BARBARA KELLERMAN
Center for Public Leadership Harvard Kennedy School 79 J. F.K. Street Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617) 495-7570; Fax: (617) 496-3337 Email: [email protected] Web: https://barbarakellerman.com/ Blog: www.barbarakellerman/com/blog/
Academic Positions
James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Public Leadership Harvard Kennedy School, 2006 – present
Visiting Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, 2010 (fall), 2012 (spring), 2014 (spring), 2015 (spring)
Visiting Senior Scholar, Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, New York University, 2012-13
Visiting Professor of Leadership, Dartmouth College, 2010 (fall)
Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School, 2000 - 2006
Research Director, Center for Public Leadership Harvard Kennedy School, 2003-2006
Founding Executive Director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School, 2000-2003
Director, Center for the Advanced Study of Leadership James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership University of Maryland, 1998-2000
Fulbright Chair in American Studies Uppsala University, Sweden, 1996-7
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Visiting Professor of Political Science George Washington University, 1990-1
Dean of Graduate Studies and Research. Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1987-90
Professor of Political Science, Institute for Leadership Studies, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1982-91
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Institute for Leadership Studies, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1980-82
Coordinator, Decision Making Program Assistant Professor of Political Science Tufts University, 1978-80
Assistant Professor of Political Science Tufts University, 1976-80
Assistant Professor of Political Science Fordham University, 1975-6
Education
Ph.D., Political Science, Yale University, 1975 M.Phil., Yale University, Political Science, 1972 M.A., Yale University, Russian and East European Studies, 1971 B.A., Sarah Lawrence College, 1969
Fellowships and Grants
Fulbright Fellowship, Chair in American Studies, Uppsala University, 1996-7
Fulbright Fellowship, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1986-7 (declined)
Scholar-in-Residence, Rockefeller Foundation Study Center, Bellagio, 1983
Fulbright Fellowship, Extension Grant, Norway and Sweden, 1973
Fulbright Fellowship, University of Bonn, 1972-3
Danforth Graduate Fellowship, 1969-75
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Books
How to Read a Leader: Parsing People in Power Before, During, and After, in progress
Leaders Who Lust: Power, Money, Sex, Success, Legitimacy & Legacy, co-author with Todd Pittinsky (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
Professionalizing Leadership (Oxford University Press, 2018)
Hard Times: Leadership in America (Stanford University Press, 2014)
The End of Leadership (HarperCollins, 2012)
Leadership: Essential Selections on Power, Authority, and Influence, Editor and Commentator (McGraw-Hill, 2010)
Followership: How Followers Are Creating Change and Changing Leaders (Harvard Business School Press, 2008)
Women and Leadership: State of Play and Strategies for Change, Coeditor and contributor with Deborah Rhode (Jossey-Bass, 2007)
Bad Leadership: What It Is, Why It Happens, How It Matters (Harvard Business School Press, 2004)
Reinventing Leadership: Making the Connection between Politics and Business (State University of New York Press, 1999)
Cutting Edge: Leadership 2000 (coeditor with Larraine Matusak and contributor, Academy of Leadership, 1999)
The President as World Leader (with Ryan Barilleux, St. Martin’s Press, 1991)
Leadership and Negotiation in the Middle East,(coeditor with Jeffrey Rubin, and contributor, Praeger, 1988)
Political Leadership: A Source Book, editor (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1986)
Women Leaders in American Politics, coeditor with James David Barber (Prentice-Hall, 1986)
The Political Presidency: Practice of Leadership (Oxford University Press, 1984)
Leadership: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, editor and contributor (Prentice-Hall, 1984)
All the Presidents Kin: Their Political Roles (Free Press, 1981, hardcover; New York University Press, 1984, paper)
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Making Decisions, with Percy Hill et al (Addison-Wesley, 1979)
Willy Brandt: Portrait of the Leader as a Young Politician, Unpublished Dissertation, Yale University
Articles and Chapters (Selected)
“Responsible Followership” in Responsible Leadership, editors Nicola Pless and Thomas Maak, Routledge, 2020.
“The Future of Followership,” Emerald Insights, August 2019.
