The Life and Leadership of Warren Gamaliel Bennis

1. The Life and Leadership of Warren Gamaliel Bennis

2. In 2007, BusinessWeek called him “one of ten business school professors who have had the greatest influence on business thinking.”

3. The Financial Times recently named his classic book Leaders one of the top 50 books of all time

4. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

5. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1925 Warren Gamaliel Bennis was born in New York City to Jewish parents

6. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1944 Bennis joined U.S. Army & fought in the European Theatre

7. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1944 Bennis joined U.S. Army & fought in the European Theatre

8. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1944 Bennis joined U.S. Army & fought in the European Theatre “I was the rawest 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, a 19-yr-old shave-tail trying to keep my platoon (and myself) alive as we pursued the retreating enemy into Germany.”

9. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH – 1947 Bennis left the U.S. Army Entered Antioch College on the G.I. Bill Majored in Business

10. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHCollege Educational Co-operative “The head of the chemical company was a deeply religious man who lived his faith. He took a liking to me and even invited me to go to church with him several times. My guess is that he hoped I would be inspired by his example and take the Lord as my personal savior. In Europe I had been in many of the great cathedrals, so I was comfortable in church and stood and sang and respectfully lowered my head whenever he did. But I had no spiritual awakening.”

11. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH–1951 Married his 1st wife – Lucille Rose Graduated from Antioch College Went to Graduate School at M.I.T. Majored in Economics & Social Science 1/3 of his graduate program was at Harvard

12. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH–1952 Bennis And His Wife Divorce

13. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH–1952 Bennis And His Wife Divorce “Lucille and I didn’t fight, didn’t yell. We cried a little, but mostly we stood by doing nothing as our marriage unraveled. When I flew to London in the fall of 1952, she stayed behind. The divorce followed in due time.”

14. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH “For reasons I still can’t sort out (the pressure of graduate school was no doubt one), I experienced terrible anxiety that year in London. It hit me suddenly. I was in a butcher shop one day and ran out when the butcher picked up a cleaver and slammed it down on a piece of meat. I couldn’t bear to be alone. I would lie awake, unable to fall asleep until four in the morning. I went to see the film A Place in the Sun, and my heart began to pound so hard that I walked out halfway through. I began having a recurrent dream. . . . It was horrifying…”

15. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1955 Earned the PhD from M.I.T. 1955-56 Taught at M.I.T. for the academic year

16. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1956 -1959 Taught at Boston University 1959 Returned to teach at M.I.T.

17. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1961-62 Taught in Switzerland at IMEDE International Management Development Institute

18. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH - 1962 Married 2nd wife– Clurie Williams Harvard Business School offered him a faculty position with tenure Bennis turned Harvard down to return to teach at M.I.T.

19. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1964 Birth of 1st child – Kate 1964-1965 Co-director Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India 1965-1967 M.I.T. Department Chair

20. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1966 Birth of 2nd Child – John 1967 Provost of Social Sciences State University of New York in Buffalo 1968 Birth of 3rd Child – Will

21. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1969-1970 Exec. V.P. of State University of New York Height of Vietnam anti-war protests

22. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1970 Resigned University of New York in public protest of use of riot police on the campus

23. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1970 Interviewed For University Presidencies: Northwestern University State University of New York Boston University

24. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1971-1977 President of University of Cincinnati

25. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1977 Resigned from University of Cincinnati 1977-1979 Spent 2 yrs. deciding what to do with life 1979 Had a major heart attack at age 53 while in London He and his 2nd wife Clurie divorce

26. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Concerning His 2nd Divorce Bennis Says: “We had unraveled for many reasons. At Buffalo and Cincinnati I stole time from my family in my drive to transform those universities. There were cultural pressures as well. . . . . And as much as I knew I would miss my children desperately and Clurie as well, I was drawn to Northern California, lured by both its first-rate academic institutions and the liberating counterculture that had been born there in the 1960’s.”

27. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH – 1979 For “Northern California (with) its first-rate academic institutions and the liberating counterculture that had been born there in the 1960’s”…

28. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH – 1979 For “Northern California (with) its first-rate academic institutions and the liberating counterculture that had been born there in the 1960’s”… Bennis left his 2nd wife

29. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH – 1979 For “Northern California (with) its first-rate academic institutions and the liberating counterculture that had been born there in the 1960’s”… Bennis left his 2nd wife An 11 year old son

30. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH – 1979 For “Northern California (with) its first-rate academic institutions and the liberating counterculture that had been born there in the 1960’s”… Bennis left his 2nd wife An 11 year old son A 13 year old son

31. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH – 1979 For “Northern California (with) its first-rate academic institutions and the liberating counterculture that had been born there in the 1960’s”… Bennis left his 2nd wife An 11 year old son A 13 year old son A 15 year old daughter

32. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH – 1979 Moved to Sausalito, California Lived on a houseboat still deciding what to do with his life Now 54 years old

33. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH1979–80 Became A Zen Buddhist “Alan Watts, a former Anglican priest who was turning the country on to Zen Buddhism just as he had the Beat poets, lived two gates over. I would sometimes see Watts in one of his kimonos, which he preferred to Western dress. I soon began attending his Thursday-night lectures on Zen, science, sexuality, and alternative ways of being…”

34. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1979 -1980 Hired To Analyze Werner Erhard’s EST Seminars

35. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1979 -1980 Hired To Analyze Werner Erhard’s EST Seminars According to Erhard: EST is similar to Scientology: Scientology focuses on “Survival” EST focuses on “Wholeness”

36. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1979 -1980 “Expanding one’s consciousness was the rage in Northern California, and I tried just about every New Age-y, counterculture thing that came along. Will Schutz’s ex-wife introduced me to channeling. An astrologer came to the houseboat and did my chart. Surely a nutritionist attempted to align my diet with my chakras…”

37. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1980 Began teaching at USC at age 55 Still teaches there today at age 86 1980 – 2010 Has authored or co-authored 23 of his 30 books

38. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1992 Married Dr. Grace Gabe – Jewish ceremony

39. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Bennis Remains A Practicing Buddhist “Trudy Goodman is another source of health in my everyday life. She is my Buddhist teacher. A wise woman, Trudy comes to the house once a week, where we meditate and talk about the things that matter most at this time in my life. I can discuss things with Trudy that would only worry friends and family. She has a way of placing fears &other emotions into a timeless, spiritual context that always puts me at ease.”

40. SUMMARY OF BENNIS’ RESEARCH, WRITINGS, AND THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP

41. SUMMARY OF BENNIS’ RESEARCH, WRITINGS, AND THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP Bennis Is Widely Regarded As A Leadership Guru

42. SUMMARY OF BENNIS’ RESEARCH, WRITINGS, AND THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP Bennis Is Widely Regarded As A Leadership Guru He has authored 30 books & countless articles on leadership

43. SUMMARY OF BENNIS’ RESEARCH, WRITINGS, AND THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP Bennis Is Widely Regarded As A Leadership Guru He has authored 30 books & countless articles on leadership He has taught leadership for almost 6 decades

44. SUMMARY OF BENNIS’ RESEARCH, WRITINGS, AND THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP In 2007, BusinessWeek called him “one of ten business school professors who have had the greatest influence on business thinking.”

45. SUMMARY OF BENNIS’ RESEARCH, WRITINGS, AND THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP The Financial Times recently named his classic book Leaders one of the top 50 books of all time

46. SUMMARY OF BENNIS’ RESEARCH, WRITINGS, AND THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP Some of Bennis’ Major Leadership Theories

47. SUMMARY OF BENNIS’ RESEARCH, WRITINGS, AND THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP Theory 1 – Every Great Leader Has 4 Basic Qualities

48. SUMMARY OF BENNIS’ RESEARCH, WRITINGS, AND THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP Theory 1 – Every Great Leader Has 4 Basic Qualities 1st – Managing other people’s attention

49. SUMMARY OF BENNIS’ RESEARCH, WRITINGS, AND THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP Theory 1 – Every Great Leader Has 4 Basic Qualities 1st – Managing other people’s attention 2nd – Managing meaning by communicating well

50. SUMMARY OF BENNIS’ RESEARCH, WRITINGS, AND THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP Theory 1 – Every Great Leader Has 4 Basic Qualities 1st – Managing other people’s attention 2nd – Managing meaning by communicating well 3rd – Managing others’ trust