ISB Launches Research
Centre on Excellence for Leadership Innovation & Change
The Indian School of Business (ISB)
has launched a new Centre of Excellence for Leadership Innovation & Change (CLIC).
This is the fifth centre to be established at the ISB. The school has already
set up four CoE�s in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Finance, Logistics &
Manufacturing, and Information Technology.
Announcing the launch of the new
centre, M. Rammohan Rao, Dean, ISB, said, "Launching the Centre for
Leadership is in sync with our vision to groom business leaders for India and
the world. We want to create thought-leaders who will be able to change the way
businesses are run in the future."
The CLIC has developed a unique
'Integral Approach' that is based on the integration of knowledge from wisdom
traditions, scientific research, and contemporary management practices. This
approach will refine the leadership personality by combining leadership, change,
and innovation with the body, heart, and head respectively. The CLIC will focus
on developing best practices to groom Indian talent for global leadership. It
will specialise in researching and developing models and tools to understand and
influence the 'Indian Mindset'.
Dr. Prasad Kaipa, has been
appointed as the Executive Director of the Centre of Excellence for Leadership,
Innovation & Change (CLIC). Speaking on the occasion, he said, "CLIC aspires to
ignite the genius within individuals to become extraordinary global leaders. We
will work with individuals and organizations and develop best practices to truly
build on the 'India Advantage'."
Kaipa has a rich experience in
Transformational Leadership in his capacity as advisor and coach since 1990 for
CEOs, board and executive members from leading companies around the world such
as Ford, Disney, Boeing, Polaris, AT&T,
Canara Bank, Union Bank, Mastek, BAE Systems, and
others.
The CLIC will work closely with
companies, government, educational institutions, and NGOs in the areas of change
management and innovation. It will execute applied research projects, develop
special programmes, projects to increase organisational effectiveness, and
create new repositories of knowledge. In addition to this, the centre will also
introduce new elective courses in the Post Graduate Programme and Executive
Education Courses at the ISB, and conduct joint certificate courses in
association with the industry.
The centre aspires to grow into
an international centre for developing global leaders by replicating the success
of the Indian model in other emerging economies with the support of traditions
specific to their countries.
