Herminia Ibarra delivered a keynote address at the 2017 HR Congress in Brussels entitled Think Like a Leader, Act Like a Leader. Ibarra's primary contention is that business professionals usually go about leadership and learning the wrong way. Oftentimes, aspiring leaders have the idea that their specialist and technical skills alone will be enough to guide them through their learning journey. However the reality is often much different.
Herminia shows how managers and executives at all levels can step up to leadership by making small but crucial changes in themselves, in their networks and in their jobs. In this speech she offers advice to help you: Redefine your job in order to make more strategic contributions; Diversify your network so that you connect to, and learn from, a bigger range of stakeholders; Become more playful with your self-concept, allowing your familiar leadership style to evolve.
