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:……
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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 cited in Cole article about Anarachy in management
American Public Media's "Marketplace" ran a commentary by K.C. Cole of the USC Annenberg School about the benefits of a relaxed management style. Cole interviewed Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis for her piece. "Smart leaders gather great people and simply let them do. No bulky chains of command. Few rules and lots of play. Failure encouraged. Persuasion valued over coercion," is what Bennis believes makes leaders successful in their environment…….
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…….
Bennis’ leadership psychology cited in The Economist
Research, by Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis, about the "science of neuroleadership" is cited in the article "Mens sana in corporation sano" in The Economist…….
Bennis Offers Candid Assessment of Leadership & General McChrystal
Distinguished CCLP Fellow Warren Bennis was interviewed for The Washington Post's "On Leadership" section of the paper's website, offering his opinion on the forced resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal by President Barack Obama. In his piece, Bennis discusses the abrupt change of leadership in the war in Afghanistan and how it could effect the outcome of the ongoing nine year conflict. Gen. McChrystal was removed from his position leading all military forces in Operation Enduring Freedom on Wednesday after the publication of negative comments he and his aides made in an article in Rolling Stone magazine about the current Presidential……
Warren Bennis video from Imagining the Future of Leadership
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…….
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…….