Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE 2001-Present

Founder, Chairman & President, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE 1998-2000
Created and led nonprofit educational and research institute focused on CEO leadership and corporate governance. Coordinated the work of world renowned scholars and prominent corporate leaders.

Chairman, Blue Ribbon Commission on CEO Succession, National Association of Corporate Directors, Washington D.C. 1997-1998

Director, Center for Leadership & Career Studies, Emory University 1989-1997
Conceived and developed the nation's first and only school for chief executives. Programs attracted roughly 1,000 distinguished top leaders from across the country. Generated research projects, 200 national media profiles, and $7 million in financial support.

Chairman, Executive Committee, Goizueta Business School 1985-1986
Chaired senior faculty committee, which included Deans and Department heads, to set school policy and guide institutional decision making.

Member, Faculty Ethics Committee, Goizueta Business School 1989-1997
Selected speakers and arranged for workshops and student internships.

Member, Faculty External Affairs Committee, Goizueta Business School 1989-1997

Member, Faculty By-Laws Committee, Goizueta Business School 1989-1995
Helped write faculty self-governance guides lines.

Chairman, Task Force on the Second Year, Harvard Business School 1983-1985
Coordinated a study on the difficulties of developing and staffing second-year MBA courses in the organizational behavior and human resource management area. Led group in the development of new curriculum policies.

Chairman, Faculty Committee on MBA Placement, Harvard Business School 1982-1984
Worked with placement director, librarians, and counseling psychologists on improving the job search and placement activities of current students. Entailed occasional meetings with corporate recruiters and some coordination of faculty contact with recruiters.

Member, Dean's Committee on Faculty Outside Activities, Harvard Business School 1982-1984
Worked with Professors Paul Lawrence, Michael Porter, Gordon Donaldson and Thomas Bonoma on research variety and depth of involvement of 180 HBS faculty members in consulting, seminars, expert testimony, and board membership. Helped develop policy guidelines for setting professional standards.

Associate Chair, Area Faculty Search Committee, Harvard Business School 1982-1984
Worked extensively on faculty recruiting, for two years, focusing on the organizational behavior and human resource management area. This position involves regular contact with management schools across the country.

Chairman, Second-Year MBA Curriculum Task Force, OB/HRM Area-Harvard 1983
Led the coordination of department offerings in the second year of the MBA program. Looked to reduce the overlap in courses in organizational behavior and human resource management (OB/HRM) and to identify new areas requiring coverage and course development.

Coordinator, 75th Anniversary Conference on the History of Applied Organization Study at Harvard, Harvard Business School 1982-1983
Developed and chaired conference celebrating 75 years of pioneering work in applied social science. Designed the program involving 30 prominent figures who spoke as a cohort group or a peer group in panel sessions which each covered a 20-year span. Roughly 100 invited guests attended. Selected the speakers, moderators, and invitees, and jointly developed topics. Conducted background research to set the stage. Coordinated the associated meals and logistics. A film was produced which was shown at the Academy of Management at the 1983 Annual Meetings. Authored journal article on the lessons from this conference.

Chairman, OB/HRM Areas Research Roundtable, Harvard Business School 1983-1985
Organized monthly research colloquia where panels of researchers studying related topics presented their various approaches. Speakers were from inside and outside the Harvard Business School.

Board of Trustees, Sacred Heart University

Board of Trustees, TheStreet.com

Board of Directors, Hanover Direct

Board of Governors, Academy of Management
Primary academic association for 10,000 management professors.

Pre-conference chair for 5,000 person conference arranging 15 hours of program time.

Chaired selection committee for national officers.

Developed strategic planning process and designed new approaches to membership definition.

Helped adjudicate interdivisional jurisdictional conflicts.

Helped police disciplinary procedures for professional code of ethics.

Chairman of the Board, ComsumerForce.com

Member of the Board of Editors of Leading Scholarly Journals

The Academy of Management Journal	Human Resource Management
The Journal of Organizational Behavior	Organizational Dynamics
The Academy of Management Executive

Frequent Reviewer for other Scholarly Journals including:

Administrative Science Quarterly

The Business History Review

Management Science

Human Relations

Strategic Management Journal

President, Careers Division, Academy of Management 1985
Coordinated a staff of officers overseeing activities that included a regular newsletter, membership development, and conference programs for roughly 800 faculty from around the world involved in the research and teaching of career and human resource topics. Raised funds for activities from corporate sponsors.

