The Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the UK is pleased to be teaming up with the renowned IE University, a leading higher education institution and Member of the Chamber, to host an exclusive Executive Breakfast with the Dean of their Business School, Dr Lee Newman, as a special guest speaker.
The focus of the Executive Breakfast will be Positive Leadership and Behavioural Fitness.
Leadership, from Dr. Newman’s perspective, is about establishing the conditions under which people can perform at their best. The field of positive psychology provides a rich source of ideas about how positivity and negativity in the workplace can affect the quality of thinking and behaviour daily – and offers ideas for how leaders can engage in designing employee experience to boost positivity and reduce negativity.
Even with positive leadership practices, difficult situations happen in every workplace. When people with different interests and diverse backgrounds work together under pressure, there is inevitably “turbulence” and friction. But how might these turbulent moments be turned into learning moments that catalyse self-transformation and growth?
Behavioural fitness is about how as leaders and colleagues, you might create these conditions and achieve a deep and lasting behavioural competitive advantage.
The talk will be followed by a Q&A session. Prior to the session, attendees will have the opportunity to network with fellow executives over breakfast.
Date & Time: Thursday 13th June | 08:30 – 10:00
Location: Pavilion Club Knightsbridge | 64 Knightsbridge | London SW1X 7JF
This event is by invitation only. For further information, please email Alicia Pacho.
About the speaker:
Dr Lee Newman is the 9th Dean of IE Business School and a professor of Behavioural Science and Leadership at IE University in Madrid, Spain.
At IE, he has been an educational entrepreneur who has successfully led the launch and ongoing management of a diverse portfolio of world-class undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs that integrate business with human sciences and technology. His teaching and research focus on Behavioural Fitness and Positive Leadership – translating and applying behavioural science to help professionals optimise their performance in the workplace.
Prior to pursuing a career in academia, Dr Newman served as an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company in Chicago working in the areas of organisational and operational performance improvement in the consumer-packaged goods, industrial manufacturing and natural resource sectors. He later was a founder and senior manager in two technology-based start-ups in New York City in the areas of social networks and SaaS.
Dr Newman holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in Psychology (Cognitive) and Computer Science (AI), as well as a Certificate in Cognitive Neuroscience. He also holds an MBA from The MIT Sloan School of Management, a Master in Technology & Policy from MIT, and a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering with honours and magna cum laude from Brown University.