Responsible leadership in the context of dual aims.

Students are challenged to consider the impact of a strong culture, which most will consider a positive feature of an organization, on employees’ experiences and on the organization’s development.Ģ. The role of a ‘strong culture’ in defining and sustaining an organization. It also means sustaining a strong institutional culture while fostering diversity and innovation.ġ. The case explores a fundamental issue for such endeavors to succeed: Responsible leadership entails more than a compelling vision. Most organizations seek to balance business goals with social impact, urging employees to be inspiring and innovative, and bringing in outsiders with a “global” outlook to shake up “local” mind-sets. The case chronicles Millepied’s efforts to transform the POB, focusing on the interplay between responsible leadership and organizational culture.

Promoting younger dancers in defiance of the established hierarchy, advocating diversity and social engagement, presenting the work of American choreographers instead of French classics, and openly criticizing the POB’s restrained style pit Millepied against the established order. In the process, however, he created turmoil. Hired to bring energy and modernity to one of France’s oldest artistic institutions, Millepied laid out an inspiring vision of renewal and a strategy focused on developing new talent and enhancing the POB’s social relevance and global visibility. In December 2015, barely one year into his tenure as the head of the Paris Opera Ballet (POB), celebrity dancer, choreographer, and entrepreneur Benjamin Millepied was caught in a storm of controversy.

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