- Thomas Zweifel
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name = Thomas Zweifel
caption = Dr. Thomas D. Zweifel
birthname = Thomas David Zweifel
birthdate = birth date and age|1962|1|7|mf=y
birthplace =Paris France
occupation = Leadership Development
nationality =United States , Switzerland
website = http://www.thomaszweifel.comThomas David Zweifel (born
January 7 ,1962 ,Paris ) is a global leadership expert, professor, entrepreneur, and author.He was a leadership professor at Columbia University, and an author of books on leadership.
Zweifel was educated in Switzerland. He later earned a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in International Political Economy from New York University.
From 1985 to 1997 Zweifel served on the staff of
The Hunger Project , an international NGO on the roster of the United Nations, dedicated to ending world hunger by empowering hungry people as the key leaders and change agents of their own development.As director of global operations, he oversaw 27 global affiliates, but lacked the legal authority to impose decisions, hire/fire staff, or control their budgets. Being nevertheless accountable for their business performance, and living in Europe, Japan, India and the United States, Zweifel became a pioneer of cross-cultural management and remote leadership coaching.
In the late 1990s, Zweifel developed a comprehensive theory of leadership in collaboration with other scholars and practitioners.
Prof. Zweifel teaches leadership at Columbia University in New York, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya [https://www.idc.ac.il/eng/default.asp] . He was a regular radio and television commentator, for example on CNN and ABC News.
Books
In addition to numerous articles, Zweifel has published several books on democracy and leadership (saying that "leadership and democracy need each other. Leadership without democracy is dictatorship, and democracy without leadership is anarchy"):
* 2002: Democratic Deficit? Institutions and Regulation in the European Union, Switzerland, and the United States (Rowman & Littlefield)
* 2003: Communicate or Die: Getting Results Through Speaking and Listening (SelectBooks)
* 2003: Culture Clash: Managing the Global High-Performance Team (SelectBooks)
* 2005: International Organizations: Democracy, Accountability, Power (Lynne Rienner Publishers)External links
* [http://www.internationalspeakers.com/ International Speakers Bureau]
* [http://www.coachfederation.org/ICF/ International Coach Federation]
* [http://www.consultingsuccess.org/ Association of Professional Communication Consultants]
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