Ronald Heifetz

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Ronald Heifetz
Ronald A. Heifetz in seminar 2010.jpg
Heifetz in 2010
Born
Ronnie Lee Heifetz

(1951-02-07) February 7, 1951 (age 74)
Alma mater Columbia University (BA)
Harvard University (MD, MPA)
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatry
Institutions Harvard Kennedy School

Ronald Heifetz (born February 7, 1951) is an academic and author. He is the Hussein bin Talal Senior Lecturer in Public Leadership, Founding Director of the Center for Public Leadership [1] at Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University, and co-founder of Cambridge Leadership Associates. [2]

Formerly a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Heifetz works with leaders in government, nonprofits, and business. [3] His work on adaptive leadership has garnered attention in educational fields. [4] [5] Named "case-in-point" (CIP) teaching, this method focuses on implementing aspects of Heifetz's work within the class itself. CIP has four main distinctions: 1) authority does not equal leadership, 2) understanding the difference between technical and adaptive challenges, 3) Power (of the individual) vs. progress, and 4) Personality (of the individual) vs. presence (skills & practice). [5]

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References

  1. "Harvard Kennedy School". Ronald Heifetz. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  2. Cambridge Leadership home page
  3. "Speakers: Ronald Heifetz". The Famous Entrepreneurs Series. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
  4. "Adaptive Leadership". Corporate Finance Institute. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  5. 1 2 Parks, S.D. (2005) "Leadership Can Be Taught". Harvard Business School Press: Boston, MA.