| Barbara Kellerman of Harvard University to talk about changes in the leadership industry Barbara Kellerman, a leadership professor from Harvard University's Center for Public Leadership, will give a public lecture on "Changing Times: Leadership Studies and the Leadership Industry" at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 8, at the Carlson School's 3M Auditorium, 321 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis.
In her speech, Kellerman will discuss her observations of how the study of leadership, the pedagogy of leadership, and the money-making leadership industry have evolved over the last 25 years. She also will comment on what she considers are the skills and capacities associated with leadership in the 21st century. Kellerman's speech is the keynote address at the 2007 Leadership Scholarship Conference hosted by the Center for Integrative Leadership at the University of Minnesota. Though the general conference is not open to the public, Kellerman's keynote is free and all are invited. A reception will immediately follow.
Kellerman has served as executive director and research director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. She also has held professorships at Fordham, Tufts, Farleigh Dickinson, George Washington, and Uppsala Universities. She further served as dean of graduate studies and research at Fairleigh Dickinson and as director of the Center for the Advanced Study of Leadership at the Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland. Kellerman has authored and co-authored many books on leadership, including, most recently, Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters, and a co-edited volume, Women & Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for Change. Her forthcoming book, Followership: How Followers Create Change and Change Leaders, will appear in January 2008.
The Center for Integrative Leadership brings together policy minds from all sectors to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems, such as international terrorism, disease prevention, world hunger, and poverty. The center is the first of its kind in the country to be jointly managed by a business school—the Carlson School of Management—and a school of public affairs—the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
The event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested. To register, contact Sara Radjenovic, radje002@umn.edu, (612) 624-8913.
October 23, 2007
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