Thursday, April 16th
**This program will not be recorded**
Our special guest this week,
Scott Westfahl, Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School; Faculty Director of Executive Education will Present on:
Staying Anchored as a Leader in Uncertain Times
This presentation will explore new research on the neuroscience of spirituality and its ties to leadership and suggests ways for us to stay more centered and anchored in uncertain times. We will also explore a framework for making hard decisions when faced with morally complex questions.
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Our presenter:
Scott Westfahl is a Professor of Practice and the Director of Harvard Law School Executive Education. Within the law school’s J.D. curriculum, he teaches courses on leadership and design thinking-based innovation. In 2024, his Legal Innovation Through Design Thinking seminar for law students was named by Bloomberg Law as a finalist for law school innovation of the year. Professor Westfahl’s primary role is to oversee the law school’s Executive Education leadership programs for law firm leaders, general counsel, and other lawyer-leaders from all over the world (https://execed.law.harvard.edu/).
He also collaborates with HLS colleagues and other Harvard faculty to design and teach custom programs for law firms, law departments and other legal-related organizations. He focuses his Executive Education teaching and writing on organizational and adaptive leadership, innovation, the motivation and development of professionals and strategy and organizational alignment. He is a strategic advisor to the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity and a founding advisor of The Purple Campaign to end workplace sexual harassment.
Prior to joining the HLS faculty in 2013, Professor Westfahl practiced law for ten years with a large firm, led professional development for McKinsey & Company’s Washington D.C. office for six years and then leveraged those experiences to build the professional development and training department of Goodwin Procter LLP. He graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1985 and earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1988.
Offered by Will Work For Food, founded by Natalie Armstrong-Motin (www.HowToMarketMyMediationPractice.com, moderated by Jeff Kichaven (www.JeffKichaven.com ) and Jean Lawler (www.LawlerADR.com), and Program Coordinator, David Shraga (www.DavidShraga.com).
This worldwide conversation will be like nothing else. Join in! Share, learn, have fun, and raise money for food banks.