Background
White, B. Joseph was born in 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
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A great leader is a truly unique animal, possessing both the warmth of a mammal and the cold-blooded toughness of a reptile Enlightening, encouraging, and filled with incredible anecdotes from the author's own experience, The Nature of Leadership explores these characteristics, with examples of leaders ranging from tough-minded Lou Gerstner at IBM to mammalian leaders like Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines and Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach for America. Key features Contains anecdotes from the author's own experiences, including his participation in the landmark University of Michigan affirmative action Supreme Court case, as well as lessons he learned from meeting world-famous figures like former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Bishop Desmond Tutu Unique, approachable metaphor to describe different kinds of leadership styles. The author points to both successes and failures (his own as well as those of his subjects) and describes eloquently how mammalian, reptilian, and other attributes contributed to those outcomes Uncommon in leadership books is the idea of visionary succession planning being a hallmark of a great leader. White illustrates how the best succession planning recognises the importance of both mammalian and reptilian characteristics
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White, B. Joseph was born in 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Georgetown University, 1969. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1975.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Wabash College, 2003.
With Cummins Engine Company Inc. Professor, University Michigan Business School, 1987—2004, dean business administration Ann Arbor, 1991—2001. Interim president University Michigan, 2002, Wilbur K. Pierpont Collegiate professor leadership in management education, professor business administration Business School, 2002—2005.
James F. Towey professor, business & leadership, College Business, Urbana-Champaign University Illinois, president, 2005—2009. Board directors Kelly Services, Inc. Member Chicago 2016 Olympics Evaluation Committee.
Board directors American Council on Education, National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Managing director Fred Alger Management, Inc. Board governors Argonne National Laboratory.
Board trustees Equity Residential, since 1993.
(A great leader is a truly unique animal, possessing both ...)
Member of University Illinois (honorary. President), Betta Gamma Sigma, Phi Betta Kappa.
Married Mary White.