We had spent two years looking at the market and, in one week on the Quest, we made more progress on a number of fronts than in the whole of the previous two years. We also figured out how we can invest in a socially responsible way which is hugely important to us. The Quest was outstanding. (Partnered Quest for Institute for Family Business, India)
Joint Managing Director, Arco
The Leaders' Quest experience is quite unique. It provides an opportunity for leaders from a broad cross section of society to interact in a safe but stimulating environment with peers from other sectors. The impact on the individual can be profound. Translated back into their organisation it can be transformative. (MDG Partnered Quest with Oxfam, Africa)
Executive Director, Accenture Development Partnerships
AviraQuest opened my eyes to a higher level of leadership - a leadership that thinks and acts at a global level with high degrees of responsibility and integrity without reducing shareholder value. (AviraQuest, co-created with INSEAD, India)
Co-CEO, SAP AG
In choosing LQ as our partner, we were mindful of the need for three things: 1. the professionalism of the logistics on the ground; 2. the depth of local knowledge that our partner needed to possess, with deep and sustained networks that spanned boardrooms, government service and NGOs in each of the countries we visited; 3. the need for a learning-design to wrap around the experience of the Quest that integrated with the broader TMP programme and that could be executed by the LQ facilitators with skill, sensitivity and responsiveness. Suffice to say, LQ has exceeded our expectations in every area. For my own part, having accompanied five programmes on their international weeks, I have not only learned much about countries that are becoming increasingly important players in the world economy and had the privilege of interacting with some impressive leaders in unlikely situations, I have also learned much about myself as I reflected on my own responses to what I saw and experienced. For an experiential development programme such as TMP, I can think of no better partner. (Series of Partnered Quests for the UK Govt's. Top Management Programme)
Programme Director, Top Management Programme, National School of Government, UK
Be prepared for a truly life changing experience. AviraQuest comes with this 'positive health warning'. The multitude and vividness of experiences will stay with me for life. I am convinced that my decisions, actions and choices will be more courageous going forward. Enterprises can be a force for good when performance (value) and progress (making a difference) work hand in hand. (AviraQuest, co-created with INSEAD, India)
Vice President, Firmenich SA
