Redefine leadership at the Global Leadership Forum
Bengaluru: The upcoming second edition of the Global Leadership Forum (GLF) aims to redefine leadership based on sustainability, human values, and ethics. Politics, sports, culture, and businesses will be represented at the two-day conference, beginning on November 10 at the Art of Living International Center, Bengaluru.
“A leader always walks the last and makes everyone move ahead. A leader is not meant to create followers, but rather create leaders. This is the concept of Bodhi Sattva. A leader will always seek challenges. Challenges inspire you to come up with more enthusiasm and energy beyond your normal capacity. Thinking, discussing, arguing and disagreeing will all lead to something very good – if done with the right intention and purpose for the right cause,” said Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of The Art of Living which is co-hosting GLF 2017.
Today, there is remarkable progress and incredible innovation. However, there can be an enhancement in the expression of human values. There are predictions that 40 percent of the world’s leading companies will not exist in a meaningful way after the next decade if they do not adequately prepare themselves now. GLF aims to help communities recalibrate leadership and policies to drive towards profits as well as empowerment of the individual and the collective.
“Leaders learn better from each other’s experiences than from classroom interventions. Every challenge they face is a unique one, and there are no readymade solutions. At best, they can learn from each other, the mindset that is necessary to deal with the chaos and the challenges that life throws at them. That’s why leaders must come to a forum like the GLF,” says Smitha Murthy, a leadership development expert and former Associate Vice President and Head - Organization Development, Infosys BPO.
Speakers at the conference include Mr. Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao, Chairman, GMR Group; Mr. Alojz Peterle, Member of the European Parliament and Former Prime Minister, Republic of Slovenia; Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya, Former Chairperson, State Bank of India; Mr. Gerd Hoefner, Managing Director and President, Siemens Healthcare; Mr. Deepak Hota, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. (BEML); Dr. Vandana Shiva, scholar and activist; Prof. Patrick Utomi, founder, Center for Values in Leadership; Mr. Santosh Jayaram, Partner and Head- Sustainability and CSR Advisory; and Mr. Ajay Nanavati, Chairman, Syndicate Bank among others.
The Art of Living, the World Forum for Ethics in Business and the International Association for Human Values will jointly host the GLF.
The second edition of the Forum includes sessions such as, “Soccer, not Golf – Leadership as a team sport,” “Acting on culture before it eats strategy,” and “Startups and the art of management.”
The first edition of the forum, held in Delhi in 2016, saw 110 speakers and 4000+ delegates from 80 countries. It highlighted the need for better implementation of social capital, sustainable and developing economies with an active involvement of women.
For more details, visit www.artofliving.org/glf or call 814 767 8158/ 962 010 3436/ 986 739 6186. One can also write to connect@globalleadershipforum.in.
About The Art of Living
Founded in 1981 by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, The Art of Living is an educational and humanitarian movement engaged in stress-management and service initiatives. The organization operates globally in 155 countries and has touched the lives of over 370 million people.
The programs are guided by Gurudev’s philosophy of peace: “Unless we have a stress-free mind and a violence-free society, we cannot achieve world peace.” To help individuals get rid of stress and experience inner peace, The Art of Living offers stress-elimination programs which include breathing techniques, meditation, and yoga. These programs have helped millions around the world to overcome stress, depression and violent tendencies. The movement has spread peace across communities through diverse humanitarian projects, including conflict resolution, disaster relief, sustainable rural development, empowerment of women, prisoner rehabilitation, education for all, and environmental sustainability.
About the World Forum for Ethics in Business
The World Forum for Ethics in Business (WFEB) is a registered public interest foundation based in Belgium. The World Forum for Ethics in Business holds a special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations.
The WFEB, for the past decades, has been advocating and acting towards ethics, sustainability, governance and sustainable values. Over 70,000 leaders from 70 countries joined in global conferences and shared countless stories of transformation at a personal, as well as at a corporate level. Nobel laureates, heads of states and senior executives from global companies have participated in WFEB events, including Microsoft, Coca Cola, Infosys, ING Bank, GMR Group, the World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, Daimler, IKEA, Novartis, the United Nations, Unilever, Robert Bosch GmbH, Siemens, Johnson & Johnson, American Express, Citibank, Tata Group and others.
About the International Association for Human Values
The International Association for Human Values (IAHV) was created in Geneva in 1997 by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar as a global platform for humanitarian initiatives that solve problems by uplifting human values. IAHV fosters the daily practice of human values – a sense of connectedness and respect for all people and the natural environment, an attitude of non-violence, and an ethic of social service.
Through its country organizations and partners, IAHV conducts service projects and raises funds for humanitarian and disaster relief initiatives throughout the world.
