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Margaret Benefiel Speaking on the Soul of Leadership in Austin Texas

  • 1.  Margaret Benefiel Speaking on the Soul of Leadership in Austin Texas

    Posted 08-30-2012 20:58
    People may be interested in knowing that MSR member Margaret Benefiel will be speaking at an evening event and day-long workshop open to the public in Austin, Texas on October 25-26 workshop.  

    The Seton Cove Spirituality Center is an interfaith organization that each year brings a nationally-known speaker to Austin.  The program is in honor of the Center's founder, Sr. Mary Rose McPhee.  Past speakers have included Parker Palmer and Otto Scharmer.   
     
    We are honored and excited that this year's speaker will be Margaret Benefiel, Ph.D. Dr. Benefiel teaches at the Andover Newton Theological School in Boston and at the Milltown Institute in Dublin, Ireland, and is the CEO of Executive Soul LLC, a global firm that offers consulting, coaching, and spiritual direction for leaders and organizations. She is the author ofSoul At Work: Spiritual Leadership in Organizations (Seabury Books, 2005) and The Soul of a Leader: Finding Your Path to Success and Fulfillment (Crossroad, 2008), She has also been published extensively in journals related to leadership and spirituality.   I have used her Soul at Work in my Spirituality and Work class.  
     
    The McPhee Lecture will take place from 7:00-8:30PM on Thursday, October 25 on the St. Edward's University Main Campus in the Ragsdale Center, Jones Auditorium. Dr. Benefiel's topic will be "The Soul of Leadership." Cost is $50 ($35 student and senior).

    The experiential, interactive McPhee Workshop will take place from 8:30AM-3:00PM on Friday October 26 on the St. Edward's University Main Campus in the Ragsdale Center, Mabee Ballrooms. The topic will be "Discernment and Change in Tough Economic Times." The afternoon portion of the Workshop will be based on the work of Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey's Immunity to Change. Cost is $275 ($240 nonprofits) and includes breakfast and lunch.  

     
    For more information about the Lecture and Workshop, please refer to the attached PDF.
     
    EARLY BIRD SPECIAL PRICING is available until Saturday, September 1, 2012. A "package deal" that includes both the Lecture AND Workshop is available for $250. After September 1 that package increases to $300.
     
    For more information Navigate to http://www.setoncove.net/programs/leadership_and_spirituality/ and click on either the underlined Lecture or Workshop link. Early Bird Registration is available through either link.
     
    If you are interested in McPhee Sponsorship Opportunities, multiple tickets for attendees from your organization, or have questions about other Seton Cove Leadership Programs, contact Joe Barry, Educator and Spiritual Director at Seton Cove, at jbarry@seton.org.
     
    The Sr. Mary Rose McPhee, D.C. Lecture & Workshop was established in honor of Sr. Mary Rose, founder of the Seton Cove. The series is an opportunity for leaders in business, healthcare, education, and the community to reflect on spirituality and work.

    Pauline J. Albert, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor of Management
    St. Edward's University

    "...Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of the human freedoms–to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." Viktor Frank from Man's Search for Meaning



    Pauline J. Albert, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor of Management
    St. Edward's University

    "...Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of the human freedoms–to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." Viktor Frank from Man's Search for Meaning




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