What if we stopped defining leadership—and started talking about it?
At Mine Leadership, we believe that leadership is not a fixed concept. It’s a conversation. One that grows richer each time someone dares to put their experience into words, their questions into motion, their insights into action.
On this page, you’ll find two kinds of entries:
Voices from the field
Real leaders. Real stories. Real questions. We’ve gathered reflections from clients, participants, and partners around the world. Each one shares a personal take on leadership—no universal truth, just a spark to think differently.
Articles & insights
We write, we read, we share. From original articles to curated research, we explore key leadership challenges and developmental questions that matter today—and tomorrow.
Whether you’re here to be inspired, challenged, or simply to think aloud with us: welcome. Let’s talk about leadership.
Leadership often unfolds in the unseen—the unconscious forces that silently influence decisions, relationships, and behaviors. These dynamics shape how leaders respond to complexity, not through deliberate strategies, but through deeply ingrained patterns of resistance and avoidance. Left unexamined, they can …
Read moreIl peut y avoir autant de styles de leadership que de personnes. La condition unique est la bonne connaissance de soi même, de ses moteurs et motivations, de ses stresseurs et de ses projections. Afin d’être capable de « s’oublier …
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Frédérick Henrion
Directeur des Ressources Humain SAFRAN
« Leadership is not about you. It is about motivating others to live up to their best in the endeavor of the common goal and the decisions you make to achieve this. »
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Alexander Alvaro
Former Vice-President of the European Parliament - Belgium
Leadership for me is the capacity to inspire engagement around oneself – irrespective of where you are in the pecking order. Both young and experienced team members can lead on different subjects in our new economy. Being able to energize …
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John Leader
Director Leadership Academy at Veolia (Former Suez) - Paris
Many countries around the world are currently working on reshaping the role of women in the professional world to achieve gender equality. This systemic change is driven by initiatives at various levels, including government policies aimed at ensuring better representation …
Read moreVery often women leaders feel pressure to conform to the male leadership model. What I learnt is that once we rely on our emotional intelligence, on our innate strengths such as creativity and collaboration, we overcome many obstacles (real or …
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Giorgia Carella
Management Advisor International Committee of the Red Cross - Kenya
In the recent years, change has become more visible than ever, significantly altering our habits, and prompting us to reevaluate and redefine our social contract. Concept such as climate change, pandemics and global health security, political instability and conflict, cybersecurity …
Read more« For me, leadership is about personal responsibility and sense of agency. It is about making choices in line with your values and having the courage to stand behind those choices. It has little to do with your position within your …
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Alla Grabovska
Experienced business leader and Certified Professional Co-Active Coach - Belgium
« I have been in leadership role off and on during my life, and initially I was only relating leadership with courage and braveness. I was not aware that there are number of aspects needs to be learn to become effective …
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Imran Latif Khan
Physical Rehabilitation Team Leader at International Committee of the Red Cross - Pakistan
« Leadership development is very important everywhere, regardless in which background or context you are working, leaders should take steps very carefully during decision making specially in war zones such as Afghanistan, where a small mistake can create a lot of …
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Hafizullah Safi
Economic Security Generalist at ICRC - Afghanistan
