Lee G. Bolman, Ph.D.

Lee Bolman is an author, scholar, consultant and speaker who currently holds the Marion Bloch Missouri Chair in Leadership at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.  

He has written numerous books on leadership and organizations with co-author Terry Deal, including The Wizard and the Warrior: Leading with Passion and Power (2006); Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership (1991, 1997, 2003); Leading with Soul: an Uncommon Journey of Spirit (1995; 2d ed., 2001);  Reframing the Path to School Leadership (2002); Escape from Cluelessness: a Guide for the Organizationally-Challenged (2000);  Becoming a Teacher Leader (1994); and Modern Approaches to Understanding and Managing Organizations (1984). Bolman and Deal’s books have been translated into more than ten languages.  His publications also include numerous cases, chapters, and articles in scholarly and professional journals.  

Lee consults and lectures worldwide to corporations, public agencies, universities and schools. He holds a B.A. in History and a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Yale University. Prior to assuming his current position, he taught four years at Carnegie-Mellon University  and more than twenty years at Harvard.

He lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with his wife, Joan Gallos, the youngest of his six children, Bradley, and an irrepressible Cockapoo, Douglas McGregor. 

 

 

 

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