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The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

Sheila Heen, JD

Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School

Douglas Stone, JD

Managing Partner at Triad Consulting Group and a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School

Mar 10 2014
Educator Event

Handling Feedback from Parents and Principals, Students and Standardized Tests

Douglas Stone, JD

Managing Partner at Triad Consulting Group and a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School

Sheila Heen, JD

Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School

Mar 10 2014

Performing At Your Best Under Stress

Sian Beilock, Ph.D.

President of Barnard College

Feb 18 2014

Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success

Adam Grant, Ph.D.

Saul P. Steinberg Professor of Management and Professor of Psychology, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Jan 7 2014

Love, No Matter What: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity

Andrew Solomon, Ph.D.

Best-selling author; professor of clinical psychology, Columbia University Medical Center; former president of PEN America.

Dec 4 2013

Renewing Our Sense of Calling: Cultivating Inner Strength in Ourselves and Our Children

Linda Lantieri, MA

Senior Program Advisor, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University, Teachers College

Nov 20 2013

Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence

Daniel Goleman, Ph.D

Author and Science Journalist

Nov 19 2013

Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

Daniel Siegel, M.D.

Clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA

Nov 12 2013
Grand Rounds Presentation

Minding the Teenage Brain: Adolescence as a Period of Opportunity and Vulnerability for Mental Health

Daniel Siegel, M.D.

Clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA

Nov 12 2013