“Leadership and Lactation” in Women’s Leadership Journeys: Attributes, Style, and Impact, Sherylle Tan and Lisa DeFrank-Cole, eds, Routledge, 2018
“The Importance of Being Expert – Contextually Expert” in The European Business Review, January/February 2017
“Women at the Top: The Pipeline as Pipedream” in About Campus, January 2017. (Co- author with Deborah Rhode)
“Consequences of Context: Political Leadership and Followership” in John Storey, et al eds, The Routledge Companion to Leadership, Routledge, 2017
“The Heart of Darkness” in More than Managing, Lawrence Hoffman, ed., Turner, 2016
“Leadership – It’s a System, Not a Person” Daedalus, 2016
“Leadership and Change: Convergence and Divergence between the United States and Russia” John Storey et al, eds, Routledge Companion to Leadership, 2016
“Limits on Leadership,” Capitol Ideas, July/August 2014
“Women at the Top: The Pipeline Reconsidered” (coauthored with Deborah Rhode) in Karen Longman and Susan Madsen, eds. Women and Leadership in Higher Education, Information Age Publication, 2014
“Meeting in the Middle,” Leadership Excellence, 2013
“Leading Androgynously,” Women’s Policy Journal of Harvard, Harvard Kennedy School, 2013
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“Cut Off at the Pass: The Limits of Leadership in the 21st Century,” Brookings, August, 2012
“What Every Leader Needs to Know about Followers,” Harvard Business Review OnPoint, Fall, 2012 (reprint)
“Heavy Lifting: Leading in Modern Times,” The Ivey Business Review, September 2012 “Closing the Gap – Between Leaders and Followers,” The European Business Review, November/December 2012
“The End of Leadership – Redux,” Leadership, 2012
“Viable Options” (coauthored with Deborah Rhode) in William Rosenbach, Robert Taylor, and Mark Youndt, Contemporary Issues in Leadership, Westview, 2011
“Becoming Leadership Literate – A Core Curriculum” in Scott Snook et al, Handbook for Teaching Leadership, Sage, 2011
“Shooting an Elephant” – or Why Be Leadership Literate” in Leadership Excellence, February 2011
“Ties That Bind” in James L. Perry, ed., The Jossey-Bass Reader on Nonprofit and Public Leadership (Jossey-Bass, 2009.
“The Importance of Doing Nothing: The Case of Nazi Germany” in Guido Houben and Tim Rusche, eds., Leadership as a Vocation, Nomos, 2008
“What Every Leader Needs to Know – About Followers” in Harvard Business Review, December 2007
“When Should a Leader Apologize – and When Not” in Harvard Business Review, April 2006
“How Bad Leadership Happens” in Leader to Leader, Winter, 2005
“Leadership – Warts and All” in Harvard Business Review, January 2004
“Public Leaders: Riding a New Tiger,” coauthor with David Gergen in For the Public Good: Can We Fix Public Service?, John Donahue and Joseph Nye, Jr., editors (Brookings, 2003)
“You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby – and You’ve Got Miles to Go” in The Difference ‘Difference’ Makes, Deborah Rhode, editor (Stanford University Press, 2002)
“The Recent Literature on Public Leadership: Reviewed and Considered.” Coauthor with Scott Webster in Leadership Quarterly. December 2001
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“Required Reading” in Harvard Business Review, December 2001
“The Enabler” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Fall, 1998
“Making a Difference at the International Level: The American President as World Leader” in Gabriel Sheffer, ed. Innovative Leaders in International Politics (State University of New York Press, 1993) “Presidential Kinfolk” in Encyclopedia for the American Presidency (Simon and Schuster, 1994)
“Leadership Skills” in Encyclopedia for the American Presidency (Simon and Schuster, 1994)
“The President Abroad: Leadership at the International Level” in Leadership Quarterly, Spring, 1991
“Leadership for a Shrinking Planet” in National Forum, Winter, 1991
“Nixon-in-the-Box” in The World and I, August 1990
“Leadership in American Culture” in Promoting Quality Through Leadership, Association for Institutional Research, 1989
“A President is a President is a President” in Leadership Abstracts, November 1988
“Mentoring in Political Life: the Case of Willy Brandt” in Angus McIntyre, editor, Aging and Political Leadership, (Oxford University Press, 1988)
“The Politics of Leadership in America: Implications for Higher Education in the Late 20th Century” in National Center for Postsecondary Government and Finance, College Park, MD, 1988 (Report No. OP 88:1)
“Leaders and Leaders: Nine Soviet-American Summits,” in Thomas Cronin and Michael Bechloss, editors, Essays in Honor of James MacGregor Burns, (Prentice-Hall, 1988)
“Raising Issues of Style as Well as Substance” in Negotiation Journal, July, 1987
“Introversion in the Oval Office” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Spring, 1983.
