Health belongs in the way we think
about leadership.
Health Centic Leadership
Leadership performance depends partly on the health and capacity of the person doing the leading.
Health Centric Leadership brings that reality into leadership development - not as a wellbeing benefit, but as part of how leaders sustain energy, judgement, resilience and performance.
THE MISSING PIECE
We develop the leader.
But often ignore the human system doing the leading.
Organisations invest heavily in strategy, behaviours, communication and decision-making.
Far less attention is paid to the conditions that make those capabilities available when pressure is high.
JUDGEMENT
Make good decisions under pressure.
Stay clear-headed amid constant demands.
FOCUS
REGULATION
Manage reactions, emotions and
stress.
PRESENCE
Listen, communicate and engage with others.
RESILIENCE
Recover, adapt and keep going.
These capabilities are not separate from health. They are expressed through the physical and mental capacity of the leader.
2.6x
Higher likelihood of strong performance in leaders with good health.1
3.5x
More likely to report high resilience. 2
4.1
More likely to have engaged teams. 3
1 McKinsey Health intitute (2023)
2 Deloitte Human Capital trends (2024)
3 Gallup State of the Global Workplace (2023)
