CASE STUDY... Barclays Bank PLC

As part of their 2014 leadership development program, Barclays invited a select group of senior executives to attend a lunchtime jazz concert by the Dominic Alldis Trio.  This was followed by an interactive discussion & workshop about jazz and innovation, embracing change, accommodating risk, building trust and sharing responsibility.

"An important part of the Leadership Development Centre was to stretch our managers thinking about leadership using music as a metaphor.  An important result was that our managers began to shift their mindset, seeing leadership through a jazz lens, as improvisation, collaboration and flexibility, not just through a traditional orchestral lens, as "conducting" a team..."  

Mark Jenner, Talent Organisation & Development Director, Barclays Bank PLC (from a previous event in 2005)