Introduction to Donald Johnson et al, editors, in Building a Responsive Society: Needs Assessment: Theory and Methods (Iowa State University Press, 1987)
“Allison Redux: Three More Decision-Making Models” in Polity, Spring, 1983
“Political Scientists in the Classroom: Using Decision Analysis” in American Political Science Association News, Fall,1980
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“Campaigning Since Kennedy: The Family as ‘Surrogate’” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Spring, 1978
“The Political Functions of the Presidential Family” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Summer, 1978
“Mentoring in Political Life: The Case of Willy Brandt” in The American Political Science Review, June 1980
Reviews (Selected)
Ron Chernow, “Washington: A Life,” Edmund Morris, “Colonel Roosevelt,” and George W. Bush, “Decision Points,” Strategy + Business, 2011. – and Ian Kershaw, The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler’s Germany, 2012
Marvin Kalb, “The Nixon Memo: Political Respectability, Russia, and the Press” in Washington Post, October 23, 1994
David McCullough, “Truman” in Boston Globe, June 21, 1992
James MacGregor Burns and Stuart Burns, “A People’s Charter” in Boston Globe, December 15, 1992
Robert Shogan, “The Riddle of Power” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Fall, 1992
Sidney Miklis and Michael Nelson, “The American Presidency: Origins and Development, 1776-1990” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Spring 1992
Joseph Rost, “Leadership for the 21st Century” in Governance, 1991
Richard Neustadt, “Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Fall, 1991
James Pfiffner, “The Managerial Presidency” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Fall, 1991
Zbigniew Brzezinski, “The Grand Failure” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Fall, 1990
Robert E. Denton, Jr., “The Primetime Presidency of Ronald Reagan,”and Robert S. Dinkin, “Campaigning in America” in The Annals, March, 1990
Larry Berman, “Lyndon Johnson’s War” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Summer, 1990
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Jonathan Schell, “Observing the Nixon Years” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Summer, 1990
Erwin S. Hargrove, “Jimmy Carter as President” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Summer, 1990
Henry Brandon, “Special Relationships: A Foreign Correspondent’s Memoirs from Roosevelt to Reagan” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Spring, 1990
F. G. Bailey, “Humbuggery and Manipulation: The Art of Leadership” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Fall, 1989
James David Barber, “Politics by Humans: Research on American Leadership” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Fall, 1989
Jean Blondel, “Political Leadership” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Fall, 1989
J.G. Hunt, et al, “Emerging Leadership Vistas” in Political Psychology, June 1989
Bert Edward Park, M.D., “The Impact of Illness on World Leaders” in Politics and the Life Sciences, February 1989
Robert C. Tucker, “Political Leadership in Soviet Russia: From Lenin to Gorbachev” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Fall, 1988
Jameson W. Doig and Erwin C. Hargrove, “Leadership and Innovation: A Biographical Perspective on Entrepreneurs in Government” in The American Political Science Review, Spring, 1988
Dean Keith Simonton, “Why Presidents Succeed: A Political Psychology of Leadership” in Political Science Quarterly, Spring, 1988
Betty Glad, “Key Pittman: The Tragedy of a Senate Insider” in The Journal of Politics, May 1988
Elmer Plischke, “Diplomat in Chief: The President at the Summit” in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, May 1988
Charles B. Strozier and Daniel Offe, editors, “The Leader: Psychohistorical Essays” in Journal of Interdisciplinary History vol. 18, 1986
Richard Nixon, “No More Vietnams” and Jimmy Carter, “The Blood of Abraham” in The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 28, 1985
James MacGregor Burns, ‘The Power to Lead” in Human Resources Management, Spring 1985
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Erwin C. Hargrove and Michael Nelson, “Presidents, Politics and Policy”in Worldview, March 1985
Bert Rockman, “The Leadership Question: The President and the American System” in Worldview, March 1985
