Who’s Responsible for my Decisions? - Online Panel Discussion

We hear constantly that leaders are increasingly struggling to make decisions. Not making a decision can feel less risky than making one and ‘failing,’ in a world where the context can be murky at best and the company’s purpose and ambition seem to be on shifting sands. What does accountability look like? How is it modelled, and in relation to what or whom? How do leaders do the right thing and make strong, commercial decisions? Says who?

Join our expert panel for an executive‑level online discussion to explore the parameters of making the right choices Insights for HR and L&D leaders shaping tomorrow’s organisations.

The big issues we will explore:

• For what and whom are you responsible – and for what purpose?
• How do you balance widely differing stakeholder viewpoints?
• How can you evaluate the possible outcomes?
• How can we make space for people to review and make considered choices?

Panellists:

• Kevin Money - Professor of Reputation and Responsible Leadership
• Adeyinka Adewale - Associate Professor of Leadership Ethics and Entrepreneurship
• Chris Shead - VP Off-trade sales, Pernod-Ricard
• Claire Hewitt (Chair) - Director of The Henley Partnership

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Kevin is a chartered psychologist and Director of Henley’s John Madejski Centre for Reputation. He teaches on the MBA programme in the areas of reputation, responsibility, teams and leadership. He is also Director of the Positive Psychology Forum – an organisation that applies advances in psychology to help individuals and organisations improve their performance through a process of reflection on success and failure. Interventions include high-performance coaching, organisational and personal 360-degree feedback, and behavioural mapping.

Adeyinka is an Associate Professor of Leadership Ethics and Entrepreneurship at Henley, where he is also the director of the Africa Research Centre. He is an award-winning researcher, keynote speaker and global leadership consultant. He is a published author and reviewer for top management journals and leading textbook publishers. More recently, he has been invited to work with the governments of different European nations to shape their foreign policy with Africa. He is also a member of leading policy think tanks in Europe and Africa and serves on the board of start-ups and charities in both continents.

Chris Shead is Off-Trade Channel Director at Pernod Ricard UK, responsible for leading the company's commercial strategy across the UK's retail channels. Drawing on many years of experience in the drinks industry, he works closely with retailers to navigate changing consumer behaviours, drive category growth and unlock opportunities through premium brands and innovation. A graduate of Henley Business School's Executive MBA programme, Chris brings a practical perspective on commercial leadership, customer engagement and building successful partnerships.

Claire is Director of The Henley Partnership. She is a seasoned Executive Education specialist, having headed Learning Design for many years as well as being a Client Director and Programme Director. Claire gained Henley’s prestigious Masters Degree in Coaching for Behavioural Change and is an executive coach and designer of executive learning programmes for many of Henley’s global clients.

Her commercial background is in marketing and innovation. Her marketing experience focused in FMCG and retail, latterly as Group Retail Marketing Director for British Airports Authority. Her innovation credentials were earned as a partner in global innovation consultancy Synectics, where she worked with large public and private sector organisations such as Unilever and Mars to create ambitious new products and services.