Leading Transformational Change with Tobias Sturesson

Alison Taylor is an Adjunct Professor at NYU Stern School of Business and Executive Director at Ethical Systems. Ethical System's mission is to harness research, from leaders in academia, to transform the ethical practice of business in the corporate world. Prior to joining Ethical Systems, Alison was the Managing Director of BSR Business For Social Responsibilty. Alison is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Transparency and Anti-Corruption and writes frequently for Harvard Business Review, Quartz etc.    In this episode of Leading Transformational Change, Alison explains how traditional compliance methods and policies are not enough in order to build a high integrity organization and why leaders and HR professionals need to focus on developing an ethical culture. She also debunks the myth of a few "bad apples" and provides practical suggestions to develop that culture of ethics in your organization.    Listen and subscribe to Leading Transformational Change on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts!

In this episode, Tobias talks about how the current moment is putting the spotlight on racism and injustice. And how leaders' response to the killing of George Floyd serves as an example of a dilemma that every leader and HR professional will be facing at one point or another. Will we, as leaders, be ready to practice courageous humility and deal with the underlying heart issues in our organizations, or will we cover-up, shift blame or just try to move on. 

In this episode, Tobias shares how having a strong culture with high employee engagement shouldn't be the sole focus of our culture efforts. How a too-narrow focus on engagement and strong culture can lead to internal corruption or hinder us from achieving our strategy. Tobias proposes that we need a combination of three different aspects - a healthy culture, a strong culture, and a culture that enables our purpose and strategy - in order to build a flourishing organization.   

Carolyn is the co-founder of Walking the Talk, a global culture consulting firm, and she is globally recognized as the most experienced consultant and speaker on how to change corporate culture, having personally worked with over 100.000 leaders and helped lead over 200 culture change journeys in 35 countries. Carolyn is the author of Walking the Talk, a best selling book on culture change and values-based leadership. Robert Joss, Dean Emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of Business calls it “An indispensable handbook" In this episode of Leading Transformational Change, Carolyn helps us understand what it truly means to be a values-driven leader and organization. How true values require sacrifice and how a crisis can put us in front of some of our most challenging values dilemmas and give insight into our organizational culture. Carolyn highlights why it’s vital for us to distinguish between climate (typical employee engagement questions) and culture when we assess the state of our organizations. Listen and subscribe to Leading Transformational Change on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts!

Siobhan McHale is the author of The Insider's Guide to Culture Change and EGM People, Culture & Change at DuluxGroup. She has worked across four continents, helping thousands of leaders to create more agile and productive workplaces. She led a radical seven-year change initiative at ANZ that transformed it from the lowest-performing bank in Australia into one of the highest-performing and most admired banks in the world. Professor John Kotter used her work with ANZ as a Harvard Business School case study designed to teach MBA students about managing change.  In this episode, Siobhan shares her insight into organizational culture as not merely the sum total of espoused values and individual behaviors, but as hidden agreements, patterns, and roles, where the focus should be on the "dance" itself, not only the individual "dancers",  It will help you understand and develop your culture in the midst of the crisis.   Siobhan also shared some great insight into how HR leaders can encourage senior leadership to take organizational culture change seriously.

In this episode, Tobias shares five practices that will empower you to build trust and strengthen culture as you lead through the current COVID-19 crisis. Through Creating Clarity, Building Unity, Ensuring Integrity, Practicing Courageous Humility and Developing Resiliency your organization will become stronger and healthier. 

A crisis offers us a gift. A gift of clarity. It reveals the state of our hearts and the health of our organizational culture. In this episode, Tobias shares his insight from helping leaders navigate severe public crises. How the current corona pandemic crisis (COVID-19) can be an opportunity for you to strengthen your culture, build unity and trust within your organization if you are ready to see, reflect, act and learn.

Ron Carucci, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Navalent, helps CEOs at some of the world’s largest companies lead transformational change. He is a bestselling author, and a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review, Forbes and TedX. Ron shares his insight and research on why building honesty, unity, and integrity into the fiber of your organization is vital in order to experience great organizational health and lasting success.

It’s not enough with a great compelling vision to achieve transformation. You also have to pursue the needed organizational culture shift that can enable your organization to make the journey. In this episode of Leading Transformational Change, Heart Management co-founders Tobias & Lena talk about how to make your vision come alive and lead to actual change. We would love to hear Your thoughts and questions in the comments! Subscribe, like and share to join the vision of a world in which organizations with a healthy heart become the norm and not the exception. + + + Tobias Sturesson is the co-founder of Heart Management. He coaches leaders and organizations in change and crisis. Tobias has dedicated his professional life to helping leaders lead and build organizations that can attain and sustain a healthy heart—inner life—free from hidden agendas, inner corruption, and hypocrisy. Tobias is convinced that the inner state of an organization greatly influences the lives of employees, customers, and society at large. + + + Heart Management helps leaders build healthy businesses and organizations that can thrive, empowered by a flourishing culture and aligned around a shared purpose and vision. + + + Website: https://heartmanagement.org Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiassturesson/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heart.management/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heartmanagement.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sturessontobias

When defining a vision statement for your business or organization, it’s easy to start with the wrong thing - the statement itself. In this episode of Leading Transformational Change, Heart Management co-founder, Tobias Sturesson gives you three vital questions to ask together with your leadership team before you begin crafting a vision statement. We would love to hear Your thoughts and questions in the comments! Subscribe, like and share to join the vision of a world in which organizations with a healthy heart become the norm and not the exception. + + + Tobias Sturesson is the co-founder of Heart Management. He coaches leaders and organizations in change and crisis. Tobias has dedicated his professional life to helping leaders lead and build organizations that can attain and sustain a healthy heart—inner life—free from hidden agendas, inner corruption, and hypocrisy. Tobias is convinced that the inner state of an organization greatly influences the lives of employees, customers, and society at large. + + + Heart Management helps leaders build healthy businesses and organizations that can thrive, empowered by a flourishing culture and aligned around a shared purpose and vision. + + + Website: https://heartmanagement.org Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiassturesson/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heart.management/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heartmanagement.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sturessontobias