Executive Morning Brief: Developing the Right Mix of Competencies

In this Executive Morning Brief on sustainable leadership CBS Professor, Andreas Rasche, and Hans Reus, a Managing Director of the leadership advisory firm Russell Reynolds Associates, discuss how to identify and develop key competencies for sustainable leadership. While many organizations are aware that such competencies are needed, they still struggle to embed them into their leadership development and selection processes.

Mette Amdi

Program Manager

Introduction

You will learn about four key questions that currently shape this discussion:

  1. Which kind of competencies are needed to navigate the continuously changing business-sustainability nexus? 

  2. Do companies have a competence gap at the executive management and non-executive director level when it comes to sustainability?

  3. What can  executives and non-executives  do to develop leadership competencies that enable and support a sustainable business transformation?

  4. How can executives and non-executives select sustainable leaders?

Guest Speaker: Hans Reus

Hans Reus is a trusted advisor to clients seeking to build growing, sustainable, and profitabke businesses. He has developed a leading voice in helping clients align business practices with the Sustainable Development Goals. 

Based in Amsterdam, Hans is a senior leader in the firm’s Technology Practice and has previously co-led the firm's global Business and Professional Services Practice. He partners with multinational, European, and Dutch organizations to identify, assess, and retain top-tier executive and non-executive leadership talent.

Prior to joining Russell Reynolds, Hans worked for McKinsey & Co. where he managed strategy, organization, post-merger integration and cost-reduction projects in various industries, including information technology and renewable energy, both in the Netherlands and in Sweden. Previously, Hans worked with technology companies KPN Telecom and Raychem.

Hans holds an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Delft University of Technology and an MBA from INSEAD.

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