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Leading in the “Squilibrio”
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Greetings and peace as we enter into the 22nd year in the Third Millennium! I am reminded of Pope Francis’ remark from his 2015 address to an ecclesial assembly...
Series on Resilience – Leadership
Resilience, the ability to bounce back from adversity, is a very important quality to lead and thrive in our organizations, in particular in these VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous)...
Fr. David McCallum SJ on Synodal Leadership
The Jesuit Schools Network invited Fr. David McCallum, S.J., the Executive Director of the Discerning Leadership Program, to a virtual conversation about synodal leadership and Pope Francis's vision...
Series on Resilience – Leadership
Resilience, the ability to bounce back from adversity, is a very important quality to lead and thrive in our organizations, in particular in these VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) times that we are living, that have been magnified by the COVID pandemic....
Fr. David McCallum SJ on Synodal Leadership
The Jesuit Schools Network invited Fr. David McCallum, S.J., the Executive Director of the Discerning Leadership Program, to a virtual conversation about synodal leadership and Pope Francis's vision for a synodal church. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el5m6lWTdjQ
Speak Boldly, Listen Carefully – Austen Ivereigh Article
To access to the full "Speak boldly, Listen Carefully" Article of Austen Ivereigh published on Commonweal please click here Austen Ivereigh, exposes in an article published on Commonweal Magazine his experience and reflections of the Synodal process. The article...
Advancing the Reception of the Council – Rafael Luciani and Serena Noceti
Rafael Luciani and Serena Noceti wrote a relevant article on the topic of Synodality in the Catholic Church from the II Vatican Council until today. The article starts with a framing of the concept of Synodality, and how it is a "Constitutive Dimension" of the Church....
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Fr. David McCallum, S.J.
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Fr. Philip Endean S.J.
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Fr. John Dardis, S.J.
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Pat Murray, ibvm
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Fr. Giacomo Costa SJ did studies in philosophy and theology, and he also obtained a master's degree in Political and Moral Sociology at the EHESS in Paris.
He is the responsible for Formation at the Society of Jesus.
Prof. Rafael Luciani received his licentiate and doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and a degree in educational sciences with a philosophical orientation from the Universidad Católica "Andrés Bello" in Caracas (Venezuela). He also studied philosophy at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome and did post-doctoral work at the Julius Maximilians Universität in Würzburg (Germany).
Nathalie Becquart serves as Undersecretary of the Secretariat of the Synod of the Bishops since March 2021.
Robert J. Bies (Ph.D., Stanford University) is Professor of Management and Founder of the Executive Master’s in Leadership Program at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. In addition, Dr. Bies is a co-author of the book, Getting Even: The Truth About Workplace Revenge—And How to Stop It.
Professor Bies’s current research focuses on leadership, the delivery of bad news, organizational justice, and revenge and forgiveness in the workplace.