By Liz Theophille, TedxSaclay – 1st February 2022

Following on the heels of yesterday’s article What is Servant Leadership, we thought this fantastic TEDX talk by Liz Theophille (first posted on 24th January 2020) on Servant Leadership and, more specifically, how to lead with empathy and care, would be a great ‘part two’ for those wanting to know more on the subject.

What should be the profile of today’s leader in an increasingly competitive context as it is today? How should a leader behave while facing many challenges and still required to get performant results.

Challenges such as budget cuts, more competitive markets locally and internationally, more demanding customers, and a market that demands greater quality and agility in our products and services.

Adding to that, employees which may find it difficult to adapt to these changes which are taking place faster and faster.

Liz Theophille, a Senior IT leader with a multicultural international experience in many large corporate companies will tell us more about how she applies leading with the heart and servant leadership in her daily work with some concrete examples.

Liz joined Novartis in November 2016 and is currently the Chief Technology Officer & Digital IT Lead responsible for Technology Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Digital Technology enabling platforms, Advanced Analytics and Robotic & Cognitive Automation Centers of Excellence. In addition to her current role as CTO&D she is leading a business transformation program chaired and sponsored by our CEO named EOS (Enterprise Operations Simplification) across Novartis to drive innovation, business growth and value. This program delivers against one of Novartis key priorities.

Elizabeth has worked in many different industries (Beverage, Media, Airline Transport, Oil & Gas, IT Consulting, Telecommunications and Pharmaceuticals) over 25 years and she is an experienced senior IT professional with a proven track record of leading and delivering complex, strategic global change programmes across the business. She is very outcome oriented with strong Digital Transformation expertise recognised across industries.

Elizabeth has spent many years of her career working abroad i.e. 2 years in New York, 6 years in France, one year in Germany and now lives and works in Switzerland.” This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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