Curtis Fine Papers aligns strategy and leadership style with business priorities: Three pillars of development for top executives
Human Resource Management International Digest
ISSN: 0967-0734
Article publication date: 1 October 2005
Abstract
Purpose
Describes how people‐development consultancy Brathay helped UK manufacturer Curtis Fine Papers to bring its strategic and organizational goals into line.
Design/methodology/approach
Contains information from an interview with Godfrey Owen, Brathay deputy chief executive.
Findings
Presents four key competencies of strategic leadership (intellect and confidence, empathy, energy and humility) and three pillars of development (technical competence, agility and confidence, and wisdom and experience). Explains the importance of coaching in imparting these skills and qualities.
Practical implications
Contains plenty to interest anyone involved in management development or consultancy.
Originality/value
Highlights the value of one‐to‐one meetings in getting to the root of an organization's needs, and helping to meet them.
Keywords
Citation
(2005), "Curtis Fine Papers aligns strategy and leadership style with business priorities: Three pillars of development for top executives", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 13 No. 6, pp. 33-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/09670730510619312
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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