If leadership is the 'Invisible Elephant' in the room, so we dare to believe this work of John Knights' is a hidden gem that can not only reveal but also change what leadership is, means and needs to be for the 21st century. The real wealth of insight - 'the pyramid treasure' - is contained in the 'Eight Integral Competencies of Leadership', which forms the heart of the work.  It plots a course from the personal along a pathway to 'Transpersonal - beyond the ego Leadership', that recognises the needs of others. Along this road we develop compassion and wisdom, wit and humour, deep insight and the courage needed for those who are leading now and in the future.

The UK has the world’s first code for investor stewardship. Improving the quality and quantity of investor stewardship will help make the code a working reality. 20/20 vision is needed to clarify what is meant by investor stewardship and to find ways to help investors and companies put this into practice building on many years of progress in UK corporate governance. Introducing value-adding stewardship programmes takes time but we anticipate full and effective implementation will have been achieved by 2020. Our ideas are aimed at the UK but we believe that they will be of value in other markets. We believe that a critical mass of investor stewards is vital. We also recognise that not every shareholder can or needs to be a good steward. There is nothing wrong in NOT signing up to the Stewardship Code when an institutional investor has products that are not suitable, or is too small, or is a non-believer in the benefits of stewardship. The findings in this report represent both our...

‘The Boardroom and HR’s Role – with Sir john Egan’ forms the first report from a series of roundtable dialogues that the CIPD and Tomorrow’s Company are hosting to explore issues around how HR leaders can work with leaders and boardrooms to help shape tomorrow’s sustainable and adaptable organisations.

Speech given by Mark Goyder, Founder Director at the Tomorrow's Comany Good Governance Forum Conference on 9th March 2011.