Dear all,
It seems that something went wrong with my previous attempt to post details of a Tavistock-run workshop in December in London, so details are set out below. As before, please reply to either Simon Western [copied] or
events@tavi-port.org, not me or the list.
Best, scott
Scott Taylor (Dr), senior lecturer in leadership studies Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter Business School, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4ST, UK
scott.taylor@exeter.ac.uk; +44 (0)1392 262569
(A Crisis of) Faith in Leadership
Date
04/12/2009
Fee
£240 (two days) £130 (one day)
Venue
Tavistock Centre, London
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This two-day conference will explore the relationship between faith and leadership in the contemporary political and organisational landscape. A key question is what kind of leadership and also what kind of faith is required in these turbulent times?
The global financial collapse, recent MPs expense scandal and diminishing respect for church leaders have highlighted the growing crisis of faith in institutional leadership - business, religious and political. The gravitas and public trust projected onto institutional leaders has diminished increasingly since the 1960s, mirroring the shift from the modern to post-modern epoch.
In contrast to this, the discourse of Messianic leadership dominated from the 1980s until the early 21st century (Western 2008). Transformational leaders were heralded as the saviours of organisations with CEOs aptly rewarded with messiah size remuneration packages. The election of Barack Obama also ignited a global 'buzz' of hope and excitement, demonstrating paradoxically that although we experience a 'crisis in faith' in our leaders, our 'faith in leadership' itself remains very resilient.
This two-day conference explores the meaning of faith and leadership.
Programme
Day One - Friday 4 December 2009
Faith and Leadership Seminar and Dialogue: Guest speakers, small and large group discussions.
Day Two - Saturday 5 December 2009
Leading Faithfully: Beyond Instrumentalism Day two will invite participants to reflect on leadership practice. We will explore how leaders and organisations can be faithful to themselves, their ideals and those they lead and ask 'what does it mean to lead faithfully and build the good society in the 21st century?'
Speakers will include:
Dr Simon Western
Tavistock Consultancy Service
Simon is author of "Leadership: A Critical Text" (Sage 2008) which sets out a new vision of 21st century leadership he calls Eco-leadership. At the heart of this approach is emancipatory leadership, focusing on leading from the edge, distributing leadership, networks, connectivity, ethics and leadership spirit.
FR Dermot Tredget
Member of the Order of Saint Benedictine, Douai Abbey Fr Dermot Tredget OSB has been a member of the English Benedictine community based at Douai Abbey, in Berkshire, for 27 years. Before becoming a monk he held management positions in the Hotel and Catering Industry. Fr Dermot runs a programme of retreat workshops for senior workplace executives. These have been featured in the Financial Times and other business publications. In addition he has been called upon to give lectures and present seminars to a number of international corporations, including Masterfoods, Campbell Foods, the Volvo Group, BMW, Cranfield University School of Management and the AMBA.
Dr Burkard Sievers
Professor Emeritus of Organisation Development in the Schumpeter School of Business and Economics at Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany. Burkard has done teaching, research and writing on unconscious dynamics of organisations and management and on the normal madness in organisations, in particular, for more than two decades. He is Past-President of The International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organisations (ISPSO). At present, he is editing (together with Susan Long) a book "Beneath the Surface of the Financial Industry: Towards a socioanalysis of money, finance and capital(ism)" and writing a paper on "Herman Melville, Moby Dick and Leadership?". His book "Work, Death, and Life Itself. Essays on Management and Organization" (1994) contains a chapter on Leadership as a Perpetuation of Immaturity?.
Olya Khaleelee
Olya Khaleelee is a social scientist by original training and now works primarily as a corporate psychologist and organisational consultant with Pintab Associates, helping senior managers in the fields of recruitment, development and career strategy. She is also a qualified psychotherapist in private practice and a past Chairwoman of the Council of the London Centre for Psychotherapy.
From 1980-1994 she was Director of OPUS (Organisation for Promoting the Understanding of Society). She has worked with the Tavistock Institute for over 20 years in the development of group relations both in the UK and abroad, has been on the staff of many conferences and was the first female director of the Leicester Conference, an annual two week residential group relations event with the theme of 'Authority, Leadership and Organisation'
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