Preface

This book is the result of an extraordinary event celebrating the distinguished life and career of Warren Bennis. Called a festschrift, a German term for a volume of essays contributed by colleagues as a tribute to a scholar, this event was hosted by the Department of Management and Organization at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. The festschrift took place in May 2000 and started with a day-long conference attended by over two hundred of Bennis's friends and colleagues; it concluded with a banquet with almost twice that number attending. The conference honored Bennis's many contributions to the management field and also looked ahead to address his current passion about the future of leadership. ...

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