{"id":14607,"date":"2011-11-02T19:13:14","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T19:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=14607"},"modified":"2017-11-08T11:51:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:51:08","slug":"companies-should-be-an-incubator-for-talent-of-all-ages-harvard-professor-tells-leadership-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2011\/11\/companies-should-be-an-incubator-for-talent-of-all-ages-harvard-professor-tells-leadership-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Companies should be an incubator for talent of all ages, Harvard professor tells leadership group."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you think you\u2019re smart at age 30, wait until you see how brilliant you can be at age 60. Or older.<\/p>\n<p>That happy news was a key message in \u201cThe Further Reaches of Adult Development,\u201d a lecture by Harvard University professor Robert Kegan. Part of the Leadership Lectures 2011 hosted by the Center for Leadership of the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU), the lecture and a workshop took place on October 18, 2011. Kegan, an award-winning preeminent scholar, shared with nearly 100 guests what he has learned from thirty years of studying the potential for ongoing mental development in adulthood.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14609\" style=\"width: 324px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14609 size-full\" title=\"Robert Kegan Poster\" src=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Robert-Kegan-Poster.jpg\" alt=\"Award-winning preeminent scholar Robert Kegan presented in the Leadership Lectures 2011 hosted by the Center for Leadership.\" width=\"324\" height=\"491\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Award-winning preeminent scholar Robert Kegan presented in the Leadership Lectures 2011 hosted by the Center for Leadership.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cJust a generation ago, brain scientists told us emphatically that there were no significant developments after our twenties, and any \u2018wisdom\u2019 associated with aging was the result of experience rather than the qualitative shifts in mental complexity we see in childhood and adolescence,\u201d he said. \u201cBut our research shows that, in fact, many people continue to make such shifts well into the adult years, as well. There\u2019s no stopping point, really.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kegan noted that this realization should indicate course corrections for savvy business leaders.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14608\" style=\"width: 491px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14608 size-full\" title=\"Robert Kegan presentation\" src=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Robert-Kegan-presentation.jpg\" alt=\"Kegan engaged audiences at both a workshop and a lecture.\" width=\"491\" height=\"329\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kegan engaged audiences at both a workshop and a lecture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur most successful and far-sighted leaders should be thinking, \u2018Besides attracting new talent, how do I make my organization an incubator for developing the people I have right here in my group?\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Different points from presentations resonate for attendees. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Among the lecture attendees were Meredith Newman, professor and chair of the Department of Public Administration, and Modesto A. Maidique, FIU\u2019s president emeritus and executive director of the center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving Professor Kegan guide us through our mental immune system and putting down on paper my \u2018big assumptions\u2019 allowed me to see that some were not that important and could potentially hold me back,\u201d Newman said. \u201cNow I am even more curious to learn more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe workshop and lecture provided a great opportunity for our community to interact with perhaps the world\u2019s foremost thinker on adult development,\u201d Maidique said. \u201dHis research on the self-transforming mind dovetails with the center\u2019s work on self-awareness as the key to effective decision making and leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you think you\u2019re smart at age 30, wait until you see how brilliant you can be at age 60. Or older. 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