As part of the next steps in my leadership development, I am very keen to take part in the Common Purpose ASEAN Leaders Programme. This programme is specifically curated for senior leaders like myself, people who have the potential to disrupt and transform the ASEAN for the better by working with people to cross boundaries more effectively and finding innovative solutions to complex problems within organizations and the region.
The programme is not classroom-orientated but rooted in the real world. It combines hands-on, experiential learning with intimate access to high-calibre leaders and real-life leadership challenges, meaning it provides real-world strategies that can be applied quickly to our organization.
This experience will help me to learn some core skills to lead effectively through challenging times, as well as widen my perspective and networks.
The experience will provide me with several important learnings:
A strategic and agile mindset: As we continually face disruption and complex problems in our region, we need leaders who can act and influence strategically – in an efficient manner. The programme equips individuals with the skills needed to adopt these important attributes.
Heighted self-awareness and confidence: These two attributes are key to strong, resilient leadership, and the programme’s cutting-edge learning techniques and hands-on immersive format will provide me with these crucial foundations.
Deeper understanding of people and culture: Promoting and leveraging diversity leads to new ideas and ways of working that can lift teams and organizations, and this programme will support my development and ability to empower diverse & inclusive teams. It will also better enable me to adapt and flex my decision-making and approaches in order to build solid connections with those I work with.
Powerful connections: Our understanding of the ASEAN, including its people, experiences and the multi-faceted cultures within it, is paramount for leaders if they hope to drive positive, impactful change. The programme is specifically tailored to build this understanding through its immersive learning experiences and access to ongoing support from other like-minded leaders. It will give me access to support from a diverse peer group who will provide new perspectives and experiences. This will evolve my own understanding and practice of good leadership for the better of our organization.
Also, Common Purpose themselves are a leading global leadership development organization of both in-person and online programmes. With over 30 years of experience, they have worked with over 110,000 alumni in that time across the world, and with some of the world’s leading organizations to develop people who can cross these cultural, social, and institutional boundaries.
If you’d like more information they would be happy to set up some time for us all.