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Final Reminder: Fri 4/27 @12pm EDT, Donna Hicks (Harvard) on Leading with Dignity: Humanistic Management CoP

  • 1.  Final Reminder: Fri 4/27 @12pm EDT, Donna Hicks (Harvard) on Leading with Dignity: Humanistic Management CoP

    Posted 04-26-2018 23:51

    Community of Practice Engagement with Donna Hicks: - Leading with Dignity.  
    April 27, 12 PM EDT to 1 pm EDT
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    Business and human dignity are typically not terms that go together. Nevertheless the best leaders are able to lead with dignity, honor and protect the dignity of their stakeholders while respecting their own. To learn more about "profiles in dignity" you are invited to join Dr. Donna Hicks, a global authority on dignity in the workplace and beyond. She will preview her latest book (Leading with Dignity, Yale University Press) and we will have plenty of time for conversation and your questions.
    Join us!

    Topic for this Conversation - Leading with Dignity (click for video clip)

    Everyone wants to be treated with dignity. It is a universal human yearning.  We all want to be valued, no matter where we are, and the workplace is no exception. Leading with Dignity makes the powerful concept of dignity clear and accessible to anyone wanting to create a work culture where people feel they are treated as if they mattered. The problem is that very few leaders fully understand this crucial aspect about the human condition-people want to be treated well and when they are, it brings out the best in them. Not only do they thrive personally, but also, they are more loyal, more productive, more willing to give discretionary energy, and are more trusting of those exercising leadership. 

    Speakers Bio: Donna Hicks
    Dr. Donna Hicks has 20 years of experience as a facilitator during international conflicts in the Middle East, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Cuba and Northern Ireland, and the United States. Her unique focus on dignity, and the essential role it plays in resolving conflict, has transformed work environments for the world's most prominent companies, non-profits, and governmental agencies. Past clients include the World Bank, United Nations, US Navy, and the Senate of Colombia.
    As a co-host with Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the BBC show Facing the TruthDonna was a key member of a three-part television series which brought victims and perpetrators of the Northern Ireland conflict together to find resolution. She is an associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and has educated the nation's brightest minds at Harvard, Clark, and Columbia Universities. In 2013, she spoke main stage for the TEDx Stormont conference, themed "Imagine," on the topic of dignity.
    Donna is the author of the bestselling book,Dignity: The Essential Role It Plays in Resolving Conflict, published by Yale University Press, with a foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The title was the New England Book Festival's 2011 runner-up for best non-fiction title, and subsequently released in paperback in 2013. Donna, and Dignity, have been featured prominently throughout the media, appearing on the BBC, Fox News,Psychology Today, NPR, Newsday, and radio stations across the country.


    Hosted by the International Humanistic Management Association





    Erica L. Steckler, Ph.D.
    Co-Director, Donahue Center for Business Ethics & Social Responsibility
    Assistant Professor, Department of Management 
    Manning School of Business
    University of Massachusetts Lowell