Benjamin Barber, “Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age” in Worldview, January 1985
Rosalyn Carter, “First Lady from Plains” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Winter, 1985
George F. Kennan, “The Faithful Alliance: France, Russia and the Coming of the First World War” in The Nation, December 15, 1984
Barton Gellman, “Contending with Kennan: Toward a Philosophy of American Power” in The Nation, December 15, 1984
Mostafa Rejai and Kay Phillips, “World Revolutionary Leaders” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Winter, 1985
George. C. Edwards, “The American Presidency: The Pursuit of Popular Support” in Journal of Politics, Vol. 46, no.4, November 1984
J.S. Young, “Problems and Prospects of Presidential Leadership in the 1980s” in Vol.2, Journal of Politics, Vol. 46, no.4, November 1984
P.T. David and D.H. Everson, “The Presidential Election and Transition, 1980-1981,” Journal of Politics, Vol. 46, no.4, November 1984
Fred I. Greenstein, “The Reagan Presidency: An Early Assessment” in Journal of Politics, Vol. 46, no.4, November 1984
William C. Harvard, “The Recovery of Political Theory” in Worldview, May 1984
Ann Van Wynen Thomas and A. J. Thomas, Jr., “The War-Making Powers of the President” in Worldview, November 1983
Frank Kessler, “The Dilemma of Presidential Leadership: Caretakers and Kings” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Spring, 1983
Terry Sanford, “A Danger of Democracy: The Presidential Nominating Process” in The Annals of the American Academy of political and Social Science, Spring, 1982
Lynne Withey, “Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams” in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Fall, 1981
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Willy Brandt, “People and Politics – The Years 1960-75” in The Christian Science Monitor, January 8, 1979
Terence Prittie, “Willy Brandt: Portrait of a Statesman” in The American Political Science Review, September 1977
Alonzo L. Hamby in “Beyond the New Deal: Harry S. Truman and American Liberalism” in The American Political Science Review, March 1977
Harold Lasswell and Nathan Leites, “Studies in Quantitative Semantics: Language of Politics” in The Psychohistory Review, June 1976
Articles/Columns ( Selected – Print Only
“Bottom’s Up,” U. S. News Online, November 2008
Op Ed Article, Forward, July,2008
“Focus on Followers,” U. S. News and World Report, November 2007
Contributing Columnist (monthly), forbes.com, 2006-2007
“These Leaders Get the Respect They Deserve,” Washington Post, April 17, 2005
“Viable Options: Rethinking Women and Leadership,” with Deborah Rhode, in Compass, Fall, 2004
“The Kohl Case and Greatness,” The Christian Science Monitor, January 21, 2000
“Hesitant Role in Bosnia Reveals the Ugly Truth about NATO,” The Christian Science Monitor, May 17, 1994
Regular Columnist, Westport News and Fairpress, 1993-6
Essay, “The World: How Presidents Take the Nation to War,” New York Times, January 20, 1991
Article, The Christian Science Monitor, June 21, 1990
Op Ed Article, The Christian Science Monitor, March 8, 1990
Op Ed Article, The Christian Science Monitor, May 4, 1989
Op Ed Article, The Christian Science Monitor, March 17, 1989
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Op Ed Article, The Record, December 24, 1989 (with Stuart Fagan)
Op Ed Article, New York Newsday, October 13, 1988
Op Ed Article, The Christian Science Monitor, July 20, 1988
Op Ed Article, The Record, May 29, 1988 (with Robert H. Donaldson)
Op Ed Article, The Record, December 23, 1987
Op Ed Article, The Record, December 1, 1987
Op Ed Article, Los Angeles Times, April 30, 1986
Op Ed Article, Los Angeles Times, March 9, 1986
Op Ed Article, New York Times, May 22, 1984
Op Ed Article, New York Times, November 27, 1980
Presentations (Selected)
University of Leipzig, 2019
Center for Asia Leadership, Seoul, 2019
Child Strive, Seattle, 2019
MIT Sloan Fellows, 2018
International Leadership Association, Annual Meeting (Keynote), 2018
Connecticut Center for School Change, 2018
IAE Business School (Buenos Aires - Alumni Summit Speaker), 2018
MIT, SPURS/Humphrey Fellows Program (Commencement Speaker), 2018
State University of New York, Geneseo, 2018
Schwartzman Fellowship Program, Beijing, 2018
George Washington University, Elliott School, 2017
