CCLP Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis was a guest of Harvard University and the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Bennis imparted his advice to an eager audience during the series Imagining the Future of Leadership hosted at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. To watch all the speakers from this series, visit Imagining the Future of Leadership at WorldNews…….
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Bennis – BizZone Internet Social Media
Business Zone has published an article that examines how the work of Warren Bennis, Distinguished Fellow, has predicted the rise of social media and its influences on the journalistic world…….
On Leadership – National inflection points
The Washington Post ran an op-ed by Warren Bennis of the USC Marshall School and Distinguished Fellow about college presidents embracing new technology and innovative teaching techniques. "Having just completed a national search to find a successor to USC's president, Steven B. Sample, I had the opportunity to review countless resumes and interview a fair number of sitting presidents and provosts," Bennis wrote. He added that it's no accident the person chosen was USC President-Elect C.L. Max Nikias, "a doctorate in electrical engineering and a maven of all manner of innovative technologies and teaching methods."……
Annual Fellows Luncheon highlights CCLP impact in a variety of fields
Geoffrey Cowan (left) and Warren Bennis at the Annual Fellows Luncheon held at the University of Southern California. Faculty, staff and friends of the Center on Communication Leadership and Policy (CCLP) gathered for the second Annual Fellows Luncheon to honor senior, faculty, research, law, graduate and junior fellows. Following welcoming remarks from managing director Geoffrey Baum and director Geoffrey Cowan, guests and honorees listened as select fellows described projects and accomplishments during the 2009-2010 academic year. Distinguished fellow, noted author and leadership scholar Warren Bennis was the featured guest, offering observations about the rising importance of the communication field…….
Warren Bennis
Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis is the founding chairman of USC's Leadership Institute, distinguished professor of business administration at the USC Marshall School of Business and advisory board chairman of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard's Kennedy School. For the past 14 years, he and USC President Steven B. Sample have taught an honors class, "The Art and Adventure of Leadership." One of the world's foremost experts on leadership, Bennis has written 30 books and numerous articles on leadership, change and creative collaboration. His book, Leaders, was designated by the Financial Times as one of the Top 50 Business Books……
P&G’s Cultural Revolution
BNET cited Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis in an article by Noel Tichy, who co-wrote "Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls" with Bennis. "I've written 12 books on leadership and my co-author, Warren Bennis, has written 37. What we've learned after spending all this time with CEOs is that judgment is a process. Business leaders don't make decisions in a blink; that's for firefighters and ER nurses," Tichy wrote…….
Business book reviews
The Dallas Morning News ran a review of "The Essential Bennis" by Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis. The review stated that Bennis has compiled his insights of more than 50 years into one volume, including what he identifies as four core competencies gifted leaders have in abundance: adaptive capacity, the ability to engage others in a shared vision, a distinctive voice, and integrity…….
Sizing Up Leadership In The Face Of Crisis
Investor's Business Daily featured Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis, recognizing him as a trailblazer in the field of leadership studies. "Bennis has advised five U.S. presidents, sold millions of books and published thousands of articles," the story noted. "Leaders have a creative idea to get out of the ordinary and set goals for the unknown," Bennis said. "It takes a certain kind of courage and confidence. They have an idea for the possibility of being big."……