Coulson-Thomas, Colin (2024) Leadership qualities for confronting existential threats. Effective Executive, 27 (2):03M-2024-06-. pp. 5-25. ISSN 0972-5172 (In Press)

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Abstract

An unprecedented combination of various categories of inter-related global risks and existential threats represent a profound challenge for political, business and other leaders. Those who advise and support leaders may have limited understanding of them, while existing arrangements and institutions for addressing them are often inadequate, Scientific, business, political and media views may vary on whether a threat is potentially existential, according to differing perspectives and considerations such as existential for whom, where and when, and possibilities for response and recovery. Many existential threats are the result of human activities. Effective responses to them require cooperation and collective action. While common interest in survival may encourage consensus on aims, subsequent commitments to act can vary. Vested interests and defensive lobbies abound. Balanced and objective advice, and attention, budgets and preparations for high impact but low probability threats may be difficult to obtain. Leaders should be collaborative unifiers who can quickly step up and bring people together. They should act as educators, advocates, and champions when required for collective understanding of existential threats and their possible impacts, and what is required to respond to them and cope with them, as and where they arise.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Effective Executive is a quarterly peer reviewed journal of IUP (ISSN 0972-5172).
Uncontrolled Keywords:	leadership, leadership qualities, corporate leadership, board leadership, directors and boards, global risks, threats, challenges, existential threats, transformational leadership, risk management, technological change, digital technologies, AI, artificial intelligence, digital technologies, information technology, international cooperation, collaboration, environmental sustainability, sustainability, environmental management, climate change, global warming, crisis leadership, survival, crisis management, crisis communication, risk and crisis management, shared understanding, common interests
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Greenwich Business School Greenwich Business School > School of Business, Operations and Strategy
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Last Modified:	01 Aug 2024 10:45
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/47649

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