Nicholas Janni

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Transformational coach and leadership development expert Nicholas Janni calls for a new form of leadership with healing qualities. His book, Leader as healer, was named the 2023 Business Book of the Year.

Janni takes a different approach to leadership that focuses less on the ‘doing’ approach to leadership and more on the holistic and spiritual side. He says leaders have to display strong powers of logic, reasoning, discernment and strategic forecasting. However, he argues they also need to be empathic, grounded and present. They must be skilled in mindfulness and deep listening, able to inspire authentic collaboration, and possess a clear sense of service, mission and purpose. Janni argues we need to rediscover human qualities that were discarded on the route to maximising profits and economic growth.

Janni is a former actor, director and acting teacher inspired by the innovative approach of director Jerzy Grotowski to the physical and spiritual aspects of theatre. Janni began developing leadership courses through Shakespeare stories, and now teaches at the IMD Business School in Lausanne.