LEADERSHIP
WORKING IN PERFECT HARMONY
As technology continues to displace routine jobs, disrupt the workplace and transform how we communicate, Gernot Schulz, acclaimed conductor and honorary professor of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Hamburg, closed the CIPD annual conference and exhibition with a rousing demonstration of how leaders can stay in tune with teams across the borders to orchestrate high performance
C
reativity, collaboration and innovation are repeated themes in the thinking around leadership and the future workforce. These three abilities are said to epitomise the differences
between human beings and artificial intelligence (AI), automation and robots that are rapidly digitizing routine jobs. For Professor Gernot Schulz, the unifying theme of emotion
can be added to this list of critical abilities equipping us for the fourth industrial revolution. “As a conductor, I use the emotional link between human beings,
which is the strongest,” he explained in an interview with Relocate Global before his end-note speech in Manchester. “Everyone all over the world knows – or has experienced –
what is joy, what is fear and what is anger, for example. To use this element of communication is very, very effective,” Professor Schulz explains.
Professor Schulz has extensive playing and conducting experience
from which to discern insights into creativity and high performance. He is now applying these to the corporate world. Professor Schulz has worked with more than 100 companies to role-model leadership, and transfer learning between the corporate and creative realms.
Transformational leadership and creating meaning Talking to Relocate Global about leading and conducting highly trained individuals to give flawless performances and reach new heights of innovation and endeavour, Professor Schulz was keen to demystify the role of conductors in the creative process. In common with many organisations; what the orchestra set-up
looks like from the outside is often very different to what it looks like from the inside, says Professor Schulz. “A conductor’s role isn’t about what it looks like: that is, standing
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