Prof. McCarthy Delivers Third Lecture on Leadership Development
On November 7th, BU HHHP Director Jack McCarthy presented the third lecture in his year-long series on leadership development. In this lecture he discussed the many challenges and opportunities of global leadership in the 21st century. Quoting Prof. Lloyd S. Baird, he underscored, “the past is no longer the prologue to the future. We are not prepared for the massive, unrelenting quantum changes we face. Our assumptions about what it takes to lead are based in past, not future, realities.”
Prof McCarthy further presented myths and realities about leadership and then introduced the MICEE Model proposed by Kouzes & Posner, authors of The Leadership Challenge, a globally recognized program of leadership development.
- Model the way
- Inspire a shared vision
- Challenge the process
- Enable others to act
- Encourage the heart
Prof. McCarthy concluded the session with a description of the 1620 Mayflower Compact, the first written framework for government established in what is now the United States. After that, we held a ceremony in which each Fellow signed the compact that they had collectively produced during their orientation retreat at BU’s Sargent Center in Hancock, New Hampshire last August.