with Drs. Eric H. Kessler and Diana J. Wong-MingJi
Note: This webinar will be offered at two different times. The content will be the same in each.
Cost: Free to ILA Members; $9.95 for non-members.
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- 10 October, 12 PM EDT (UTC-4)
- 10 October, 8 PM EDT (UTC-4)
Languages, and especially hard-to-translate terms, reveal assumptions, values, and praxes that are often misread outside of regional contexts. With examples from local leaders and businesses, presenters will scrutinize how key language terms around wisdom reflect and guide many aspects of management and organization, including cognition, emotion, moral standards, mission and vision, collaboration, and execution. Ultimately, the presenters will showcase how these “wisdoms of the world” enhance leadership literacy and bridge global environments, pursuing a sustainably positive impact while navigating the complexities of international business and cross-cultural management.
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A recognized authority on organization management and global leadership, Dr. Eric H. Kessler is Distinguished University Professor and Henry George Scholar in the Lubin School of Business at Pace University. He is the worldwide General Editor of the Encyclopedia of Management Theory and Choice book award winner who has published six critically acclaimed books that have sold in 70+ countries, including, Wise Leadership.
A recognized authority on organization management and global leadership, Dr. Eric H. Kessler is Distinguished University Professor and Henry George Scholar in the Lubin School of Business at Pace University.
As a management RESEARCHER, he is the worldwide General Editor of the Encyclopedia of Management Theory and Choice book award winner who has published six critically acclaimed books that have sold in 70+ countries, including the new title, Wise Leadership. He also has more than 120 combined academic papers and presentations that have earned numerous awards and appeared in many of the field’s top outlets.
As a management EDUCATOR, he is a Kenan Teaching Excellence Award winner, Lubin Faculty Council Chair, and founding Business Honors Program Director, who has pioneered innovative curriculum development, led several international field studies, was a Beta Gamma Sigma Adviser, and mentored many academic theses and more than 300 community service projects. In his nearly 25 years of instructing 4,000+ students, he has received the highest levels of feedback in undergraduate, masters, doctoral, executive, and corporate education programs . . . giving people the tools to achieve greater personal and professional success. One student note kept on his desk reads: “Thanks for inspiring me. Thanks for believing in me. Thanks for being a life-changing professor.”
As a management LEADER, he has received both a Fulbright Specialist Grant and EU Erasmus Grant, served on editorial boards including the prestigious Academy of Management Review, is a former President and Fellow of the Eastern Academy of Management, and has been appointed to prominent panels including the United States National Security Education Program and the Fulbright National Screening Committee. He was also named a Faculty Fellow by the Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship, is a founding coeditor of the Lubin Business Review, and has been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa as well as honorary societies in business, forensics, economics, and psychology.
As a management PROFESSIONAL, he is a Jefferson Foundation Medal for Public Service winner who has consulted with organizations large and small across a broad range of industries, worked with government agencies including the Department of Defense and the Department of State, participated in academic programs spanning six continents, been recognized as a “public opinion leader,” and is quoted in popular publications such as Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, and Bloomberg Businessweek.
Dr. Diana Wong-MingJi is Associate Professor for Strategy and Organization Development at Eastern Michigan University and President & CEO of Sensei Change Associates, LLC. Her expertise is in strategy and developing learning programs for improving organizational performance. With an extensive international background, Diana focuses on supporting leaders and management teams with strategic planning and meeting facilitation, organization development, leadership development, executive coaching, training and development, cross-cultural competency development and organizational learning systems.
Her 25 plus years of consulting encompass industries related to health care, automotive, management consulting, manufacturing, non-profit organizations, and faith-based organizations. Diana is a certified coach in conducting 360 degree feedback with the Hay Group’s emotional competency inventory for leadership development to impact performance. She was the President of the ASTD, Ann Arbor chapter from 2005-06 and became a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance by national ASTD in the pioneer cohort.
Chris Cartwright, MPA, Ed.D. (Moderator,12pm EDT Webinar) is a consultant, researcher, and instructor supporting individuals and organizations in assessing and developing intercultural, global leadership, and inclusive competencies. He is an associate of Aperian Global, the Connective Leadership Institute, icEdge, and the Kozai Group and has 40+ years of experience in multiple sectors. He is an adjunct faculty for Portland State University. He served 10 years as Director of Intercultural Assessment and Associate Director of the Graduate Program for the Intercultural Communication Institute. Prior to this, he served as the Dean of Academic Programs for the International Partnership for Service Learning and Leadership.
Yulia Tolstikov-Mast, Ph.D. (Moderator, 8pm EDT Webinar) is a global leadership and followership scholar and consultant. She is passionate about the internalization and decolonization of leadership and followership education, global followership and citizenship behavior, and leader-follower role-switching. Her publications appear in Advances in Global Leadership; Culture 2.0; The Study and Practice of Global Leadership; Handbook of Global Leadership and Followership; Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, among others. Her most significant contribution is the Handbook of International and Cross-Cultural Leadership Research Processes – a guide to leadership and followership thinking grounded in authentic local epistemologies. Yulia was the Co-Investigator in Russia for the GLOBE 2020 Project. Presently, she is leading a multi-stage study on Russian followership. Yulia is a Fulbright Specialist and mentor to international researchers in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. She is a Teaching Faculty at the Ph.D. Program in Leadership and Change at Antioch University.
