5 November 2008

Leadership of organisational change in successful HIV/AIDS workplace

Interventions

Richard Douglas

Our Challenge…

“Sub-Saharan Africa remains most heavily affected by HIV, accounting for 67% of all people living with HIV and for 72% of

AIDS deaths in 2007.”

Bureau for Economic Research 2006

Our Challenge…

“5.7 million South Africans living with HIV in 2007 make this the largest HIV

epidemic in the world.”

UNAIDS 2008

Our Challenge…

“The best available evidence suggests that HIV is likely to reduce economic

growth in high-prevalence countries by 0.5% to 1.5% over 10–20 years”

Piot 2007

Private Sector Responsibility

“The majority of people who are

HIV-positive are at work, so the workplace is the ideal place to

respond to HIV and AIDS”

- Leather

UNAIDS 2008

Private Sector Responsibility

“Businesses are doing too little,

too late in the battle against HIV/AIDS”

- Executive Opinion Survey

The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008

My Research

• 10 experts recommended 20 companies

• Interviewed 10 HIV/AIDS champions - Explored Leadership & Change

“A leader is a dealer in hope”

Napoleon Bonaparte

Leadership Insights

• Leadership manifests at 3 levels– Senior leadership guiding coalition– HIV/AIDS manager or equivalent– Line management

Leadership Traits

• Passion

• Optimism

• Affected

Leadership Outcomes

• Create and sustain Urgency

• Set the Example

• Communication

• Measurement & Metrics

• Broad based participation

Power Bases

• Expert power– Informed– Credible

• Strongest Power Base– Legitimate Power

Conclusion

• ¾ of those who die of AIDS die in Africa

• ⅔ of those affected by HIV are in Africa

• ½ of them are at work

Our Responsibility

“Leadership means avoiding the temptation to ‘wish the epidemic away’ once progress in

the response begins to be reported.

Leaders on HIV recognize that the epidemic is a generations long challenge that requires

persistence, vision, and flexibility; in short, HIV leadership means planning for the long-term.”

UNAIDS 2008

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once moreOr close the wall up with our English dead!In peace there's nothing so becomes a man

As modest stillness and humility;But when the blast of war blows in our ears,

Then imitate the action of the tiger:Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.

William Shakespeare - Henry V

A I D SAm I Doing Something