The William and Miriam Meehan Professor of Adult Learning and Professional Development
Position: The William and Miriam Meehan Professor of Adult Learning and Professional Development
Organization: Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Country: United States of America
Robert Kegan is the Meehan Professor of Adult Learning and Professional Development at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. The recipient of numerous honorary degrees and awards, his thirty years of research and writing on adult development have influenced the practice of coaching, psychotherapy, management, and leadership; and impacted the disciplines of psychology, education, theology, literary criticism, medicine, and political science. At Harvard alone, his work is read in courses at the Schools of Education, Business, Government, and Medicine. His seminal books, The Evolving Self and In Over Our Heads, have been published in several languages throughout the world.
With long-time colleague, Lisa Lahey, he is also the author of How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work, and Immunity to Change. Kegan and Lahey are credited with a breakthrough discovery of a hidden dynamic which impedes personal and organizational transformation. This work has now found its way into the core practice of leaders and senior teams in educational, business, and governmental institutions in the United States, Europe, and Asia. They recently received from Boston University the Gislason Award for exceptional contributions to organizational leadership, joining past recipients Warren Bennis, Peter Senge, and Edgar Schein. Kegan and Lahey have served as invited faculty at the annual Davos Conference sponsored by the World Economic Forum, and their work was featured in the January, 2009 issue of Oprah. The Shanghai Daily News named Immunity to Change the Number #1 Business Book in 2009.