"On a much more elevated scale, I was totally absorbed by [Distinguished Fellow] Warren Bennis's Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership," said James Kristie, editor and associate publisher, Directors & Boards on an article on Fast Company where leaders of NGOs and corporate social responsibility divisions are reading. "One of the truly renowned tracers of 'the DNA of leadership,' a term this much-credentialed USC professor uses to describe his research into the rulers of the corporate and nonprofit worlds in his decades-long quest to understand what it is that makes these leaders tick…….
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Schell – NY Times – China reading list
The work of Senior Fellow Orville Schell was featured in a blog on the New York Times titled "China: A Reading List." The author of the blog, David Leonhardt, cited the work of Schell when the author was preparing for a trip to China and wanted to be well-versed in a variety of materials written about the country…….
“Warren, Do You Have a Minute?”
For the past sixty years–before a strategic acquisition, during an international crisis, or after four years in college, one question has been asked by CEO's, presidents, and students alike. "Warren, do you have a minute?" Six words, perhaps better than any other, summarize the life of USC professor and CCLP Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis, "the founding father of the modern leadership movement." At an October 6th event hosted by the Center on Communication Leadership & Policy, the leadership guru spent a few minutes with USC students, faculty and staff to share stories from his latest book, Still Surprised: A Memoir……