- Robert Denhardt
Robert B. Denhardt was born in
Kentucky in 1942. He received his Ph.D. in Public Administration from theUniversity of Kentucky in 1968.Fact|date=August 2008Denhardt is best known for his work in
public administration theory andorganizational behavior , especially leadership and organizational change.Fact|date=August 2008 In The New Public Service: Serving, not Steering, he developed a new model of governance that stresses the need to engage citizens in governance of their communities.Denhardt started his career as an Assistant Professor at the
University of Central Florida . He taught at theUniversity of New Orleans ,University of Kansas , University of Missouri, University of Colorado, andUniversity of Delaware . Currently, Denhardt is the Lincoln Professor of Leadership and Ethics, Director of the School of Public Affairs atArizona State University , and a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at theUniversity of Delaware .Fact|date=August 2008Denhardt is a Past President of the
American Society for Public Administration , a nationwide organization of academics and practitioners in the field of public administration at all levels of government. He was the founder and first chair of ASPA's National Campaign for Public Service, an effort to assert the dignity and worth of public service across the nation. He is also a member of theNational Academy of Public Administration and a Fellow of the Canadian Centre for Management Development. He received the Dwight Waldo Award for lifetime achievement in scholarship from the American Society for Public Administration in 2004. He was aFulbright Scholar in Australia in 1990.Fact|date=August 2008 In 2007, he was appointed as an Arizona State University Regents’ Professor.Fact|date=August 2008Denhardt has published nineteen books, including The Dance of Leadership, The New Public Service, Managing Human Behavior in Public and Nonprofit Organizations, The Pursuit of Significance, In the Shadow of Organization, Theories of Public Organization, Public Administration: An Action Orientation, Executive Leadership in the Public Service, The Revitalization of the Public Service, and Pollution and Public Policy. He has published over one hundred articles in professional journals.Fact|date=August 2008
Denhardt currently conducts training, facilitation, counseling, and intervention in leadership development and civic engagement. The Dance of Leadership Workshop is based on his book, "The Dance of Leadership", and focuses on the "art" of leadership, employing material from art, music, and especially dance to discover new ways of thinking about leadership and new ways of sharpening one’s leadership skills.Fact|date=August 2008
External links
* [http://www.danceofleadership.com The Dance of Leadership Consulting Group] "
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