Leadership Lessons from Ukraine.

1st Annual Conference: June 20, 2024, Paris

Our first annual conference focused on one of the most dramatic situation in Europe since WWII: the war in Ukraine.

Reflecting on how Ukrainians have responded to this unprecedented challenge highlights the need to update current leadership frameworks across social, economic, and political spheres beyond Ukraine.

Meet the speakers

  • Olena Chepurna

    Chair, Professional Government Association of Ukraine.

    OPENING SPEECH:
    UKRAINIAN LEADERSHIP JOURNEYS.

  • Baptiste Raymond

    Founder, Tembo Citizen & Tusker Club.

    OPENING SPEECH:
    THE UNWORSHIPPED SIDE OF BRAVERY.

  • Mariia Levchenko

    2023 Luxembourg Peace Prize.

    PANEL:
    LEADING IN UNCERTAINTY.

  • Vice-Admiral (ret.) Loïc Finaz

    Co-Director, Geopolitics, Defence and Leadership Chair at ESSEC Business School.

    PANEL:
    LEADING IN UNCERTAINTY

  • Arielle Schwab

    Deputy CEO, Havas Paris.

    PANEL:
    LEADING IN UNCERTAINTY.

  • Valérie Rosoux

    Professor at UCLouvain, Member of the Belgian Royal Academy.

    PANEL:
    LEADING IN UNCERTAINTY.

  • Pascal Da Rocha

    International Mediator

    KEYNOTE:

  • Éric Danon

    Former French Ambassador to Israel.

    CLOSING SPEECH.

Top 10 Insights

  • 1. Leaders have clear long-term priorities and constantly adapt to moving targets.

  • 2. Leaders explain the context of their strategy to help their teams adapt to dynamic environments.

  • 3. Leaders dedicate resources to long-term thinking and anticipation.

  • 4. Leaders understand where their contributions fit to realise the vision they uphold.

  • 5. Leaders take charge of their own leadership development.

  • 6. Leaders nurture their secret garden.

  • 7. Leaders nurture communities that rally around shared values and commitment.

  • 8. Leaders have a duty to care for the communities they serve.

  • 9. Leaders know when to listen and when to make unpopular decisions.

  • 10. Leaders reframe success as the ability to serve.

featured publication

Leadership Lessons from the War in Ukraine

“Against the backdrop of tragedy, such is the invitation whispered by Ukrainians to those who can always choose not to hear it: dare to promote a culture.”

A Final Thought

Leadership is performative: its meaning is only revealed when leaders serve those they are entrusted with, eventually empowering them to be the heralds of their own truth.

Leadership cannot be claimed. All one can do is decide to look at the mundane aspects of life as an invitation to a profoundly radical journey where the pursuit of conformity stifles learning.

Ultimately, leadership is about taking responsibility for a world in common.