Background
Bennis, Warren Gameliel was born on March 8, 1925 in New York City. Son of Philip and Rachel (Landau) Bennis.
Bennis, Warren Gameliel was born on March 8, 1925 in New York City. Son of Philip and Rachel (Landau) Bennis.
AB, Antioch College, 1951. Degree in Economic (honorary), London School of Economics, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Xavier University, Cincinnati, 1972. Doctor of Laws (honorary), George Washington University, 1977. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hebrew Union College, 1974.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Kansas State University, 1979. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Louisville, 1977. Doctor of Science (honorary), Pacific Graduate School Psychology, 1987.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Governor's State University, 1991. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Doan College, 1993. Doctor of Laws (honorary), London Business School, 2004.
Warren G. Bennis is a Distinguished Professor of Business Administration at the Marshall School and Founding Chairman of the Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California. He served several years on the faculty of M.I.T. He has also served for many years on the faculty of MIT's Sloan School of Management and as a faculty member at Harvard University and Boston Universitiy. When Bennis was in the Sloan School of Management at MIT, he, like Abraham Maslow and Briton Charles Handy, came under the strong influence of the ideas of Douglas McGregor and his theory of X and Y. Like Maslow, he tried to apply the theory in practice, Y (improving the outdated system of the University of Buffalo in the second half of the 1960s), and realized that the theory does not work if you do not tighten the frame structure, management and control. He has received 12 honorary degrees and has served on numerous boards of advisers, including Claremont University, American Leadership Forum, the American Chamber of Commerce and the Salk Institute.
When W. Bennis worked in a laboratory dedicated to research of small groups (especially the T-group), and then became interested in organizational development and the types of changes in society and how to adapt the organization. The next phase of his career was devoted to the practical implementation of their own ideas about leadership in the university administration. Subsequently, again taking a scientific position, W. Bennis studied the nature of leadership and its critical role in organizations operating in a changing world: his views are acquired messianic and often subjected to criticism.
Bestseller "Leaders: Strategies to make independent decisions" was written in 1985, together with Bert Nanusom and earned him worldwide recognition as an expert on leadership. W. Bennis studied 90 individuals from various sectors of U.S. society, from astronaut Neil Armstrong, coach sports teams, orchestras and conductors to businessmen and identified four essential features, or "competence", the leader common to all - the ability to control attention, the significance of the problem in team, trust, and other. Four key skills identified Bennis in 1985 when studying very well-known personalities of 90 successful U.S. are:
- Management Focus
- Management of significance
- Management of the trust
- Management of a.
The Financial Times recently named Leaders as one of the top 50 business books of all time.
In 2007, the magazine «Business Week» Bennis called one of the ten professors in management, which had the greatest influence on the formation of the current business thinking. Warren has received 20 honorary degrees from various universities, which also was a member of numerous advisory boards.
The Leaning Ivory Tower (1974)
The Temporary Society (1968)
The Unconscious Conspiracy: Why Leaders Can't Lead (1976)
Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge (1985)
On Becoming a Leader (1989)
On Becoming a Leader: The Leadership Classic--Updated and Expanded (2003)
Organizing Genius (1998)
Geeks and Geezers: How Era, Values and Defining Moments Shape Leaders (2002)
Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor (2008)
Managing People Is Like Herding Cats (1999)
Why Leaders Can't Lead: The Unconscious Conspiracy Continues (1989)
Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership (2010)
An Invented Life: Reflections On Leadership And Change (1994)
Member President' White House Task Force on Science Policy, 1960-1970. Member Federal Aviation Administration study task force United States Department Transportation, 1975. Member advisory committee New York State Joint Legislation Committee Higher Education, 1970-1971.
Member Ohio Governor's Business and Employment Council, 1972-1974. Member panel on alternate approaches to graduate education Council Graduate Schools and Graduate Record-Exam Board, 1971-1973. Chairman National Advisory Commission on Higher Education for Police Officers, 1976-1978.
Advisory board National Institutes of Health, 1978-1984. Trustee Colorado Rocky Mountains School, 1978-1982. Board directors American Leadership Forum, 1984-1989.
Member visiting committee for Humanities Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975-1981. Trustee Antioch College, Salk Institute. Chairman advisory board Harvard University Center for Public Leadership.
Captain Army of the United States, World World War World War II. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences (co-chairman policy council 1969-1971), American Management Association (director 1974-1977), United States Chamber of Commerce (advisory group scholars).
Married Clurie Williams, March 30, 1962 (divorced 1983). Children: Katharine, John Leslie, Will Martin. Married Mary Jane O'Donnell, March 8, 1988 (divorced 1991).
Married Grace Gabe, November 29, 1992.