Jack Keogh

Jack Keogh is an internationally known executive coach and author. He specializes in leadership development, multicultural teams, and cross-cultural communication. He consults to corporations around the world. Jack, a native of Dublin, Ireland, has resided in six different countries including Ireland, Spain, Mexico, Italy, Gabon, and the United States. He spent the first 20 years of his career with the Legionaries of Christ, a controversial religious congregation, founded in Mexico. He now resides in Delaware, in the United States.

Jack Keogh deja su casa en Dublín, Irlanda, para seguir el sueño de transformar el mundo con el Padre Maciel y los Legionarios de Cristo. Pronto se encuentra en un mundo de contradicciones: las chozas de África y las casas de las familias mas pudientes de México y Estados Unidos; su devoción personal a Cristo y las políticas del poder; su voto de pobreza y el gusto de su superior, el P. Marcial Maciel por el lujo; su espíritu aventurero y los votos de obediencia, caridad y castidad.

His memoir "Driving Straight on Crooked Lines: How an Irishman found his heart and nearly lost his mind" covers twenty years of his life from adolescence in Dublin, Ireland to adulthood as a Legionary of Christ and his transition to a new life as husband, father, and management consultant. Both the Legion of Christ and the controversial founder Fr. Marcial Maciel are covered in the memoir, but it is not about them. It is Jack's story told with a subjective, non-judgmental outlook.

As Executive Director of a respected Non Governmental Organization (NGO) in New York, he worked with international corporations and the European Union to create and direct a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the conflict in Ireland through economic development.

Jack has studied in Spain and Italy, holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from universities in those countries and is fluent in their languages. He makes many presentations internationally, delivers leadership workshops, and consults on global human capital development issues. Jack is well known in mobility management and Human Resources circles in the USA, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America where he is a highly regarded and sought after consultant and speaker.

De verdad, Jack termina tratando de transformar el mundo, y en el proceso, cambia a si mismo. Como resultado, regresa para construir un nuevo hogar y familia.

Para cualquier persona interesada en el mundo en vías de desarrollo, la iglesia Católica, la teoría organizacional, o la comunicación intercultural, "La Historia de un Legionario de Cristo irlandés" ofrece enseñanzas inspiradoras - e invita a los lectores a hacer su propio viaje personal y emocionante.

Jack trabajó en Irlanda, México, España, Italia y, por último, en Gabón, África Occidental Central. Nos habla de su decisión de retirarse de la Congregación y de la forma en que logro su transición a una nueva vida.

Durante veinte años su vida estaba entrelazada con la Legión, y su polémico fundador Marcial Maciel, y, aunque el P. Maciel y Los Legionarios de Cristo figuran en su relato, esta es la historia de Jack. Como tal, nos cuenta de sus experiencias con sinceridad y el humor irlandés que le caracteriza.