2009 Press Releases
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14.08.2009
Managers who wish to improve personal and team performance at work are often the biggest stumbling blocks to making it happen. This uncomfortable fact is likely to raise some eyebrows when Professor Robert Kegan of Harvard University, one of the leading experts in the field of professional development, leads a workshop Cork on September 16th next.
The Harvard scholar takes the view that very often, managers are themselves immune to change – the very thing they wish to achieve in the workplace – and until such time as they learn to overcome this “immunity” by defeating their own allegiance to existing systems, no real change can occur. “Right now, your immune system is in charge of you,” is his message.
The talk is aimed at business leaders, managers, supervisors, consultants, trainers and coaches. As well as holding the William and Miriam Meehan Chair in Adult Learning and Profesional Development at Harvard Educational Graduate School, Professor Kegan is a psychologist, teacher and author in the field of adult learning and professional development.
The venue is the
Fee: €495 (€425 MBAAI members)
Fee includes all refreshments, lunch and a copy of Kegan’s latest book Immunity to Change: How to Overcome it and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization, Harvard Business Press, 2009
For further information contact Ms Erica Murphy, Executive Programmes Administrator, Department of Economics, UCC, Tel: 021 4902037 or e-mail
Erica.murphy@ucc.ie