In Memoriam: Michael Maccoby | Shanker Institute

It is with unhappiness that the Albert Shanker Institute acknowledges the passing of longtime board member, Michael Maccoby. He was 89. Michael was a gifted professional on management, an completed creator, and sought-after consultant and advisor. On the Shanker Institute Board of Directors, Michael was a leader and thoughtful contributor. We will miss him.

In a January 2018 blog site article for the Shanker Institute, “For a Additional Just and Prosperous America,” Mr. Maccoby shut, “We need leaders who remodel fear into effective activity, carry us nearer jointly, and spark hope by functioning to carry out a vision of a extra just and prosperous America.” The Albert Shanker Institute remains grateful that Michael Maccoby devoted his life to researching, elevating, and being that variety of chief.

A Harvard-educated scholar in social relations, his work drew on social psychology, cultural anthropology and Freudian psychoanalysis, and bridged the planet of organization and academia.

Michael Maccoby was a globally regarded pro on leadership, who for 40 years has advised world leaders in businesses, governments, unions, universities and nonprofit companies in 36 countries.

He was the president of The Maccoby Team in Washington, D.C. He had a BA and PhD from Harvard University, in which he directed the Plan on Engineering, General public Plan and Human Improvement at the Kennedy College from 1970-90.

He graduated from The Mexican Institute of Psychoanalysis exactly where he studied under Erich Fromm and with him wrote Social Character in Mexican Village. He is writer of The Gamesman, The Leader, Why Function?, Narcissistic Leaders, The Leaders We Will need, direct author of Transforming Wellness Treatment Management, and writer of Strategic Intelligence.

In appreciation of his get the job done in Sweden, he was designed Commander of the Royal Order of the Polar Star. He was a fellow of the American Psychological and Anthropological Associations and the Nationwide Academy of Public Administration. He was been a visiting professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz and Sciences Po in Paris. He taught management at Oxford University’s Saïd University of Business in which he was an associate fellow. The Washington Faculty of Psychiatry presented him a life time accomplishment award. He was also a strategic leadership advisor to Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos , households schools and health care in nine international locations in Latin The usa and the Caribbean.

For additional info on Michael Maccoby’s amazing existence and contributions, remember to study this Washington Article obituary.