Erik M. Gregory, Ph.D., instructor
This
one-day workshop addresses the difference of technical versus adaptive change
for 21st century organizational and leadership challenges. The 21st century requires a new
model of addressing the complexity of change management within many domains
including for profits, nonprofits, health care, government, higher education,
and government. Participants will review
the central aspects of the adaptive model of change and then break out into
groups to apply their new learning by doing. Participants will be asked to
prepare a professional challenge to present in their small group work.
Upon completion of the program the student will be able to:
·
Surface
hidden perspectives and loyalties of themselves and stakeholder interests
·
Work
within groups to “turn up the heat” in order for the work at the center to be addressed
·
Manage
change without followers feeling overly anxious
·
Reflect
on personal loyalties and triggers that may create leadership “blindspots”
·
Examine
resistance to change and why making change is so difficult
·
Distinguish
between adaptive and technical challenges
Program Code: AL65
6 CE Credits
Location: at MSPP, Newton
Erik Gregory, PhD, specializes in positive psychology, a
field that examines healthy human functioning such as courage, hope, optimism,
and happiness. He worked internationally with children and adolescents as a
psychotherapist and consulted with leaders in higher education, media, and
business. He serves as the Executive Director of the Media Psychology Research
Center of Boston and is a board member of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (www.bostonphil.org).
He consulted with Hit Entertainment on the educational content of "Bob the
Builder" and worked in conjunction with KCET to develop "Sid the
Science Kid. He has also worked extensively with organizations including Volvo and
the Boston/Egypt Cancer Network Alliance. He received his PhD from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master degree from the Harvard Graduate
School of Education in Higher Education Administration and Human Development
and Psychology. He has held appointments with the National Cancer Institute in
Hawaii, the Spencer Foundation, the University of Chicago and completed his
post-doctoral studies at the Harvard Medical School. He served as a clinical
intern at the Tavistock Institute in London where he worked as a consultant to
the entertainment industry and as a leader in the treatment of refugee children
suffering from trauma. Dr. Gregory lived and worked in Austria, Germany,
England, New Zealand, and Spain. He is a Board member of the Oversees Education
Fund, El Salvador, a non-profit organization that builds schools and health
clinics in rural and poverty-stricken areas of the country and provides
micro-credit loans. He received the Littauer Fellow Master in Public
Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School and worked with the Public
Diplomacy Collaborative and Shorenstein Center of Press, Politics, and Public
Policy at Harvard examining 21st century models of leadership.