STEWARD LEADERSHIP – The 21st-century leadership and governance model
The world we currently live in is facing incremental existential challenges like social inequality, climate change, cyber vulnerability, and geo-political strife. In this environment, businesses are not only expected to deliver superior shareholder returns but are expected to do so while addressing environmental and social sustainability concerns. Add to that increasing regulation and a complex web of ESG related reporting and compliance requirements, it is a perfect storm.
- Is it possible to convert this storm from a cost problem into a leadership and growth opportunity?
- How can organisations not only remain viable but also transform to succeed in today’s age?
- How can you develop your leaders to capitalise on the current environmental and social trends to successfully drive a ‘doing well by doing good’ agenda?
One thing is certain. Most current models of leadership and corporate governance are outdated. They are grossly inadequate in delivering profitable growth while addressing today’s challenges. So, ‘same old’ methods of development will not work.
Based on extensive research, we at SAC believe that the world needs steward leadership—the ability to create a win-win-win future for stakeholders, society, and the environment.
Our executive education offerings aim to equip business leaders and board directors with state-of-the-art skills and frameworks to pursue a worthy purpose without compromising profit and growth.
SAC’s approach to leadership development
- It is no longer business as usual, so existing leadership models may not work. The world needs a steward leadership approach to deal with existential challenges.
- We build capabilities via an inner engineering methodology based on shared stewardship values to achieve a higher purpose.
- We believe in experiential learning using real-life stories of steward leadership in action from our ever-growing case repository.
- We do not just share the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of steward leadership. We equip you with research-based tools, frameworks and best practices.
- We believe in leaders-enabling-leaders. Learn from the best of the best thought leaders and practitioners, not just from academic faculty.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
The Steward Leadership Advantage
An open enrolment programme designed to deliver an interactive developmental experience for business leaders and individuals who want to integrate stewardship practices into their organisational strategies.
Learn moreEmerging Young Leaders
A series of workshops and programmes customised to empower youths to explore applications of stewardship practices and kickstart their steward leadership journey.
Learn moreFamily Business Masterclass
Curated specially for family business leaders and individuals seeking to integrate stewardship practices into their organisational strategies, our custom programmes endeavour to foster an engaging and transformative learning experience.
Learn moreCUSTOM PROGRAMMES
Our content is based on the Steward Leadership Compass©, a powerful framework that empowers leaders to put steward leadership in action. Our programmes are custom designed to fit each organisation’s unique needs. Our focus is to co-curate learning journeys with lasting positive impact.
Steward leadership is the genuine desire and persistence to create a collective better future for stakeholders, society, future generations and the environment. The Steward Leadership Compass© serves as a framework to help leaders mature into steward leaders and empower them to bring steward leadership to life in the organisations they lead.
Our content is designed and delivered based on the following themes and areas of applications:
Personal Steward Leadership
- Mature from boss to leader to steward leader
- Discover your unique source of long-lasting leadership energy
- Reconcile your personal values with your organisational role
- Activate your Personal Steward Leadership Compass©
Organisational Steward Leadership
- Understand how organisations can navigate the 21st-century business leadership and governance challenges to do well by doing good
- Articulate your organisation’s stewardship purpose to build a culture for sustainable value creation
- Operationalise your Organisational Steward Leadership Compass©
Applications of Steward Leadership
Our Learning Approach
We adopt the following five-step approach to engage leaders as they embark on the steward leadership learning journey:
Programme Options
Our aspiration is to help create a common steward leadership language in partner organisations. A language that transcends leader levels and geographies. Our programmes, therefore, target multiple leader levels, and we offer flexible delivery modes—in-person, online and hybrid.
Example of programmes designed to address the challenges faced and skills needed to succeed at each level of the organisation:
Top Management and Board Directors
Roundtable Session
Senior Management
Open Enrolment Programme
Middle Management
Development Journey
Rest of the Organisation
Empowerment Workshops