Jean Lipman-Blumen
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Dr. Jean Lipman-Blumen is the Thornton F. Bradhshaw Professor of Public Policy
and Professor of Organizational Behavior at Claremont Graduate University
in Claremont, California
. She is an expert on leadership, achieving styles, crisis management, "hot groups," organizational behavior, and gender roles. Dr. Lipman-Blumen is director and co-founder of CGU's Institute for Advanced Studies in Leadership.
Professor Lipman-Blumen received her A.B. (English Literature) and A.M. (Sociology
) degrees from Wellesley College, and her Ph.D. (Social Relations) from Harvard University
. She spent one post-doctoral year at Carnegie Mellon University
under the supervision of Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon
and a second post-doctoral year completing her studies in mathematics, statistics, and computer science, at Stanford University
. She also spent a year as a Fellow-in-Residence at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
, in Palo Alto. She received the International Leadership Association
’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, an award that “honors an individual’s accomplishments in the development and enhancement of the field of leadership over her lifetime.”
Lipman-Blumen has served as assistant director of the National Institute of Education
and as special advisor to the Domestic Policy Staff in the White House
under President Jimmy Carter
.
She has published six books, three monographs, and more than 150 articles on public policy, management
, leadership
, crisis management
, and gender
issues. Her book, The Connective Edge: Leading in an Interdependent World (Jossey-Bass, 1996), paperback - Connective Leadership: Managing in a Changing World (Oxford University Press, 2000), was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize
. Hot Groups: Seeding Them, Feeding Them, and Using Them to Ignite Your Organization, with Harold J. Leavitt, professor emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of Business, was the American Publishers' Association "Business Book of the Year." She is also the author of The Allure of Toxic Leaders: Why We Follow Destructive Bosses and Corrupt Politicians - and How We Can Survive Them (Oxford University Press, 2004) and a co-editor with Ronald Riggio and Ira Chaleff of The Art of Followership (Jossey-Bass, 2008). Professor Lipman-Blumen consults to numerous public and private sector organizations in the U.S. and abroad. She also serves on several editorial and other not-for-profit boards, including the International Leadership Association
and the De Pree Leadership Center, the National Women’s Museum, and the Ernest Becker Foundation.
Public policy
Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
and Professor of Organizational Behavior at Claremont Graduate University
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont Graduate University is a private, all-graduate research university located in Claremont, California, a city east of downtown Los Angeles...
in Claremont, California
Claremont, California
Claremont is a small affluent college town in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States, about east of downtown Los Angeles at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. The population as of the 2010 census is 34,926. Claremont is known for its seven higher-education institutions, its...
. She is an expert on leadership, achieving styles, crisis management, "hot groups," organizational behavior, and gender roles. Dr. Lipman-Blumen is director and co-founder of CGU's Institute for Advanced Studies in Leadership.
Professor Lipman-Blumen received her A.B. (English Literature) and A.M. (Sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
) degrees from Wellesley College, and her Ph.D. (Social Relations) from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. She spent one post-doctoral year at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
under the supervision of Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon
Herbert Simon
Herbert Alexander Simon was an American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist, and professor—most notably at Carnegie Mellon University—whose research ranged across the fields of cognitive psychology, cognitive science, computer science, public administration, economics,...
and a second post-doctoral year completing her studies in mathematics, statistics, and computer science, at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. She also spent a year as a Fellow-in-Residence at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences is an American interdisciplinary research body in Stanford, California focusing on the social sciences and humanities . Fellows are elected in a closed process, to spend a period of residence at the Center, released from other duties...
, in Palo Alto. She received the International Leadership Association
International Leadership Association
The International Leadership Association is the foremost member association for individuals with a professional interest in leadership and leadership studies. Members of this association include scholars, educators, and practitioners from business, community, and government sectors, among others....
’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, an award that “honors an individual’s accomplishments in the development and enhancement of the field of leadership over her lifetime.”
Lipman-Blumen has served as assistant director of the National Institute of Education
National Institute of Education
The is an institute of the , Singapore.NIE, Singapore, provides all levels of teacher education, from programmes to for in-service teachers and executive for Principals, Departmental Heads and other school leaders. NIE also administers postgraduate programmes that lead to the award of in...
and as special advisor to the Domestic Policy Staff in the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
under President Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
.
She has published six books, three monographs, and more than 150 articles on public policy, management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
, leadership
Leadership
Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task". Other in-depth definitions of leadership have also emerged.-Theories:...
, crisis management
Crisis management
Crisis management is the process by which an organization deals with a major event that threatens to harm the organization, its stakeholders, or the general public. The study of crisis management originated with the large scale industrial and environmental disasters in the 1980's.Shrivastava, P....
, and gender
Gender
Gender is a range of characteristics used to distinguish between males and females, particularly in the cases of men and women and the masculine and feminine attributes assigned to them. Depending on the context, the discriminating characteristics vary from sex to social role to gender identity...
issues. Her book, The Connective Edge: Leading in an Interdependent World (Jossey-Bass, 1996), paperback - Connective Leadership: Managing in a Changing World (Oxford University Press, 2000), was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
. Hot Groups: Seeding Them, Feeding Them, and Using Them to Ignite Your Organization, with Harold J. Leavitt, professor emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of Business, was the American Publishers' Association "Business Book of the Year." She is also the author of The Allure of Toxic Leaders: Why We Follow Destructive Bosses and Corrupt Politicians - and How We Can Survive Them (Oxford University Press, 2004) and a co-editor with Ronald Riggio and Ira Chaleff of The Art of Followership (Jossey-Bass, 2008). Professor Lipman-Blumen consults to numerous public and private sector organizations in the U.S. and abroad. She also serves on several editorial and other not-for-profit boards, including the International Leadership Association
International Leadership Association
The International Leadership Association is the foremost member association for individuals with a professional interest in leadership and leadership studies. Members of this association include scholars, educators, and practitioners from business, community, and government sectors, among others....
and the De Pree Leadership Center, the National Women’s Museum, and the Ernest Becker Foundation.
External links
- Faculty Page at Claremont Graduate University
- Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management
- Institute for Advanced Studies in Leadership