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Leadership Programme for Progressive Change

Published: Thursday, August 26, 2010


This is a professional development programme for those interested in leading towards a new civic vision that holds social and economic concerns in harmony, imagines change through a social justice lens and encourages rigorous ethical debate in public life. Course Directors are Ann Louise Gilligan & Katherine Zappone:
http://www.progressivechange.ie/about/team/

Leaders who participate in this programme will be introduced to a unique integration of:
- Deep Thinking - Providing current analyses to help leaders engage with fresh ideas.
- Raising the Spirit Level - Mobilising the inner resources for learning, growing and healing; using the soul in social change.
- Exercising Imagination - Developing imagination as the basis of the will to act and the courage for creativity.
- Fluency in Critical Consciousness - Tackling presuppositions, critically examining the mind and the society in which we live.
- Advocating and Communicating Change.

This will provide leaders and aspiring leaders with an avenue to step out of the negativity that pervades Irish public life.
The programme starts on October 14th, 2010, from 2-5pm, and will be held for five subsequent Thursday afternoons at the same time.

The Venue is the beautiful public 'Space for Change' of the South Dublin Library, Tallaght (seminar room), easily reached through the Red Luas Line.

Please find a flyer on the programme, with content outline, description of course benefits, cost and other details here