A Leader's LegacyISBN: 978-0-7879-8296-6
Hardcover
208 pages
August 2006, Jossey-Bass
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Jim and Barry were named Management/Leadership Educators of the Year by the International Management Council and received from them the prestigious Wilbur M. McFeely Award. This honor puts them in the company of Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Peter Drucker, Edward Deming, Frances Hesselbein, Lee Iacocca, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Norman Vincent Peale, and Tom Peters, who are all past recipients of the award. In the book Coaching for Leadership they were listed among the nation’s top leadership educators. Jim and Barry are frequent conference speakers and each has conducted leadership development programs for hundreds of organizations, including Apple, Applied Materials, ARCO, AT&T, Australia Post, Bank of America, Bose, Charles Schwab, Cisco Systems, Community Leadership Association, Conference Board of Canada, Consumers Energy, Dell Computer, Deloitte Touche, Egon Zehnder International, Federal Express, Gymboree, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals, Lawrence Livermore National Labs, L. L. Bean, 3M, Merck, Mervyn’s, Motorola, Network Appliance, Northrop Grumman, Roche Bioscience, Siemens, Sun Microsystems, Toyota, the U.S. Postal Service, United Way, and VISA.
Jim Kouzes is a popular seminar and conference speaker
who shares his insights about the leadership practices that
contribute to high performance in individuals and organizations,
leaving his audiences inspired with practical leadership tools and
tips that they can apply at work, at home, and in their
communities. Not only is he a highly regarded leadership scholar
and an experienced executive, the Wall Street Journal has
cited him as one of the twelve most requested nonuniversity
executive educators in the United States.
Jim is currently an Executive Fellow at the Center for Innovation
and Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University. He previously
served as president, CEO, and chairman of the Tom Peters Company
(1988–1999) and prior to that led the Executive Development
Center at Santa Clara University (1981–1987). Jim founded the
Joint Center for Human Services Development at San Jose State
University (1972–1980) and was on the staff of the School of
Social Work, University of Texas. His career in training and
development began in 1969 when he conducted seminars for Community
Action Agency staff and volunteers in the “war on
poverty” effort. Following graduation from Michigan State
University (B.A. with honors in political science), he served as a
Peace Corps volunteer (1967–1969). Jim also received a
certificate from San Jose State University’s School of
Business for completion of the internship in organization
development.
Jim can be reached at [email protected].
Barry Posner is dean of the Leavey School of Business and
professor of leadership at Santa Clara University (in Silicon
Valley, California), where he has received numerous Kouzes.babout
teaching and innovation awards. An internationally renowned scholar
and educator, Barry is author or coauthor of more than a hundred
research and practitioner-focused articles. He currently serves on
the editorial review boards for Leadership and Organizational
Development, Leadership Review, and the International
Journal of Servant-Leadership. Barry is a warm and engaging
conference speaker and dynamic workshop facilitator.
Barry received his baccalaureate degree with honors from the
University of California, Santa Barbara, in political science, his
master’s degree from The Ohio State University in public
administration, and his doctoral degree from the University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, in organizational behavior and
administrative theory. Having consulted with a wide variety of
public and private sector organizations around the globe, Barry
currently sits on the boards of directors of Advanced Energy
(NASDAQ: AEIS), the San Jose Repertory Theatre, and EMQ Family
& Children Services. He has served previously on the board of
the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Junior Achievement of
Silicon Valley and Monterey Bay, Public Allies, Big Brothers/Big
Sisters of Santa Clara County, the Center for Excellence in
Nonprofits, Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, and several start-up
companies. Barry can be reached at [email protected].
More information about Jim and Barry, their work, and their
services, can be found at their Web site:
www.theleadershipchallenge.com.