Leadership Survival Skills
The Harvard Kennedy School has long stressed the importance of leadership in organizations, government, and business.
Regardless of the leadership framework, theory, or practice one might embrace, continuing to explore leadership styles and capacity is critical in becoming effective and balanced in our approach to those with whom we interact. This Harvard Kennedy School New England Alumni Association program focuses on the development of the skills and strategies needed for addressing leadership challenges.
This program, Leadership Survival Skills, is offered to all interested alumni and friends of the Harvard Kennedy School.
Workshop XLI: Courageous Conversations
Leaders are frequently called to facilitate meaningful, civil, and difficult conversations. These exchanges have become increasingly salient as people struggle with adjusting to the seclusion and evolving social mores related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Blind spots result in our losing sight of what is in front of us. During this highly-interactive workshop, we will:
Learn how to structure complex and intense conversations.
Offer tools for initiating and constructing sensitive interactions.
Provide practices and approaches for facilitating discussion when participants may be uncomfortable with the subject.
Speakers
José Barzola is a highly-organized, higher-education administrator with nearly 20 years of success in student development and student affairs. He has taught courses on peace-and-conflict resolution. He has been a professional mediator and facilitator for 10 years in both New York and Hawai'i. José is currently an Educational Specialist and Affiliate Faculty at the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
Carol Li is in her last year of study for bother her M.A. in Asian International Affairs and a Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Before graduate school, Carol obtained a B.A. in Civic Communications & Media at Willamette University in Oregon. She has also taught English to students in mainland China, Hong Kong, and South Korea. Carol has interned for the East-West Center, #Impact Podcast, and the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. She was part of the Women Cross DMZ Feminist Korea Peace Fellowship. Carol consistently strives to create global diplomacy, cultural exchange, social justice, and peace-building programs.
Laura Rouse is a Ph.D. student in Sociology at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Her research focuses on feminist criminology, punishment, and restorative justice. She is employed as a Graduate Research Assistant for the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution and also works for clinical programs like the Hawai'i Innocence Project at the William S. Richardson School of Law.
If you have any questions, contact Karen Kingsbury at KMKingsbury@post.harvard.edu or call 617 872 4553
Class size is limited to 25 participants. The workshop fee is $10.