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Des is a former columnist to The Times (London), contributing editor to Strategy+Business, and co-editor of the bestselling Financial Times Handbook of Management. He has taught at some of the world's leading business schools, including IE Business School and the Said Business School at Oxford University, where he is an associate fellow. He is also the author of the Archie Greene trilogy of children's books under the pen name D. D. Everest.
One of the most highly respected experts in the fields of contemporary leadership development, Frances Hesselbein was a ferocious champion of inclusivity and diversity. She worked to imbue many nonprofit groups with the hallmarks of leadership: openness to innovation, willingness to share responsibility, and respect for diversity. As CEO of the Girl Scouts of America, she reinvigorated the organisation with her commitments to inclusiveness and to upholding the Girl Scout mission of empowering each Scout to reach her highest potential. She dismantled the formal hierarchical structure, replacing it with what she called "webs of inclusion." In The Community of the Future, which she edited, she argues that all sectors of community - not just the social, non-profit sector - need to come together in powerful partnerships to renew communities and change lives for the better.
Frances co-edited 27 books and was the author of Hesselbein on Leadership (Jossey-Bass, 2002); My Life in Leadership: The Journey and Lessons Learned Along the Way (Jossey-Bass, 2011); and Peter Drucker's Five Most Important Questions: Enduring Wisdom for Today's Leaders (with Peter Drucker and Joan Snyder Kuhl, 2009; reprint by Wiley 2018).
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- Professor of Family Business at Case Western Reserve University
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- Marketing and Communications Director
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- Professor Emeritus of London Business School
Goffee is a professor emeritus of London Business School where he has also been deputy dean. He was previously director of the Innovation Exchange and faculty director of executive education at the school. Jones taught at Henley Business School and IE Business School and held senior executive positions in a number of corporations, including being HR director at the BBC.
Stuart is the former editor of London Business School's award-winning magazine Business Strategy Review. He has taught in executive education programs around the world, including at IE Business School and in the Strategic Leadership programme at Oxford University. Stuart's book credits include The Management Century and a biography of management icon, Tom Peters. He is also the author of Atlantic Crossing, a collection of poems based on his experiences sailing the Atlantic.
Stuart and Des are the authors of Generation Entrepreneur, Firestarters, and Gravy Training.