Published on Friday, May 07, 2010
Claremont, CA – Dr. Jean Lipman-Blumen, the Drucker School of Management's Thornton F. Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy and a Professor of Organizational Behavior, has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Leadership Association (ILA). As one of the founding professionals in the development of leadership as a field and discipline, Dr. Lipman-Blumen receives the award for her accomplishments in the development and enhancement of the field of leadership over her lifetime.
Professor Lipman-Blumen is a co-founding director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Leadership, and currently teaches leadership, achieving styles, crisis management, organizational behavior and gender roles at the Drucker School. Her research interests include connective leadership in a diverse environment, toxic leadership, leadership rhetoric and illusions, as well as practical theories of crisis management.
Dr. 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 Carter, has consulted for various governments and private sector organizations, and was the president of L-BS International, Ltd., a management consulting and public policy research firm. She has published six books, three monographs, and more than 70 articles on public policy, management, leadership, crisis management, and gender issues. In addition to teaching and research, 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 International Leadership Organization is the global network for all those who practice, study and teach leadership. The induction ceremony will take place during ILA's twelfth annual global conference “Leadership 2.0: Time for Change” which is in October 2010 in Boston, MA during. In addition to Dr. Lipman-Blumen, the other 2010 nominees for the award include Russ Mawby, Fred Fiedler, Ed Hollander, and John W. Gardner.