About Barbara Kellerman
Barbara Kellerman earned her PhD in Political Science at Yale University in 1975. Early in her career she held academic and administrative positions at Fordham University, Tufts University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and George Washington University. From 1998-2000, she was the Director of the Center for Advanced Study of Leadership, James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland. Since 2000, Dr. Kellerman has been affiliated with the Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School, serving as Founding Executive Director (2000-2003), Research Director (2003-2006), and James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Public Leadership. Barbara Kellerman has a distinguished publication record in leadership studies. She has authored or co-authored, edited or co-edited sixteen books. Among her recent, highly influential books: Followership: How Followers are Creating Change and Changing Leaders (2008). The End of Leadership (2012) and Hard Times: Leadership in America (2014). Barbara Kellerman has received numerous recognitions. She was ranked by Forbes.com among the “Top 50 Business Thinkers” and by Leadership Excellence in the top 15 of “thought leaders in management and leadership.” The Financial Times listed The End of Leadership as one of the Best Business Books of 2012, and Choice highlighted it as essential reading. The International Leadership Association awarded Dr. Kellerman a Leadership Legacy Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2016.
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