Executive Leadership Development Program

The Constellation

This is one of the questions that a group of my colleagues and I sat with over a period of months. We had recognised that an executive leadership development program of the caliber we considered imperative to address the issues of the future did not exist, or at least, not in the main stream, like the Harvard Universities, London Business school, etc.

In the article on business leadership skills for the 21st Century, I discussed some of the requisite skills required for leadership to navigate towards a healthy future for all.(leadership ethics for example) Knowing that leaders today and in the future are going to need these skills and more, my colleagues and I decided that finding a way to meet these needs was so critical we might as well put a stake in the sand and be part of the solution. We knew there was a need for an executive leadership development program that transcended the norm. So we created "The Constellation."

As part of our context for The Constellation, we realised that an executive leadership development program could never be a ‘one size fits all.’ It had to be bespoke, adaptive, meeting the needs of the people and organisation where they were, taking them on the journey to where their most healthy and viable future needed them to be.

“The Constellation helps the world’s foremost enterprises, institutions and their leaders transcend current dilemmas to create preferred futures while continuing to generate greater value in the present. 

Our advice and methodologies are designed to grow capacity, liberate wisdom and inspire purposeful change. As strategists, advisors, mentors and coaches to Presidents, Heads of State, CEOs, Boards of Directors and senior executives, we engage leaders in fresh conversations that probe deeply and fearlessly under the veneer of “business-as-usual”. In doing this, we are mindful of the need to support leaders in becoming more skillful in navigating the demands of the here and now while simultaneously forging new pathways forward.  

As each organization is unique, no engagement is the same. Each assignment has its own generative qualities based upon real-world dynamics and real-time issues. We provoke highly participatory learning experiences, integrating these with uncommon advice and the specific knowledge of our clients. Key activities make use of retreats, learning laboratories, group work sessions, one-on-one mentoring and executive coaching, and decision theatre technologies. 

The result is leaders able to stand confidently in uncertainty and chaos, with a clear purpose, using creativity, strategic intelligence and their intrinsic abilities to respond to whatever is next.”

This is the kind of executive leadership development program that inspired us.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE CONSTELLATION

In order to achieve and sustain success in today's globalised marketplace we need to develop more systemic perspectives and sustainable practices. Complex strategic dilemmas and diabolical policy challenges are inviting leaders everywhere to “shift gears” and to explore a wider, deeper and more coherent set of drivers. To thrive in this world, decision makers at all levels of society are having to adopt a more integral approach that transcends today's views of what is possible. 

The real "game-changer" strategies for civilizational progress have more to do with shifting prevailing mindsets. Only then will we be able to unlock individual and collective wisdom. How leaders navigate future pathways requires objective and clear sighted deliberation as well as reflective intuition. Sometimes a small considered step will be more powerful and sustainable than a giant leap. 

By adopting the philosophy of conscious capitalism, we help clients transcend the gravitational pull of a past that is dying to envisage and enact strategies for prosperity and well-being that are at society’s leading edge. Within this context we provoke and inspire progress across four distinct dimensions of human capability: individuals; leadership teams and coalitions; discrete enterprises; and entire business ecosystems.  

Drawing from decades of research in leadership, innovation, management technologies, philosophy, the sciences, elite sports, organization development, neuropsychology, social change, the arts and human evolution, we co-design and teach some of the most advanced and powerful leadership skills and tools available anywhere. 

This thinking framework and praxis is used to expand leader consciousness and release latent energy, thereby catalyzing organizational vision, capacity and governance in engaging higher levels of performance.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES 

The calibre of our faculty [their mindful intentionality, individual operating systems and ability to work synergistically] is without comparison. Yet what sets The Constellation apart is our rigorous alignment around a compelling service ethos comprising six principles: 

·               We are open, authentic and transparently honest in all of our interactions - with each other and with clients 

·               We aspire to the highest levels of personal and professional integrity, offering unparalleled artistry and craftsmanship in the service of those who, like us, seek the most beneficial futures for humanity 

·               We nurture our individual and collective abilities, setting aside self-interest in the service of a higher intent and purpose 

·               We operate from a global perspective of mind and possibility, modeling the future of organizing and leading by practicing this in all that we undertake 

·               We invite transformation through processes that use past and current paradigms as the fulcrum to effect transitions into the new 

·               We are deeply committed to a more inclusive understanding of values both in commercial and community engagements 

If you are seeking an executive leadership development program that responds to the most complex issues of today and tomorrow, that is beyond just good leadership skills, if our philosophy and guiding principles resonate with you, or if you would like more information on our executive leadership development program faculty, please contact me.

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