Ronald Heifetz

King Hussein Bin Talal Senior Lecturer in Public Leadership
Founder,
Center for Public Leadership
Office Address
Littauer-204
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 124
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-7867
Fax: 617-496-3337
Email: ronald_heifetz@Harvard.Edu
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Ronald A. Heifetz, King Hussein bin Talal Senior Lecturer in Public Leadership, was the founding director of the Center for Public Leadership. Known for his seminal work during the last three decades on the practice and teaching of leadership, his research focuses on how to build adaptive capacity in societies, businesses, and nonprofits. His book Leadership Without Easy Answers is currently beyond its 13th printing and has been translated into many languages. He coauthored the best-selling book Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading with Marty Linsky. His teaching is studied in Leadership Can Be Taught by Sharon Daloz Parks. Cofounder and Principal of Cambridge Leadership Associates, Heifetz consults extensively in the United States and abroad. He is a graduate of Columbia University, Harvard Medical School, and the Kennedy School and a physician and cellist who studied with the Russian virtuoso Gregor Piatigorsky.

 

Courses

Fall

  • PAL-101 Exercising Leadership: Mobilizing Group Resources

January

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Research

Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Book Chapters
    • Heifetz, Ronald A. "Leadership, Authority, and Women: A Man's Challenge." Women and Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for Change. Ed. Barbara Kellerman and Deborah L. Rhode. Wiley, 2007, 311.