In today’s highly technological world, where many things are evolving, people and organisations need to keep pace. We can see how artificial intelligence (AI) is playing a big part across many industries, which is still under development.

If we look at the ongoing climate crisis, we can see its affecting economies around the world. Starting with droughts, food shortages, flooding, etc. More and more businesses are becoming aware of it and are moving towards sustainability. By 2030 we could see many green jobs created in the market. Apart from that we could see many challenges too regarding work from home (WFH), and some organisations are developing models to make it hybrid, looking at better work performance.

The Ceylon Institute Of English & Leadership (CIOEL) offers skills-based learning courses to enhance knowledge. The ‘Business English Leadership Programme’ offers key skills to communicate in the corporate world and the ‘Leadership & Sustainability Programme’ offers key skills about sustainability, leadership, and the importance of teamwork.

CIOEL hosts a podcast series in video and audio formats which are available on YouTube, Google Podcasts, and other platforms. The main topics discussed are leadership and sustainability with leaders from around the world. Recently the CEO, Watson Michael had some interesting guests who spoke about leadership.

One was Mark C. Crowley a Leadership Consultant & Professional Speaker, who authored “Lead From The Heart: Transformational Leadership For The 21^st Century” whose mission is to fundamentally change how we lead people in the workplaces around the globe. The second edition of his book which came out in August 2022, was an “Amazon #1 Release”. Furthermore, Mark is a regular columnist for Fast Company Magazine and has been published in USA Today, Reuters, Forbes, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Huffington Post, The Financial Times, CEO Magazine, and others. Also, his book has been taught in American universities, including the educational PhD program at the University of Massachusetts Global and at the Iowa’s MBA program.

The other was John Jeffcock who is the Chief Executive of Winmark, based in the UK & author of “The Suite Spot: Reaching, Leading and Delivering the C-Suite.” As CEO of Winmark he has oversight of 16 C-Suite networks, with around 700 multinationals, across 18 countries, including the world leading Chief Sustainability Officer network. And the book has wisdom sourced from over hundreds of executives, over a period of two decades.  In the podcast Watson and John discussed about how the book will help board members, c-suite members, and other leadership related matters.

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