About Karise.
I’m a Professor of Leadership with over 20 years of experience consulting, researching, teaching, writing, and speaking about leadership.
Alongside my academic teaching and research, I work with private sector businesses, governments and public sector organisations across the world.
My passion is to help leaders grow in strong and healthy leadership, leading themselves and those around them with wisdom and integrity.
At Illuminaire, we believe storytelling makes complex research both memorable and impactful, fostering leaders’ personal and professional growth while building resilience and unity within their teams.
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Frustrated that much of the science behind the practice of leadership stays behind the closed doors of academic institutions, we believe there is a need now more than ever to bring the latest leadership data and insight to leaders across the world.
Illuminaire Institute was founded in 2022 with a mission to inspire transformation at individual, organisational, and societal levels through insights grounded in research so we learn how to live out leadership in our everyday lives.
In 2024, we proudly launched Illuminaire Press, an annual print and digital publication that makes the latest research accessible through the beauty of storytelling and art. It's a beautifully curated collection of the best of leadership research and data, as well as insightful interviews and inspiring stories with leaders from around the globe.
Looking ahead, we have big plans for 2025, including a full suite of digital masterclasses in 2025, publishing Volume 2 of Illuminaire Press, and expanding our impact as a global leadership learning organisation throughout new cities and countries around the world.
Our key principles of leadership:
Knowing
Providing insight into a range of subject matters so leaders are equipped with the most relevant scientific data for robust decision-making
Becoming
Changing the leadership narrative away from dependency on title and position, to understanding living leadership is shaped by a deeper process of becoming.
Being
Helping leaders understand the importance of living purpose and how it drives positive and sustainable transformation in organisations and communities.
Doing
Supporting the development and evaluation of new behaviours, mindsets, and soft skills that build strong and healthy leaders from the inside out.
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