Becoming an Extraordinary Leader: Transforming Yourself to Transform Others

Becoming an Extraordinary Leader: Transforming Yourself to Transform Others

The goal to “succeed” and become “an extraordinary leader” is a constant driver of our decisions throughout our professional life. Given how pervasive the concept of success is in our decisions and professional ambitions, it is surprising how relatively little time we spend reflecting upon it. The definition (stated or implicit) that we have of success and who we see as role models of successful leaders is bound to strongly impact our choices, decisions, emotions, and interactions whether we are aware of it or not. This workshop seeks to provide you with a space to reflect upon the concept of success and what it means to live an extraordinary life. It also seeks to provide you with a set of tools to help you better define success in your life, as well as to help you find your personal signature as an extraordinary leader.

This workshop will include a light breakfast.

About the Instructor
By most accounts, The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi is an innovative thinker, a philosopher educator, a philanthropist, a polymath and a monk. He is the Founding Director of The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a center dedicated to inquiry, dialogue, and education on the ethical and humane dimensions of life. As a collaborative and nonpartisan think tank, its programs emphasize responsibility and examine meaningfulness and moral purpose between individuals, organizations, and societies. The Center at MIT has six Nobel Peace Laureates as its founding members and its programs run in eight countries and expanding.

Venerable Tenzin’s unusual background encompasses entering a Buddhist monastery at the age of 10 years to receiving graduate education at Harvard with degrees ranging from Philosophy to Physics to International Relations.

He has been interviewed by the National Public Radio and articles on him and his work have appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and La Republica. He also speaks at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, various institutes of learning and Fortune 500 companies on topics ranging from leadership to enlightened organizations.

Venerable Tenzin serves on the Board of several academic, humanitarian, and religious organizations.  He is a recipient of several recognitions and awards, most recent of which is a 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award from Harvard for his visionary contributions to humanity.

Graduation Credit
All Johnson students are eligible to use up to 1.5 credit hours from Leadership Skills Program and/or Managerial Skills Program workshops toward the MBA degree credit-hour requirements. This workshop is worth 0.1 LSP credits.