MJ Braide on Brand Strategy

Allen Hirsh had a very good idea. Build a practice around helping organizations form the next generation of leadership: www.nextgenleaders.ca

Then he had an even better idea: build a network of thinkers, practitioners and collaborators that would work together on exploring the issues and advising decision makers: www.nextgenleaders.ca/our-network/overview.html

I was fortunate enough to be asked to join this network and I feel privileged to be signed on with such and accomplished and generous group. Great listeners, strong thinkers, clear communicators, good people, all gathered around the biggest issues that will change the game for organizations of all kinds in the next 5-10 years. We are strategists, coaches, storytellers, change managers, organizational designers and we all care about the future of organizations and the individuals who will make them work.

Allen’s insight about the new demands of leadership is profound and simple. We cannot leave the development of our next generation of leaders to chance. High performing companies that want to develop from within must start now to connect with and inspire young leaders in the making. He is applying his work in a civic context through his role with the City Summit Alliance as its leadership advisor and coach.

Allen’s desire to develop his insight through a network of pals is also profound and simple and we are all enjoying the process of defining our roles together and apart.

The question of who will lead next and what we need to be doing now to support them is so critical. I am very excited to be included in the discovery.