“ Be aware how powerful each and every one of you are. You can start to create the ripples of change. I have always been of the mindset: be the change that you want to see in the world.” PROFESSOR DAME VLATKA HLUPIC


“There is a choice of being stuck at lower levels


and creating miserable employees who want to escape, or creating happy, healthy, thriving workplace with conscious leadership based on the values of compassion, collaboration, networking, integrity, all these values and purpose,” she said. “We know that companies that are based on purpose,


are not only more productive and engaging places, but also they have more customers. Customers want to buy from companies that are driven by a higher purpose, and from companies that want to make this world a better place. “These principles are


borderless and they are


timeless. You can take them with you, like I took mine when I relocated from Croatia to the UK. Leadership is not about what we do, it is about who we are.”


A LEADERSHIP REVOLUTION THAT STARTS WITH YOU For younger generations, this is even more vital. In response to a question from the audience about Gen Z, many of whom are about to join the workforce, Professor Hlupic explained: “They want purpose. They want feedback. They want opportunities to grow. And if they don’t get that, they will move to another job.” The culture of an organisation is also strategically important, she said. It defines the mission and the purpose of the business, and the experience that employees will have when they join. That is why Professor Hlupic has developed an Organisational Health Scan, which is a diagnostic tool that helps companies identify cultural pain points and take action to improve. Professor Hlupic explained that although this shift


might sound as though it only works if managers and the C-suite embrace it, she emphasised how each one of us has the power to act as catalysts for the shift to begin. Change doesn’t just start from the top, it can also spread from every level in an organisation. Professor Hlupic shared a striking example from her book Humane Capital, in which she interviewed 58 leaders globally from all over the world, where a mid-level manager


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