Barbara Kellerman

Barbara Kellerman: Profile

Kellerman was cofounder of the International Leadership Association (ILA), and is author and editor of many books including Leadership: Multidisciplinary Perspectives; The Political Presidency: Practice of Leadership; and Reinventing Leadership: Making the Connection Between Politics and Business. She has appeared often on media outlets such as CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, NPR, Reuters and BBC, and has contributed articles and reviews to New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, and the Harvard Business Review.

Kellerman's recent titles include Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters; a co-edited (with Deborah Rhode) volume, Women & Leadership: State of Play and Strategies for Change; and Followership: How Followers are Creating Change and Changing Leaders.

Kellerman speaks to audiences around the world, including in recent years Berlin, London, Moscow, Rome, Sao Paolo, Shanghai, Zurich, Jerusalem, Turin, Toronto, and Montreal. She is on the Advisory Board of the Leadership Research Network, on the Advisory Panel of the White House Leadership Project Report, on the editorial Board of Leadership Quarterly, and on the Publications Committee of the International Leadership Association.

She is ranked by Forbes.com as among "Top 50 Business Thinkers" (2009) and by Leadership Excellence in the top 15 of 100 Best Minds on Leadership (2008-2009).