Harvard Business Review - Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life

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An interview with Stewart Friedman, Professor, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Traditional thinking pits work and the rest of our lives against each other. But taking smart steps to integrate work, home, community, and self will make you a more productive leader and a more fulfilled person.


About Stewart D. Friedman (from wikipedia)
Stewart D. Friedman is the founding director of the Wharton School's Leadership Program and Wharton's Work/Life Integration Project. He has been on the Wharton faculty since 1984, and became the Management Department's first Practice Professor in recognition of his work within the fields of Leadership Development, Human Resources and Work-life balance on the application theory and research on the real challenges facing organizations. In 2001, Friedman completed a two-year assignment as the director of the Leadership Development Center at Ford, where he ran a 50-person, 25 MM operation.

Friedman has published numerous books and articles on work/life integration, leadership, and the dynamics of change. Work and Family - Allies or Enemies?: What Happens When Business Professionals Confront Life Choices (co-authored with Jeff Greenhaus, Oxford University Press, 2000) was recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the field's best books. His most recent book, Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life, was published in June 2008 by Harvard Business School Press. The book has been on the USA Today bestseller booklist and won several other book awards.

Friedman has consulted a wide range of organizations, executives and distinguished individuals, including Jack Welch and former Vice President Al Gore. He serves on numerous advisory boards, and conducts workshops globally on leadership and "the whole person", creating change, and strategic human resources issues. The recipient of numerous teaching awards, he appears regularly in business media, and was chosen by Working Mother as one of "America's 25 most influential men for having improved conditions for working parents".

Friedman holds a B.A. in Psychology from S.U.N.Y. Binghamton, and an M.A. in Psychology and Ph. D in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan.




You can buy You can buy Friedman's book here:  Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life

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R.