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a career as a computer scientist, and it was not until she was at home on maternity leave with her second child that she began to envision a path where she could help organisations to manage their human resources better and create more humanised organisational culture. It was the beginning of a journey which would see her forge


a career in transforming


organisations and managing people rather than systems. “About 20 years ago I went


through one of my own Big Shifts because I felt Computer Science was not my life


purpose,” she


explains. “I was on maternity leave, and I had time to think – about my purpose, my future life direction, and why I was here.” She trained in various areas such as executive coaching, NLP and psychological kinesiology in addition to academic studies and decided to become a business school professor so she could help leaders and organisations to change and get to a higher level of thinking and working. Gradually, through her own experiences, and feedback she received from friends and colleagues who had not always had happy experiences of being managed in different workplaces and organisations, she began creating ideas for her concept of “The Management Shift”. “That was when my ultimate


mission crystallised, and I realised that I really wanted to work with leaders and to help to humanise the world of business,” she says. The desire to change business for the better had deeply personal roots. “I have seen how people have suffered at work – colleagues, family, friends, and it upset me. The more I feel about them, the more determined I am to keep going.” She had a strong sense that


business could be a force for good, if leaders could be inspired and educated in how to become custodians of the planet and coaches of the people they managed.


WHAT IS THE MANAGEMENT SHIFT? Professor Hlupic is the author of four books, the most well-known are Humane Capital (2018) and The Management Shift, How to Harness the Power of People and Transform


Your Organisation for Sustainable Success (2014). Building on the ideas and case studies from these books, she then began to create transformational programmes for organisations that would analyse their current leadership approach and organisational


culture, and


coach them through a process that would transform them from a stale, moribund culture to one that empowered employees and took a more entrepreneurial approach, thereby future proofing the business. Those leaders who have


participated in the programmes have reported huge benefits, on both a personal and a professional level. According to The Management Shift


framework, individuals and


organisations progress through five levels of mindset and organisational culture, from lifeless to limitless. The five-level Management


Shift model analyses organisations and places them on a five-level scale. Level 1 is the type of organisation where employees are disengaged, the culture is lifeless and apathetic, and the business is stuck in a state of lethargy. Level 2 is characterised by only a bare minimum of work being done, whilst Level 3 is about command and control and micromanagement. Level


4,


which is where most organisations can be coached to, is a supportive, entrepreneurial employees


are and


culture where empowered,


leaders are mindful and visionary. At that Level, all KPIs improve substantially, and workplaces become healthier and happier. Level 5, at the top of the Management Shift pinnacle, is a limitless mindset and unbounded culture where big innovations are achieved. Through her work, Professor


Hlupic has redefined modern management


practices, and


helped countless organisations change for the better. She is Professor of


and Management a


Leadership at


Hult Ashridge Executive Education,


former


Adjunct Faculty at London


Business


School, a consultant and Visiting Faculty for Said Business School and a global


faculty member of Headspring and


Duke executive an international


education. thought


As leader


and CEO of Management Shift Solutions Limited, she runs the flagship TMS (The Management Shift)


Programme, a comprehensive four month course designed for senior leadership teams, which is CPD accredited as well transformation


organisational programmes


powered by the Organisational Health Scan diagnostics.


LEADING WITH PURPOSE & PASSION Finding purpose and meaning is as important


for individual


fulfilment as it is for organisations, she says. Professor Hlupic, having undergone her own leadership transformation, knows that if you pursue your vision and your goals, you can create opportunity in your own life. “Organisations should be the


force for good in society,” Professor Hlupic says. “Think about what you can do as a leader to make the world a better place. By challenging yourself to think this way you can start to make the ripples that will spread out beyond your own organisation and start to be a force for change in the world. By being part


of the transformation, you


will also see the benefits in your personal and professional life.


Leadership Development


Below: Professor Dame Vlatka Ariaana Hlupic speaking at the 2025 Relocate & Think Global People Awards ceremony


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