Imaginaries
of leadership
Competitive? Warrior? Paternalist? Creative? Powerful? Sensitive? Conductor? Charismatic? What are the imaginaries of business leader in the past, at present (through a survey of leaders, future leaders and young people), what are the perspectives and what are the efficient levers to influence these imaginaries? With HLU aiming to help preserve our humanity in the 21st century, we felt a need for a deeper understanding of the processes of “making” of imaginary of leadership within western societies. It seems urgent, necessary, to map, question, contribute to the renewal of the (various and changing) imaginaries of leadership – in order to bring a model of desirable leadership, inspired by life and driven by the heart, creator of economic activities that are truly useful to the world.
The study launched in June 2022 with the sociology firm Eranos has three parts:
Study what are the imaginaries of leadership in the current French youth (students, young professionals) – and what would be a desirable leader / a leader that one would like to become
Carry out a mapping of imaginaries of leadership from the past, focused on the economic sphere. One of the challenges will be to identify to what extent “the leader driven by the heart” of HLU is part of a historical continuity. The skills of the heart that we are studying in particular are empathy, intuition and courage.
To submit the results of this study to debate during an event that will take place in the first half of 2023.
Our
Research partner
Eranos is a strategic consulting firm, bridging the gap between humanities and business, specialized in Societal Transformation of companies.