Meg Wheatley Biography

Margaret Wheatley is the president of a global, nonprofit foundation that educates and promotes good leadership. She is an internationally recognized speaker, author, organizational consultant, and researcher. Margaret Wheatley has worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in Korea and as a public school teacher and urban education supervisor in New York since she was a child. Meg Wheatley has previously worked as an Associate Professor of Management at Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management and Cambridge College in Massachusetts. Meg Wheatley has continuously been named one of the top thinking leaders in management and leadership by Leadership Excellence Magazine. Meg Wheatley has worked with an exceptionally wide range of organizations on all continents since 1973. From the Chief of the US Army to twelve-year-old Girl Scouts, from CEOs to small-town preachers, her clientele and audiences are diverse. Large companies, government agencies, healthcare facilities, foundations, public schools, colleges, major church denominations, military services, professional groups, and monasteries are among the organizations that make up this variety. All of these organizations are grappling with the same problem: how to retain their integrity and efficacy in the face of the constant upheavals and fast transitions that characterize these turbulent times. But there is another similarity: a shared human yearning to live more peacefully and kindly together. Meg Wheatley co-founded a charity worldwide organization that collaborates with a diverse group of individuals from all over the world to enhance their communities by utilizing the wisdom and richness that already exists within their people, traditions, and environment. The organization has worked in dozens of nations, most of which are in the Third World, and has discovered that there are tens of thousands of courageous, life-affirming leaders across the world. They are young and elderly, from all walks of life, and work in a variety of organizations and communities. Margaret Wheatley has worked as a formal adviser for leadership programs in the United Kingdom, Croatia, and Denmark. Australia and the United States, as well as leading efforts in India, Senegal, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mexico, and Brazil, as well as Europe, through her foundation work. Leadership and the New Science, by Meg Wheatley, has been translated into more than 20 languages. This book is recognized for introducing a completely new way of thinking about organizations. It is a required text in many leadership programs and has earned several honors, including Industry Week's Best Management Book of 1992, CIO Magazine's Top Ten Business Books of the 1990s, and Xerox Corporation's Top Ten Business Books of All Time. Following videos of Leadership and the New Science have gone on to win a number of cinema prizes. A Simpler Way, co-authored with Myron Rogers, explores the topic, "How would we arrange human activity differently if we knew how Life organizes?" through photographs, poetry, and text. Turning to One Another: Basic Conversations to Restore Promise to the Future suggests that the best hope for transforming the world lies in the simple, familiar act of talking. Communities, schools, religious groups, and social change activities are all using this book. Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time is a compilation of Margaret Wheatley's practice-focused essays, in which she uses the concepts she's spoken throughout her career to describe the organizational and personal practices and behaviors that bring them to life. Meg Wheatley also contributes to professional publications and periodicals on a regular basis. Meg Wheatley gets her inspiration from a variety of sources, starting with recent scientific breakthroughs that have had a significant impact on our understanding of the world. She now brings insights and knowledge from a variety of disciplines, civilizations, and spiritual traditions to her scientific background. Meg Wheatley earned her Ph.D. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from Harvard University. She graduated from New York University with a master's degree in communications and systems thinking and a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Rochester. Margaret Wheatley has also earned several honorary degrees and honors. In 2003, the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) named her a living legend for her contributions to workplace learning and development. She was inducted into the Leonardo Da Vinci Society in April 2005 for her contributions to the field of systems thinking. The University of Applied Technology in Arizona founded this society. Meg Wheatley provided the world a new way of thinking about organizations with her groundbreaking application of natural sciences to corporate management, according to ASTD, which granted her its highest prize. Her ideas have crossed national borders and touched every industry. Her ideas have found receptive ears in the military, non-profits, public schools, and churches, as well as in businesses. Meg Wheatley's institution supports the development of local leaders in more than 40 nations in order to build communities that harness and evoke the greatest of human potential. Meg Wheatley's multidisciplinary curiosity gives her new insights into the nature of human interaction and motivates us to develop better organizations and civilizations all around the world. Margaret Wheatley is a British author. She writes, teaches, and lectures on revolutionary organizing ideas and methods in turbulent times.

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