Rotman School Dean Discusses Successful Leadership in Hong Kong Presentation
TORONTO, Mar. 16/PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
In his recent best-selling book, Prof. Roger Martin, Dean of the
University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, took a practitioners'
look at how great leaders succeed in the worlds of business, the arts and
not-for-profit organizations. This month Prof. Martin will discuss the
findings from The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through
Integrative Thinking (Harvard Business Press, 2007) during a presentation in
Hong Kong.
The presentations will focus on the problem-solving power of "Integrative
Thinking". Prof. Martin will draw on more than 50 management stories from his
book including the masterminds behind successful firms such as Four Seasons
Hotels and Procter & Gamble, to demonstrate how, like the opposable thumb,
the "opposable mind" - Prof. Martin's term for the human brain's ability "to
hold two conflicting ideas in constructive tension" - is an intellectually
advantageous evolutionary leap through which decision-makers can synthesize
new and superior ideas. Using this strategy, his research focuses on what
leaders think, rather than what they do.
Date: Monday, March 30
Agenda: Registration from 6:30 to 7 pm
Presentation from 7 to 8 pm followed by book signing and
cocktails.
Location: Island Shangri-La Hotel, Pacific Place, Supreme Court Road,
Central, Hong Kong (Harbour Room, 56th floor)
Registration: Members of the public should register online at
one copy of The Opposable Mind.)
Media: Please contact Ken McGuffin at mcguffin@rotman.utoronto.ca
to arrange for a media pass or to interview Prof. Martin in
Hong Kong.
Roger Martin has served as dean of the Rotman School of Management since
1998. He also holds the Premier's Chair in Competitiveness and Productivity
and is Director of the AIC Institute for Corporate Citizenship. Previously,
he spent 13 years as a Director of Monitor Company, a global strategy
consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he served as co-head
of the firm for two years. He serves on the Boards of Thomson Reuters,
Research in Motion, and The Skoll Foundation. The Opposable Mind is his
second book.
The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto is
redesigning business education for the 21st century with a curriculum based
on Integrative Thinking. Located in the world's most diverse city, the Rotman
School fosters a new way to think that enables the design of creative
business solutions. The School is currently raising $200 million to ensure
Canada has the world-class business school it deserves. For more information,
visit rotman.utoronto.ca.
SOURCE: Rotman School of Management
CONTACT: Ken McGuffin
Manager
Media Relations
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
+1-416-946-3818,
mcguffin@rotman.utoronto.ca
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