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Benedictine University, 2017
Grand Valley State University, 2017
International Leadership Association Affinity Group Conference, 2017
Department of Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, 2016
Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows Program, 2016
Oakland University, 2016
International Leadership Association, 2016
Berry College, 2016
Commanders’ Conference, US Army Medical Research and Material Command, 2015
Department of Emergency Management, City of Los Angeles, 2015
National Leadership Symposium, University of Louisville, 2015
Indiana University, 2015
West Virginia University, 2015
Center for Effective Philanthropy, 2015
Mount Vernon, 2015
Goddard Space Center, 2015
Claremont Graduate University, Kravis Leadership Institute Conference, 2014
University of Kyoto, 2014
U.S. Naval Academy, 2014
International Leadership Association Annual Meeting Keynote, 2014
University of Texas Permian Basin, 2013
Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2013
University of Richmond, Jepson School, 2013
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New Responsibility Foundation (Berlin), 2013
International Symposium on Leadership in Democracies, Yale, 2013
John Adams Institute, Amsterdam, 2013
Christopher Newport University, 2013
Drake University, 2013
New York University, Research Center for Leadership in Action, 2012
University of St. Gallen Commencement Speaker, 2012
Atlantic and National Review Conference, Panel on Women and Leadership, 2012
St. Norbert’s College, 2012
Canadian Conference on Physician Leadership, 2012
Bennington College, 2012
Indian Institute of Planning and Management, 2011
University of Western Ontario, 2011
National Management Association, 2011
Drexel University, 2010
Baldwin-Wallace College, 2010
MIT, 2010
United National Leaders Programme, 2009,2010
Dartmouth College, 2009, 2010
Leadership Buffalo, 2009
Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute Zurich, 2009
Nevada Bar Association, 2009
Iowa State University, 2009
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University of Toronto, Rotman School of Business, 2009, 2010
Yale Leadership Institute, 2009
Wexner Israel Fellowship Alumni Institute, 2009
American Society of Association Executives, 2009
Rutgers University, Institute for Ethical Leadership, 2009
National Council of Bar Presidents, American Bar Association, 2009
Claremont University Conference on Leadership, 2006
World Affairs Council, 2008
Public Service Management School Wales (2008)
Center for Integrative Leadership, University of Minnesota, 2007
Royal Air Force Leadership Center London, 2007
McCloy Leadership Forum Berlin, 2007
Center for Leadership in Education, 2006
Rider College, 2006
Moravian Collage, 2005
Air Force Academy, 2005
University of Richmond, 2005, 2006
School of Governance Mario Covas, Sao Paulo, 2005
Carnegie Center, Moscow, 2005
Ripon College, 2005
Council of Scientific Society Presidents, 2005
Bowdoin College, 2005
Emerson College, 2005
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Tufts University, 2005, 2006
Leadership Forum, Shanghai, 2005
Commonwealth Club, 2005
Selby Foundation, 2004
University of St. Gallen, 2004
Women’s President’s Organization, 2004
Other (earlier) presentations include:
Williams College, Columbia University, University of Bonn, Colorado College, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Miller Center, etc.
Panels (Selected)
International Leadership Assoc., 2012, 2010, 2008, 2004, 2001
Atlantic and National Review, 2012
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2008
Yeshiva University, 2008.
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2006
Claremont University, 2006
Center for the Advanced Study of Leadership, Burns Academy of Leadership, 1998.
Leadership @20 Conference, 1997
University of Richmond, 1997
International Society for Political Psychology, 1992
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 1991
Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 1991
International Society for Political Psychology Annual Meeting, 1989
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American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 1987
Center for the Study of the Presidency, Annual Leadership Conference, 1986
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 1985.
