Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis' leadership lessons were featured in an article in the Southern Business Journal entitled "Authenticity: The confidence connection."……
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Bennis On Leadership ILA Panel
The The Washington Post's summarized a recent presentation by Warren Bennis, CCLP Distinguished Fellow. The presentation was part of the International Leadership Association's webinar series and provided a revealing look into Dr. Bennis's personal journey through leadership. This article can be found in the On Leadership section of WaPo's website…….
Understanding the stakeholders
One of the key findings the 2010 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government survey is that worker satisfaction is more profoundly affected by perceptions of top management than by their immediate supervisor. What lessons can top leaders in the public and private sector glean from this? Dr. Warren Bennis answers the question in the Washington Post's section On Leadership…….
Excerpt from Bennis’ Still Surprised
The latest work by Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis, Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership has been creating a great amount of attention in the literary world. Critics have praised Bennis' candid recounts of the lessons he has learned through his 85 years of leadership. BusinessWeek has published an edited excerpt from Still Surprised, and in it, Bennis writes of his first "crucibles", a cornerstone to his leadership practices and teachings:……
How an Expert Took the Lead
In his latest book Still Surprised, CCLP Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis reflects on his own path to leadership. The memoir traces the lessons he learned growing up in working class New Jersey, fighting in World War II, and running the University of Cincinnati. The Wall Street Journal reviewed the book, available now through Jossey-Bass:……
Bennis profiled in WaPo article for new memoir
Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis has been garnering more attention as his memoir Still Surprised has come to bookshelves everywhere. In this week's "On Leadership" section of the The Washington Post website, reporter Howard Gardner reflects on how his personal relationship with Bennis and the lessons Bennis has shared on leadership have affected the reporter's life and his ability to lead. Bennis' profile can be read on the WaPo's website…….
Bennis previews upcoming memoir, Still Surprised
In this video from Jossey-Bass, Warren Bennis, CCLP Distinguished Fellow, discusses his upcoming memoir Still Surprised. He touches on his experiences "learning leadership," what he thinks readers should take away from the book, and what he believes will be his legacy…….
Bennis comments on WaPo’s Top Secret America Investigation
This week, the Washington Post released an extensive two-year investigative report entitled Top Secret America. This report, led by Dana Priest and William M. Arkin examines the US infrastructure of national security and intelligence. The "system so big, so complex and so hard to manage, no one really knows if it's fulfilling its most important purpose: keeping its citizens safe," according to the release. Upon the release of the report, Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis shared his thoughts with "On Leadership" on the Washington Post website:……
Bennis on the Leadership of Steinbrenner
"George Steinbrenner's success can be summed in one word: Dollars," is how Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis describes the leadership of Yankees owner, the late George Steinbrenner, who passed away earlier this week. "Steinbrenner's leadership was costly…Hiring and firing managers at will can only be done with [his] personal wealth…" But Bennis recognizes that Steinbrenner's leadership was not all about the money. In order to be successful, Steinbrenner had to possess the ability to lead his team, even though he was not on the field. "One example of 'leadership rules' that could simply be called 'grown up' manners is that exemplary……
Bennis at USC Architecture Exec Ed
Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis will be a guest speaker at the USC Architecture Executive Education program in July, lecturing on the power of credibility and the role of leadership in a creative environment…….