'How Do We Stay Relevant As Leaders Of Our Organizations' with Rishad Tobaccowala, Publicis Groupe

05/22/23 • 58 min

The Way Forward Webcasts with Leon Goren

We spend a lot of time upgrading our physical operating systems by exercising and watching what we eat but do we spend enough time exercising our minds and feeding the right sides of our brains to unleash innovation so we can truly grow, adapt, and remain relevant in a world of change? Rishad will share key learnings, including why there are much better ways to generate new thinking and ideas than offsites and why it is key to build a case for the exact opposite of what you believe. A plethora of tools, exercises, and resources will be shared and discussed.
Rishad Tobaccowala is a Senior Advisor to the Publicis Groupe where he has spent his entire 38 year career, most recently serving as the Chief Growth Officer and Chief Strategist of the Groupe. Tobaccowala was named by BusinessWeek as one of the top business leaders for his pioneering innovation and TIME magazine dubbed him “1 of 5 Marketing Innovators”. He is in the Ad Age Interactive Hall of Fame and has received a lifetime achievement silver medal award from the Chicago Ad Federation.
Rishad is also the author of “Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in The Age of Data” which helps people think, feel and see differently about how to grow their companies, their teams and themselves to remain relevant in transformational times. Rishad is also the Chairman of The Tobaccowala Foundation which helps 10,000 people in India gain better healthcare and education. Rishad has a BS in Mathematics from the University of Bombay and an MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.
PEO Leadership is one of the leading peer to peer leadership advisory for C-Level Executives. It provides its business community the ability to leverage its collective knowledge, experience and network; to challenge and be challenged in a high disclosure, objective and trusted environment through a combination of Peer Advisory Boards, One-on-One Coaching, and Thought Leadership Executive Networking Events - all for the purpose of enhancing the personal and professional lives of its members.

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Rishad Tobaccowala is a Senior Advisor to the Publicis Groupe where he has spent his entire 38 year career, most recently serving as the Groupe's Chief Growth Officer and Chief Strategist. Tobaccowala was named by BusinessWeek as one of the top business leaders for his pioneering innovation and TIME magazine dubbed him “1 of 5 Marketing Innovators”. He is in the Ad Age Interactive Hall of Fame and received a lifetime achievement silver medal from the Chicago Ad Federation.
Rishad is also the author of “Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in The Age of Data” which helps people think, feel and see differently about how to grow their companies, their teams and themselves to remain relevant in transformational times. Rishad is also the Chairman of The Tobaccowala Foundation which helps 10,000 people in India gain better healthcare and education. Rishad has a BS in Mathematics from the University of Bombay and an MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.
PEO Leadership is one of the leading peer to peer leadership advisory for C-Level Executives. It provides its business community the ability to leverage its collective knowledge, experience and network; to challenge and be challenged in a high disclosure, objective and trusted environment through a combination of Peer Advisory Boards, One-on-One Coaching, and Thought Leadership Executive Networking Events - all for the purpose of enhancing the personal and professional lives of its members.

The Way Forward Webcasts with Leon Goren - 'How Do We Stay Relevant As Leaders Of Our Organizations' with Rishad Tobaccowala, Publicis Groupe

Transcript

Rishad Tobaccowala00:00:01.080

Let me begin with a very simple question, which is, why is leadership changing and why does leadership matter? And all of you all are leaders. And until I became this unemployed starving author of a company of one, I used to basically be at 100,000 person company, and which was very global. And I would travel all over the world. And I started to notice that, over the years, leadership changed and sort of evolved. And so I'd like to begin