Conference on “Society and Political Culture: West Germany and the United States, Characteristics and Comparisons,” 1985
Center for Creative Leadership, 1984
New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 1984
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 1983
International Society for Political Psychology Annual Meeting, 1982
International Society for Political Psychology Annual Meeting, 1982
Study of the Presidency National Symposium, 1982
Northeast Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 1981
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 1981.
International Society for Political Psychology Annual Meeting, 1981
Center for the Study of the Presidency Annual Meeting, 1981
International Society for Political Psychology Annual Meeting, 1980
New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 1980
Center for the Study of the Presidency National Symposium, 1980
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 1979
Center for the Study of the Presidency Annual Meeting, 1979
International Society for Political Psychology Annual Meeting, 1978
Center for the Study of the Presidency National Symposium, 1978
Mid-West Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 1978
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 1976
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New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 1976
Danforth Conference on Academic Careers, 1975
Working Conference on group relations in Tavistock Tradition, grant received (from IOSOSS and Yale), conference attended, 1975
State Department, Conference on German-American Exchange, 1975.
Harvard Activities (Selected)
Harvard Kennedy School, Armed Forces Committee, presentation, 2018
Harvard Business School Reunion, presentation, 2016 (September)
Harvard Business School Reunion, presentation, 2016 (May)
Harvard Business School Reunion, presentation, 2015
Alumnae Network for Harvard Women, presentation, 2014
Harvard School of Public Health, presentation, 2013
Women’s Leadership Award Committee, 2012
Harvard College Women’s Center, presentation, 2011
Harvard Business School, Women and Leadership Panel
Harvard Kennedy School, Leadership: Essential Selections, presentation, 2010
Harvard Kennedy School Roundtable, Women’s Caucus on Leadership, 2010
Harvard Kennedy School, Women’s Initiative in Leadership, 2010 (undergraduate)
Harvard Business School, presentation, 2009
Harvard Business School, Dynamic Women in Business Conference, Panelist, 2009
Harvard Clubs and Shared Interest Groups, presentation, 2009
Human Resources Lunch, presentation, 2008
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Harvard Business School, “Leadership: Advancing an Intellectual Discipline,” 2008
HBS/HKS Panel on Women and Leadership, 2008
Harvard Business School, Women and Leadership, presentation, 2008
Harvard Kennedy School, presentation Women and Public Policy Program, 2008
Harvard Business School Executive Education Program, presentation, 2008
Harvard Kennedy School, Mason Fellows, presentation
Other (earlier) presentations include:
George Fellows, Harvard School of Public Health, Israeli Palestinian Negotiating Partners, Harvard Club of Russia, Harvard Club of Brazil, HKS Alumni activities, Women’s Leadership Board, Women and Public Policy Program, 2008
Center for Public Leadership Activities (Selected)
Presentation, Professionalizing Leadership, 2018
Presentation, Hard Times: Leadership in America, 2015
Presentation, Hard Times: Leadership in America, 2014
Presentation, The End of Leadership, 2012
Panelist, Nyefest, 2011
Moderator, Columbus Project, 2011
Facilitator, Student Advisory Council Session with Ann Fudge, 2009
Presentation on Leadership Literacy, 2008
Presentation on Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, 2008
Presentation on Hillary Clinton’s Run for the White House, 2008
Presentation, Followership, 2008
Presentation, Conference on Leadership in the American Presidency, 2008
Participant in U. S. News and World Report selection of “Best Leaders,” 2006-2009
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Developed/Organize: Kennedy School Leadership Conferences. (LEADERSHIP 2006, on Women/Leadership, was the 5th in previously annual series. These were scholarly conferences that drew on, and in, leadership experts from around the world – and from Harvard University, including the Harvard Business School, the School of Public Health, the School of Education, etc.)
Developed/Edit: Center for Public Leadership Working Papers. (2006 edition was 4th in previously annual series.)
Developed/Administer: Faculty Research Grant Program. (Funding was provided for at least five years, 2000-2005 - since inception of CPL in 2000.)
Developed/Administer: CPL Visiting Scholars Program. (Brought to CPL for periods ranging from a few days to one semester scholars such as Warren Bennis, James MacGregor Burns, Joanne Ciulla, Manning Marable, Stanley Renshon, and Ruth Wageman.)
