Overview

The Psychologists for Peace Interest Group is pleased to invite you to a presentation by Professor Zeynep Aycan, an outstanding scholar on leadership.

Leadership failures are often attributed to poor leaders, yet many stem from a deeper problem: the persistence of cultures that concentrate power, discourage voice, and create dependency rather than shared responsibility. This talk argues that addressing today’s complex social and organizational challenges requires a fundamental shift from a culture of power to a culture of empowerment.

Drawing on research in leadership, organizational behaviour, and cross-cultural psychology, Zeynep will present a next generation view of leadership as the collective and ethical process of creating the conditions under which people can learn, contribute, and adapt together. The talk introduces the GROWTH framework, which outlines how organizations can cultivate meaningful goals, psychological safety, shared leadership, and empowerment-oriented practices that enable people to thrive.

This perspective has important implications for peace supporting leadership. Sustainable peace depends not only on resolving conflict but also on creating environments where people feel heard, respected, and able to participate constructively in decisions that affect them. By reducing fear, fostering trust, and distributing leadership more broadly, empowerment cultures can strengthen dialogue, inclusion, and cooperation across differences.

The session invites participants to explore how psychologists can contribute to building organizations and communities that support both human flourishing and sustainable peace.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this event, participants should be able to:

• develop an understanding of next-generation leadership using the GROWTH framework.
• identify how organizations can cultivate meaningful goals, psychological safety, shared leadership, and empowerment oriented practices that enable people to thrive.
• identify how psychologists can contribute to building organizations and communities that support both human flourishing and sustainable peace.

Presenter(s)

Professor Zeynep Aycan

About the presenter(s)

Professor Zeynep Aycan is Professor of International Business and Organisational Behaviour and Director of Global External Engagement at Loughborough University, UK. Her research interests include the impact of culture on HRM practices, leadership and work-life balance. Her most recent research focus is on empowering and green leadership. Aycan has published six books, numerous book chapters and peer reviewed journal articles/research articles and has received many awards for her research, publications and teaching. She was recognized as one of the top 2% of scientists globally by Stanford University’s ranking based on career-long data and single recent year (2023). Aycan is currently the President of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP). She is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and the Association for Psychological Sciences (APS). She is also a Research Fellow at the Center for Global Workforce Strategy, Simon Fraser University.

Notes

Target Audience

This event is aimed at all psychologists and other professionals interested in current approaches to leadership.

Please note:

• This is a Member Groups event. All communication will be sent to the registrants’ registered email address. This includes event reminders with details (such as the Zoom link) and any pre-event or post-event resources, if provided by the facilitators.
• A post-event email will be sent within two weeks of the event’s completion to each registrant’s registered email address. This email will include the CPD certificate, event-recording, and any additional resources shared during the session.

Duration of Access

This event will be recorded. The recording will be emailed to all registered within 2 weeks post event and available for viewing up to 90 days.

CPD

It is up to attendees to assess and determine how learning from this event aligns with the requirements of their learning plan. The providers accordingly do not make any representation that the event counts towards attendees’ CPD learning requirements. If an attendee determines themselves that the learning they complete aligns to their learning plan, then they can decide to count those hours towards their CPD requirements for the registration cycle.

The information in this presentation has been prepared in good faith and for educational purposes only. Therefore, the information is general in nature and should not be relied upon in the treatment of any condition and you should seek your own independent professional and/or legal advice concerning any specific issue. The APS accepts no responsibility for any errors, omissions or decisions relating to the information. The content should not be reproduced without permission or unless permitted by law.

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