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Keynote Interview: Professor Emeritus Dr. Edgar Schein (MIT) | Interviewed by Ilene Wasserman, Ph.D. | The Evolution of Helping: From Interpersonal Dynamics to Humble Inquiry | A Conversation with a Legend |
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Description: Join us as Ilene Wasserman engages in a conversation with Edgar Schein (via web conferencing) about the many lessons he has learned and taught over the course of his career regarding the evolution of the art, science, and practice of helping, making specific connections to executive and organizational coaching. Ed’s themes have spanned multiple levels of context including interpersonal dynamics, personal and organizational change, intentional self-reflection and action in process consultation and career design. In more recent years, Ed has very candidly used personal aspects of his life as he continues to clarify the role of helping and humble inquiry in both a professional and personal context. Ed will challenge conference participants to consider how coercive executive coaching can become, especially when sponsored by various organizational stakeholders—informed by his extensive work on the topic of coercive persuasion! This conversation will include the opportunity to join in with your questions and comments. |
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Edgar Schein, Professor Emeritus (MIT), received his PhD in Social Psychology from Harvard in 1952, worked at the Walter Reed Institute of Research for four years and then joined MIT where he taught until 2005. He has published extensively in Organizational Psychology, 3d Ed. (1980), Process Consultation Revisited (1999), career dynamics (Career Anchors, 4th ed. with John Van Maanen, 2013), organizational culture texts (Organizational Culture and Leadership, 4th Ed., 2010; The Corporate Culture Survival Guide, 2d Ed., 2009), and analyses of Singapore's economic miracle (Strategic Pragmatism, 1996), and Digital Equipment Corp.'s rise and fall (DEC is Dead; Long Live DEC, 2003). He continues to consult and recently has published a book on the general theory and practice of giving and receiving help (Helping, 2009) and a book on Inquiry (Humble Inquiry, 2013). He is the 2009 recipient of the Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner Award of the Academy of Management and the 2012 recipient of the Life Time Achievement Award from the International Leadership Association. |
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Ilene Wasserman, President of ICW Consulting Group, has consulted with organizations for over 30 hears helping people to enhance communication and collaboration while leveraging multiple dimensions of domestic and global diversity. She received her Ph.D. from the Fielding Graduate Institute in Human and Organizational Development. She also holds Masters Degrees in both Counseling Psychology and Social Work from Washington University, and a Bachelor Degree from Cornell University in Human Development. She also teaches organizational development and leadership, and cross-cultural leadership at the graduate level. Ilene has published several articles on relational communication and diversity, peer coaching and inclusive approaches to strategic planning.
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