Hamilton Public Lecture by Professor Peter Sun

'Beyond Leadership Styles: Rediscovering Leadership in an Age of Uncertainty' by Professor Peter Sun.

Why do some highly experienced, intelligent and successful leaders still make disastrous decisions, while others inspire extraordinary achievements?

For decades, researchers have sought to understand what makes a good leader. They have identified countless leadership qualities, behaviours and styles. Yet some fundamental questions remain unanswered.

In his public lecture on Monday, 7 December, Professor Peter Sun will draw on more than two decades of his own research to take us beyond conventional thinking and explore what truly lies beneath the surface of good leadership.

Drawing on his personal journey from engineer to CEO of a leading organisation, and then researching and teaching leadership at the University of Waikato’s Management School, Professor Sun brings a unique perspective that bridges theory and real-world experience.

His work explores what drives effective leadership and how organisations can create cultures where people thrive.

In an age of artificial intelligence, growing uncertainty and unprecedented complexity, understanding what it means to lead well has never been more important.

Why can capable leaders still get things badly wrong? What enables some leaders to bring out the best in those around them? Are we looking for the foundations of good leadership in all the wrong places?

Ultimately, perhaps the secret to great leadership lies not in what leaders know or do, but in something far more fundamental.

This 45-minute public lecture will be held at the Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts (opens in a new tab)at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, starting at 5.45pm. Ticket scanning and Opus Bar will be open from 5pm.

Free parking is available on campus via Gate 2B, Knighton Road, Hamilton from 4.30pm.

Please register your attendance by clicking on the 'Register Here' button above and bring your eticket, with you on the evening to be scanned.

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