Engagement

About the Authors

LEE G. BOLMAN holds the Marion Bloch/Missouri Chair in Leadership at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, where he has also served as department chair and interim dean. He holds a BA in History and a PhD in Organizational Behavior from Yale University.

Bolman consults and lectures worldwide to corporations, public agencies, universities, and schools. Prior to assuming his current position, he taught at Carnegie Mellon and then for more than 20 years at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he served as director and principal investigator for the National Center for Educational Leadership and for the Harvard School Leadership Academy. He also served as educational chair for two Harvard executive programs—the Institute for Educational Management (IEM) and the Management Development Program (MDP)—and was the founder of MDP.

Bolman has written numerous books on leadership and organizations with coauthor Terrence E. Deal, including How Great Leaders Think: The Art of Reframing (2014); Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership (5^th edition, 2013); Leading with Soul: an Uncommon Journey of Spirit (3^nd edition, 2011); Reframing the Path to School Leadership: A Guide for Principals and Teachers (2^nd edition, 2010); The Wizard and the Warrior: Leading with Passion and Power (2006); Escape from Cluelessness: a Guide for the Organizationally-Challenged (2000); Becoming a Teacher Leader (1993); and ...