Program Chair, Careers Division, Academy of Management 1984
Coordinated a program committee involved with the planning of a large national conference. Solicited manuscripts (close to 100) and led the process of editorial selection (three reviews each) to select 35 papers. Raised funds for social gatherings and planned events. Edited accepted pieces and grouped them into appropriate sessions. Hosted additional invited symposia guests. Maintained active contact with business schools around the country.

Editor, The Career Forum   1982-1984
Served as editor of research newsletter circulating to roughly 100 scholars and teachers around the world conducting research in the field of career development.

	American Airlines		James River Corp.
	Allied Corporation		Marsh & McLennan Companies
	Arthur Andersen		Marriott
	Bankers Trust Company		Merrill Lynch
	Bell South		McKinsey & Company
	Booz-Allen Hamilton		Mosley & Company
	Cabot Advertising		Public Service Company of NC
	Chemical Bank		Right Associates
	Chubb		The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company
	Cigna		Russell Reynolds
	CNF Transportation		Scott Paper
	Coopers & Lybrand		The Boston Globe
	Digital Equipment		Travelers Insurance
	Dominick's Finer Foods		Turner Broadcasting System
	DuPont		United Parcel Service
	General Electric		Westvaco
	GTE		SunTrust Banks
	Hartmarx		Mercer Management Consultants
	Home Insurance Company		Price Waterhouse
	Hyatt		PNC Financial
	IBM		Olin Corporation
	Cendant		Webster Bank
	Bankcorp South		Deloitte
	LandAmerica		Lennar
	Frost Bank		Parsons Brinkerhoff
	Arnold Communication Worldwide

Scott Paper Company   1977
Assisted in design of new product development teams.

Management Intern with IBM   1976
Research on older workers and productivity in all divisions of company and across levels.

"Examining the Impact of Organizational Value Dissimilarity in Top Management Teams," (with Andrew Ward) Academy of Management, August, 2005

"Leading Institutional Change," Kazakh Leaders, Yale School of Management, (March 2005).

Towards Business Leadership-What is the Key?" AVEBE Executive Program, Yale School of Management (Feb. 2005).

“What About the Truth? Governance and Leadership” Harvard Business School /Yale School of Management of Connecticut Alumni Association, Stamford, CT (January 2005).

“Identifying a Board Member Who Can Also Mentor and Coach,” The 2004 Executive Coaching Seminars: Learning from Legends, New York, NY (November 2004).

“Does it Matter Who’s the Boss? Global Leadership Development and Greatness Across Corporate Cultures,” The Conference Board Global Leadership Development Working Group, New York, NY (November 2004).

“What Makes Great Boards Great,” Farm Credit Council Directors’ Leadership Institute, San Diego, CA (November 2004).

“Leadership & Governance from the Inside Out,” Yale Alumni Association of Greenwich, CT (October 2004).

“Bad Metrics and Good Governance,” American Society of Corporate Secretaries, Boston, MA
(July 2004).

“Does CEO Charisma Matter? An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship Among Organizational Performance, Environmental Uncertainty, and Top Management Team Perceptions of CEO Charisma,” (with Bradley Agle, Nadu Naganda) Academy of Management, New Orleans, LA (August 2004).

"Leadership and Overcoming Adversity Across Life Stages" "Does it Matter Who's the Boss? The Symbolism and Substance of Leadership," Society of Human Resource Managers, Newport, RI (June 2004).

“Missing Ingredient in Good Governance,” Fortune Boardroom Forum, New York, NY (June 2004).

”Leading Strategic Change,” Master Agent Guild Program of State Farm, Yale School of Management (June 2004).

“Do Independent Directors Improve Corporate Performance?” Investment Management Association, Washington, D.C. (May 2004).

"Do Independent Directors Improve Corporate Reform?" American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research: Sarbanes Oxley Conference, Washington, D.C. (May 2004).

"Governance Reform Profiteers vs Diligent Boards"Harvard Business School Club, Miami, FL (March 2004).

