Barry Posner (leadership scholar)
American leadership academic
Barry Zane Posner (born March 11, 1949) is the Accolti Professor of Leadership at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University.
Early life and education
Posner received a B.A. degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1970, a M.A. from The Ohio State University in Public Administration in 1972, and a Ph.D in Organizational Behavior and Administrative Theory from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1976;. His doctoral thesis was "Characteristics of individuals' control in organizations"
Career
Posner is the Accolti Professor of Leadership at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. He also serves on the advisory board of the Global Women's Leadership Network. He has spoken about leadership at the University of St. Thomas.
He spent 6 months as visiting professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His work has been featured in The Washington Post. His research includes exploring positive leadership traits that lead to successful leaders. He also has studied the key components of successful business projects.
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