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Dear friends,

Come join us to hear a fresh perspective on leader cognition entitled:

Leader Cognition: Uncovering Unthought, Unseen, Unsaid, and Unremembered

This interactive symposium will be an interesting venue during which we will be sharing new thoughts on the unthought, unseen, unsaid and unremembered, scheduled on Tuesday, Aug 14 2018, from 9:45AM to 11:15AM at the Swissôtel Chicago in Montreux 3, during the 78^th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.

Discussant: Konstantin Korotov, ESMT European School of Management and Technology 
Presenter: Erik Van De Loo, INSEAD 
Presenter: Roger Lehman, INSEAD 
Presenter: Lara Tcholakian, Vrije U. Amsterdam 
Presenter: Marilieke Engbers, Vrije U. Amsterdam 
Presenter: Lee White, INSEAD 
Presenter: Zoe Kinias, INSEAD 
Presenter: Michael Jarrett, INSEAD 
Presenter: Svetlana Khapova, Vrije U. Amsterdam 

This symposium addresses the unthought, unseen, unsaid and unremembered – all of which shape the thinking, decision-making, and behaviors of leaders in the boardroom, in organizations, and as individuals. These are conscious and unconscious processes that shape leaders' cognition and can "improve lives" of the organizational stakeholders or make their lives measurable. Making leaders aware of their personal cognitive (conscious and unconscious) processes can enable their personal development. It can also help leaders to become more aware of the effects they make on their employees and organizations. This symposium brings together international scholars whose scholarly mission is to understand conscious and unconscious processes of leaders. Specifically, the first paper of the symposium addresses effects of the transmission of collective trauma, i.e., genocide, on leader development, and mechanisms through which the collective trauma can shape leader cognition. The second paper addresses how what is not said in boardrooms, but is felt by board members, can set in motion a 'spiral of unsaid known' between board members, and lead to inefficient board processes. In turn, the third paper addresses how focusing on the unconscious, what is unthought or unsaid, can influence self-awareness and identity development in participants of executive programs. The final paper calls for a wider consideration of leaders' unconscious mental life by management scholars, and presents an overview of theories that can help to advance research on the topic. With this symposium, we aim to inspire a fresh scholarly debate concerned with leader cognition and specifically concerned with conscious and unconscious individual and group cognitive processes. We also aim to inspire a new wave of (executive) management education that would help participants to address and discover their unthought, unseen, unsaid and unremembered, towards becoming better leaders.

Pre-registration is not necessary.

For more information, please visit: https://my.aom.org/program2018/SessionDetails.aspx?sid=12859, or contact one of the organizers: Lara Tcholakian (l.a.tcholakian@student.vu.nl), Marilieke Engbers (m.j.e.engbers@vu.nl), or Svetlana Khapova (s.n.khapova@vu.nl).

We look forward to seeing you!

Lara Tcholakian
Vrije U. Amsterdam
Department of Management & Organisation
School of Business and Economics