"Agents of Change: Is There a Battle Between Great Leaders and Great Boards?" American Society of Executive Recruiters, New York, NY (March 2004).

****New Leaders for New Schools, Yale School of Management (March 2004)..

"The Missing Ingredient in Governance Reform," Securities and Exchange Commission Testimony on Proxy Reform, Washington, D.C. (March 2004).

“Corporate Culture: Why It Matters,” Fellow’s Forum, University of Tampa’s 2004 Fellows Forum, Tampa, FL (March 2004).

“Leadership Across Diverse Cultures,” Pennsylvania State, Abington, PA (February 2004).

“What is Forgotten in Governance and Great Leadership,” Old Dominion University Economics Club of Hampton Roads, Norfolk, VA (February 2004).

“Who are the Governance Watchdogs?” Deloitte Conference, Naples, FL (November 2003).

“Leading Innovative Firms Across Life Stages,” CT Innovations Technology Summit (November 2003).

“ Leading Strategic Change Across Life Stages of Firms and Executives,” Australian Institute of Management, Sydney, Australia, October-November 2003).

“CEOs and Boards: What Makes Great Boards Great?” University of Richmond, Richmond, VA (September 2003).

“CEO Succession: Focus on Family-Owned Firms,” 2003 Corporate Governance Leadership Program, World Bank Headquarters, Washington, D.C. (August 2003).

"An Examination of the Effects of Early and Late Entry on Career Attainment: The Clean Slate Effect?" Academy of Management, Seattle, WA (August 2003).

“CEO Succession and Board Dynamics: An Organizational Behavior Approach.” Brown University Global Corporate Governance Conference, Providence, RI (September 2003).

“CEO Succession and the Role of the Board” Practicing Law Institute: First Annual Directors’ Institute on Corporate Governance, New York City (September 2003).

“Bad Metrics of Good Governance: What’s Wrong with Governance Metrics” Federalist Society and its Corporations Practice Group: 7th Annual Corporate Governance Conference: Director Independence. New York City (September 2003).

“Director Responsibilities for Effective Board Cultures” and “CEO Succession and Board Member Diligence.” INSEAD: International Director’s Forum, Fontainbleau, France (October 2003).

“How Leaders Recover From Catastrophic Career Setbacks,” INSEAD Leadership Lecture Series: Triumphant Tragedies, Fontainbleau, France (April 2003).

Keynote, "Elevating Leadership Beyond the New Leadership Models and Methods," Center for Leadership Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY ( March 2001)

"Strategic Leadership," The University of Georgia, Terry College of Business, Athens, GA (October 2000)

Panel Discussion, "Where Are We Going: The Future of the Careers Division and Careers Research," Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Toronto, Canada (August 2000)

Panel Discussion, "Where We Have Come From: History of the Careers Division and Careers Research," Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Toronto, Canada (August 2000)

The University of Georgia Alumni Club Atlanta Speaker Series sponsored by Terry College of Business, Atlanta, GA (July 2000)

"The Leaders on Leadership: Speaking to the Next Generation," Tribute to Dr. Warren Bennis, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (May 2000)

"Overcoming Career Adversity in Artists and Leaders: The Defeat of Disappointment and the Disappointment of Defeat," Creative Careers Conference, Center for Organizational Research Academic Symposium, London Business School, London, EN (March 2000)

Media Education Roundtable, Fordham University, New York, NY (January 2000)

Address, "How CEOs Learn." Annual meetings of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL (August 1999)

"The Clean Slate Effect on Tournament Mobility" (with Amy Hurley). Annual meetings of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL (August 1999)

"Leadership Lessons From Career Calamities."Address to Faculty and MBA students, Yale School of Management (April 1999)

"Success at Internal Succession in the Age of Mobil Free Agents."The Succession Management Conference, Linkage Inc., New Orleans, LA (March 1999)

"How Leaders Fail." South Gwinnett Rotary Club, Atlanta, GA (February 1999)

"How Leaders Fail: Leadership Style, Culture & CEO Succession." The Chief Executive Roundtable, Texas Tech. University, Lubbock, TX (February 1999)

"Pressures to Steer a Lateral Career."
Connecticut Personnel Society Annual Meeting (May 1980)