The Leadership Excellence magazine has published their list of the 100 top thought leaders in management and leadership. The gurus who make the list possess a rare combination of the following eight traits and abilities:
- Preparation: academic and professional.
- Character: values, ethics, beliefs, purpose, mission, integrity, walk the talk.
- Principles: big message, point of view, tenets, main points.
- Personality: charisma, style, originality, authenticity, one of a kind.
- Performance: inspiring action, real-world performance, work ethic.
- Experience: beyond local and regional, more national and international.
- Expression: substance and style in writing, speaking, coaching, consulting, mentoring, training, or teaching.
- Influence: difference, results, change, transformation.
The 2008 – 2009 Excellence 100
Top 20
- Gary Hamel
- Warren Bennis
- Dave Ulrich
- Marshall Goldsmith
- James Collins
- Peter Block
- Ram Charan
- Noel Tichy
- Kevin Cashman
- Tom Peters
- John P. Kotter
- Bill George
- Jack Zenger
- James O’Toole
- Barbara Kellerman
- James Kouzes
- Clayton Christensen
- Marcus Buckingham
- Peter Senge
- Meg Wheatley
The Rest…
- James Loehr
- Norm Smallwood
- Michael Porter
- Max Bazerman
- Jay Conger
- Rosabeth Kanter
- C.K. Prahalad
- Ichak Adizes
- Kevin & Jackie Freiberg
- Chip Bell
- Carly Fiorina
- Gifford Pinchot
- Bill Isaacs
- James Champy
- Morgan McCall, Jr.
- Jack Welch
- Nicholas Negraponte
- Jay Conrad Levinson
- Michael Treacy
- Dan Goleman
- Frances Hesselbein
- Judith Glaser
- Renee Mauborgne
- Ken Blanchard
- Jeff Snipes
- Eileen McDargh
- Beverly Kaye
- Nathaniel Branden
- Barry Conchie
- Patrick Lencioni
- David Allen
- Phil Geldart
- Josh Bersin
- David Nadler
- Libby Sartain
- Nigel Nicholson
- Bill Byham
- Jon Katzenbach
- Edward E. Lawler III
- Robert Whipple
- Joseph Grenny
- Michael G. Winston
- Christopher Rice
- Richard Chang
- Andre Martin
- Joel Barker
- Malcolm Gladwell
- Ken Shelton
- Gregg Thompson
- Ira Chaleff
- Lois Zachary
- Edgar Schein
- Barry Posner
- Dianna Booher
- Spencer Johnson
- Michael Feiner
- Larry Senn
- Jeff Sonnenfeld
- Larry Bossidy
- Vijay Govindarajan
- Stephen R. Covey
- Lance Secretan
- Dede Henley
- Bill Adams
- Maya Hu-Chan
- James Cabrera
- Rob Lebow
- Ron Crossland
- Steven Arneson
- Terry Bacon
- Robert Kaplan
- Phil Harkins
- Ian Mitroff
- Joseph Jaworski
- B. Kim Barnes
- Howard Guttman
- Richard Leider
- Gary Harpst
- Chris Majer
- Daniel R. Tobin
Overall a great list of leadership gurus. It’s worthwhile taking some time to explore some of the books written by the top 20 on Amazon.
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I can’t believe Henry Mintzberg (http://www.henrymintzberg.com) didn’t make the list!
In addition to the wonderful books published by the top, a few additional ones to consider include:
The Leaders Voice by Ron Crossland & Unleashed by Susanne Biro and Gregg Thompson published by Select Books.
http://www.bluepointleadership.com/news/
Sorry to say, but this list suffers from a disasterous crediblity gap by not listing Henry Mintzberg.