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Helping Everyone find the Creative Leader Within

For 43 years, the Center for Creative Leadership has dedicated itself to the research and teaching of leadership across the world.

Story by Stephen Remedios on June 11, 2013

Authentic Leadership

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Boundary Spanning Leadership - Operation New Dawn, Iraq, Circa 2010

Our relationship with others is often determined by boundaries found in virtually all organizations: demographic, geographic, horizontal, vertical or stakeholder.

Story by Stephen Remedios on June 3, 2013

Boundary Spanning Leadership

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Project Bushfire - Focussing the might of an entire Organization on the Consumer & Customer

Every 6 months, all managers in Hindustan Unilever Ltd. put their day jobs on ice to focus on one of the two things that really matter - the consumer and the customer.

Story by Stephen Remedios on January 1, 2013

Co-Authored By Aswath Venkataraman, Sandeep Ramesh, Shruti Kashyap, Shashwat Sharma, sonika malhotra , Chanakya Gupta

Active Experimentation

innovating innovation challenge

defining roles and responsibilities

Marketing

consumer goods

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Doing Well By Doing Good - Changing Lives in Rural India

By empowering women in Rural areas and enabling them to earn a livelihood, Project Shakti at Hindustan Unilever is a heart-warming story about doing well by doing good.

Story by Stephen Remedios on May 1, 2012

Co-Authored By Raynah Remedios, Sairam Krishnamurthy, Shruti Kashyap, Aswath Venkataraman, Sandeep Ramesh

Igniting Growth - Making a 'Real Difference' to Every Indian

After a period of relative under-performance from '99 to '04, In 2005 Hindustan Unilever undertook a massive 'culture-reboot' that focussed the length and breadth of the organization on making a 'real

Story by Stephen Remedios on April 15, 2012

Co-Authored By Raynah Remedios, Sairam Krishnamurthy, Shruti Kashyap, Aswath Venkataraman, Sandeep Ramesh

transformation

culture

Wildly Important Goals

Execution

Doing Well By Doing Good

Hindustan Unilever

Franklin Covey

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Co-Leadership: A Manifesto to enhance leadership effectiveness and longevity

There is far too much pressure for a single leader to handle in these times of rapid change. If the job of leadership were to be shared, it might be easier and the leadership more effective.

Hack by Stephen Remedios on December 8, 2011

Eight weeks in a village goes a long way in making compassionate leaders -- Hindustan Unilever's Rural Immersion program

For many years, HUL (Hindustan Unilever Ltd.) has sent young managers to spend 8 weeks or more, living in a remote rural village in India as part of its entry-level leadership training bootcamp.

Story by Stephen Remedios on November 10, 2011

training

Selection & Recruitment

Boot Camps

leadership development

Immersion

Consumer & Customer Centricity

activism and advocacy

Leadership

social responsibility

Long-term Capitalism

training and developing people

strategy

consumer goods

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The Annual Appraisal is Dead. Welcome to a world of 'Likes'

As the proportion of Millennials in the workforce increase, management is going to have to adapt to the demands of this unique cohort.

Hack by Stephen Remedios on November 2, 2011

performance management

Inter-Generational Cohesion

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Free Staffing - The Future of High Performing Teams

If I asked you a make a list of high performing teams - the kind that deliver world class results under tremendous pressure every day, chances are, a management committee wouldn't feature.

Hack by Stephen Remedios on November 1, 2011

teamwork

High Performance Teams

There's no Mastery in Master of Business Administration - Fixing the Foundations of Management

There's a crisis in management, and that's because everyone is fighting fires with the same old methods. It is like being on a treadmill that you can't get off.

Hack by Stephen Remedios on November 1, 2011

Management Education

business school

Recruitment & Selection

Transformation - How Hindustan Unilever makes CEOs out of College Kids

Hindustan Unilever at last count has given over 500 CEOs to corporates across the world. In any survey of companies that consistently build world class leaders, HUL is sure to feature prominently.

Story by Stephen Remedios on October 31, 2011

leadership development

Dude, where's my Team gone?

The world has changed. The problems that could be solved by Edison, Lister & Einstein have all been solved. Today's world needs collaboration of the best, not competition among the best.

Hack by Stephen Remedios on October 30, 2011

Pharmaceutical Industry