We deeply mourn the passing of
Michael Maccoby on November 5, 2022
Dr. Michael Maccoby was a globally recognized expert on leadership. For over 40 years he advised global leaders in businesses, governments, unions, universities, and non-profit organizations in 36 countries. He was president of The Maccoby Group in Washington, D.C.. He had a BA and PhD from Harvard University, where he directed the Program on Technology, Public Policy and Human Development at the Kennedy School from 1970-90. He graduated from The Mexican Institute of Psychoanalysis where he studied under Erich Fromm and with him wrote Social Character in Mexican Village. He was author of The Gamesman, The Leader, Sweden at the Edge, Why Work?, Narcissistic Leaders, The Leaders We Need, lead author of Transforming Health Care Leadership, and author of Strategic Intelligence. In appreciation of his work in Sweden, he was made Commander of the Royal Order of the Polar Star. He was a fellow of the American Psychological and Anthropological Associations and the National Academy of Public Administration. He was a visiting professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz and Sciences Po in Paris. He taught leadership at Oxford University’s Saïd School of Business where he was an associate fellow. The Washington School of Psychiatry presented him a lifetime achievement award. He was strategic leadership advisor to Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos, an organization with homes for orphaned and abandoned children, schools, hospitals and clinics in nine countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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The photograph of Michael Maccoby was taken by David Cohen.
