2012 Human Capital M-Prize

The Human Capital M-Prize: Encouraging the Gift of Leadership

For the HCI Human Capital M-Prize on Leadership, The MIX and HCI asked our community of management innovators to help us rethink the standard approach to leadership development. We were looking for progressive practices and disruptive ideas that will help create organizations were every leader is someone that others are genuinely want to follow.

Their readers and ours answered the call: we received nearly 50 entries from people eager to change the way that organizations develop leaders. From those, we've selected eight finalists — five stories describing innovative approaches and three hacks proposing new ways to develop managers who are up to the challenges facing us in the 21st century.

Now we could use your help in sharing and evaluating their stories and hacks, which are linked off their images above. Through January, we'll review the entries as we encourage the authors to further develop their stories and proposals. At the end of January, we'll choose three winners who will win a trip to the 2012 HCI Human Capital Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona, on March 5–7 to discuss their ideas on stage.

Meet the Finalists

We're thrilled to introduce you to the finalists of the HCI Human Capital M-Prize on Leadership.

Culture Eats Strategy by Jonathan Becher Chief Marketing Officer at SAP		Transformational leadership in organisations with multiple identities by Shelley Catlin School Manager at The University of Auckland, New Zealand		Eight weeks in a village goes a long way in making compassionate leaders — Hindustan Unilever's Rural Immersion program by Stephen Remedios Freelance Coach & Executive Trainer at The Stephen Remedios Company		Power to the Geeks: Can “techies” be developed to lead and manage their own? by Grant McIvor Development Manager at Postec Data Systems (subsidiary of Gilbarco Veeder-Root)
Arabian Knights. A tale of leadership transformation with Iraqi Deans. by Tony Nelson Director at BrQthru		Square Pegs, Sacred Cows and Starting Over with Leadership by Jane Perdue Principal at Braithwaite Innovation Group		Music and Leadership: a Perfect Combination by Luc Galoppin COO at MedeMerkers		Social Networks for Talent Identification: Is the 9-Box Dead? by Dr. Nancy A. Tennant Whirlpool

Chris Grams talks about the M-Prize

Chris Grams, the Management Innovation Exchange Community Guide, will lead Gary Hamel's M-Prize 2011 winners in a panel discussion showcasing their award-winning creative ideas: This year’s award is focused on enabling communities of passion in our organizations. Listen to the podcast:

Read Chris Grams' Blog

How to Play

Participation is open to any registered member of the MIX. Join here.

Simply follow the guidelines for submitting a Hack or a Story—and be sure to choose “Human Capital Leadership Challenge” from the “Related Challenge” drop down menu.

See who won in 2011!