unfit or inefficient to hold strong leadership roles. As a result, the world pays a heavy price owing to our inability to resolve such issues. Thus, as an institution that upholds the practice of imparting proper skills in management, we were compelled to raise awareness about the same through this Inspired Leadership Conference. We are confident that this forum will be extremely successful in addressing all key issues regarding competence in leadership roles, and will encourage management students to seriously consider their training as the first step towards becoming future leaders.”
Apart from Mr. Arun Maira, the Inspired Leadership Conference will see participation from some of the leading business experts in India like – Vivek Katju, Ujala Bedi, Ashish Sonal, Nidhi Arora, Sanjay Jorapur – CHRO of Heromotocorp., and Vivek Tripathi – CHRO Lava International.
The keynote address speech on Day 1 of the Inspired Leadership Conference will be followed by panel discussions where leaders representing various stakeholders & world views on ‘Differences across Gender, Age and Hierarchy’ would stimulate dialogue.These groups will adopt the ‘Open Space Methodology’ of dialogue and will present the essence of their output to a larger group. The day will conclude with another panel of stakeholders on this issue, who will respond to their views by suggesting ways of channeling this conflict into innovation in work places& the community, and summarize the learning about the skill of dialogue across differences.
On the second day, i.e. 15th October, the event will establish dialogue on the ‘Complex conflicts of our Times’, like the Naxalite-Maoists insurgency in various states, the Kashmir conflict, the Cauvery river water dispute, the Singur land dispute, and other protracted conflicts. Panelists in this segment will attempt to build conversations on these sensitive and emotional issues to recognize, identify, and listen mindfully to each opinion on these matters.