Developed/Facilitated (with Richard Hackman): Leadership Theory Prospecting Group. (A monthly leadership seminar, with participating faculty from different schools at Harvard. Later I ran the seminar with Joe Nye.)
Developed (with David Gergen): “Leadership for the Common Good.” (A series of leadership books under the joint imprint of Harvard Business School Press and the Center for Public Leadership.)
Developed/Edited (with David Gergen): Compass: A Journal of Leadership. (Was published once or twice annually; originally started as newsletter in 2001.)
Television and Radio (Selected)
CBS NBC PBS CNN CNBC NPR BBC Radio Bloomberg Radio Sirius Radio Satellite CNN/FN CNN/Radio New England Cable News
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Reuters Jerry Doyle Show, nationally syndicated, regular commentator, 2012- 14
Miscellaneous (Selected)
Published Interview/Conversation, Journal of Character and Leadership Development, 2019
Published Interview, Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 46., No. 6, 2018 Note: Above interview won the Strategy & Leadership Literati Award for 2019.
Member, Editorial Board, Strategy and Leadership, 2018 - present
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Character and Leadership Development, United States Air Force Academy, 2018 - present
Member, Strategy Board, Munich Leadership Initiative, 2017 -2018
Member, External Curricular Review Committee, U. S. Naval War College, 2017
Member, Academic Committee, Women Leadership Academy (China), 2015-2020
Advisor, Project on Women and Leadership, American Association of University Women, 2014-2016
Member, Advisory Board, Volvo Research and Educational Foundation Project, “Transforming Urban Transport: The Role of Political Leadership,” 2013-2018
Member, Editorial Board, Leadership, 2013-2016
Member, Brookings Institution Leadership Advisory Board, 2012-15
Member, Editorial Board, Palgrave Series on Political Leadership, 2011-2016
Member, Advisory Board, Leadership Research Network, 2009 – 2011
Member, Editorial Board, Leadership Quarterly (past and 2004-2012)
Member, Advisory Panel, White House Leadership Project, 2009
Member, Publications Committee, International Leadership Association, 2009
Member, Editorial Board, Encyclopedia of Leadership
Member, Editorial Board, Presidential Studies Quarterly
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Member, Tufts University Task Force on Leadership
Cofounder, International Leadership Association
American Leadership Forum; Research Advisory Panel
President, Westport Public Library
Consultant, the Leo Baeck Institute
Consultant, Kellogg Foundation
Co-Chair, Annual Meeting, International Society for Political Psychology, Washington, D.C
Consultant, National Executive Service Core
Governing Council, International Society for Political Psychology
Recent Recognitions (Selected)
Prepare document in support of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Honorary Degree, University of Leipzig, 2019
Professionalizing Leadership on list of Forbes “Recommended Books for Creative Leaders in 2018”
Ranked on http://www.managementgurus.net/managementgurus30.php as among “World’s Top 30 Management Professionals 2015.” And in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
Review in Choice described Professionalizing Leadership as “exceptional” and “highly recommended,” 2018
Hard Times: Leadership in America selected by Choice in 2016 as an “Outstanding Academic Title”
Lifetime Achievement Award, International Leadership Association, 2016
Hard Times: Leadership in America selected in 2015 by the Department of Leadership Studies, University of San Diego, for an Honorable Mention Award for “its significant contribution to the field of leadership”
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The End of Leadership rated “Essential” (top rating) by Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 2013
The End of Leadership selected by Choice in 2013 as an “Outstanding Academic Title”
The End of Leadership named to Long List, Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, 2012
Wilbur M. McFeely Award, National Management Association (“for being a pioneer in leadership and followership”), 2010
Ranked by Forbes.com as among “Top 50 Business Thinkers” (2009)
Ranked by Leadership Excellence as in the top 15 “thought leaders in management and leadership” (2008-2009 and 2010-2011)
Honorary Degree, Ripon College, 2005
New Media (Selected)
Blogs – regular blogger, from 2012 to present, at: www.barbarakellerman.com/blog/
Blogs (weekly then periodically) for harvardbusiness.org 2008 – 2010.
Blogs (weekly then periodically) for washingtonpost.com 2008 – 2010.
Blogs, Oxford University Press (web site) 2018