George Goethals

George R. GOETHALS holds the E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professorship in Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond. He is author of Presidential Leadership and African Americans (2015) and co-author of Heroic Leadership: An Influence Taxonomy of 100 Exceptional Individuals (2013) and Heroes: What They Do & Why We Need Them (2011). With Georgia Sorenson and James MacGregor Burns, he edited the Encyclopedia of Leadership (2004), developed by Berkshire Publishing for SAGE...See more

George R. GOETHALS holds the E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professorship in Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond. He is author of Presidential Leadership and African Americans (2015) and co-author of Heroic Leadership: An Influence Taxonomy of 100 Exceptional Individuals (2013) and Heroes: What They Do & Why We Need Them (2011). With Georgia Sorenson and James MacGregor Burns, he edited the Encyclopedia of Leadership (2004), developed by Berkshire Publishing for SAGE Publications. He was previously a member of the faculty at Williams College where he was founding chair of the Program in Leadership Studies. See less