Stewart D. Friedman is a professor at the

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at the

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and the founding director of the Wharton Leadership Program an
Wharton's Work/Life Integration Project
He has been on the Wharton faculty since 1984 and became the Management Department's first Practice Professor in recognition of his work within the fields of

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and Work–Life Integration on the application theory and research on the real challenges facing organizations. In 2001, Friedman completed a two-year assignment as the director of the Leadership Development Center at

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, where he ran a 50-person, $25 million operation. Friedman has published numerous books and articles on work/life integration, leadership, and the dynamics of change. He also regularly tweets about these topics on his Twitter account
@StewFriedman

Education and early life

Friedman holds a B.A. in Psychology from S.U.N.Y. Binghamton and an M.A. in Psychology and Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the

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Career

Friedman has consulted a wide range of organizations, executives, and distinguished individuals, including

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, former Vice President

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, two

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administrations, the

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, the

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, the

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, and the

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. He serves on numerous advisory boards and conducts workshops globally on leadership and "the whole person," change creation, and strategic human resources issues. The recipient of numerous teaching awards, he appears regularly in business media, and ''The New York Times'' cited the "rock star adoration" he inspires in his students. Friedma
hosts a weekly radio show, ''Work and Life'', on Sirius XM 132
Business Radio Powered by the Wharton School.

Works

His most recent book, ''Leading The Life You Want: Skills for Integrating Work and Life'', is a Wall Street Best Seller. His book, ''Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life'', was published in June 2008 by

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. The book has been on the

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bestseller book list and won several other book awards. It has sold over 70,000 copies in the US and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. In 2013 he wrote, ''Baby Bust: New Choices for Men and Women in Work and Family'' (Wharton Press). Friedman's book ''Work and Family—Allies or Enemies?'' (which he co-authored with Jeff Greenhaus) was recognized by

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as one of the field's best books. In April 2011, ''Leadership Succession'', which Friedman edited, was reissued in paperback by

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after being in print for 25 years.

''Total Leadership''

In Friedman's most recent book, ''Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life'', Friedman argues that

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cannot be merely about business anymore: it has to be about life as a whole. Total Leadership is an approach to

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and

leadership development Leadership development is the process which helps expand the capacity of individuals to perform in leadership roles within organizations. Leadership roles are those that facilitate execution of an organization's strategy through building alignment ...

created and tested at

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and

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that suggests that leadership must be embodied at all levels of an

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to create sustainable change that’s beyond work-life balance that is good for ''work'', ''family'', ''community'', and ''self'' (mind, body, and spirit). This approach, Friedman writes, is superior at integrating work and the rest of life, preferable to the pursuit of “balance,” which erroneously assumes the necessity of tradeoffs. With “four-way wins,” ''all'' parties benefit. From this perspective, individuals realize that their actions as leaders serve a larger purpose, making the world better. They feel part of something bigger than their own lives, and thereby find greater meaning in what they do. The approach has been used in

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as well as major for-profit corporations in the

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, and

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to increase organizational and individual

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by decreasing

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, turnover, and

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by capitalizing on one's

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interests and priorities. Total Leadership is a primary intervention in a multi-year study funded by the

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. Friedman presents Total Leadership as a proven method to achieving four-way wins. It is based upon following these principles using

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for

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: 1. Be Real: Act with authenticity by clarifying what’s important. 2. Be Whole: Act with integrity by respecting the whole person. 3. Be Innovative: Act with creativity by continually experimenting.

Bibliography

* ''Leading the Life You Want: Skills for Integrating Work and Life'', published by Harvard Business Press in 2014 (). * ''Leadership Succession'', published by Transaction Publishers in 2011 (). * ''Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life'', published by Harvard Business School Press in 2008 (). * ''Work and Family—Allies or Enemies?'', published by the Oxford University Press in 2000 (). * ''Integrating Work and Life: The Wharton Resource Guide'', published in 1998 (). * Friedman, S. D. and Lobel, S., 2003. The Happy Workaholic: a role model for employees. Academy of Management Executive, 17 (3): 87-98. * Friedman, S. D., Christensen, P. and DeGroot, J., 1998. Work and life: the end of the zero-sum game. Harvard Business Review, Nov-Dec, 119-129. Reprinted as lead article in Harvard Business Review on work and life balance. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2000. Also reprinted in Leading through adversity (HBR OnPoint Collection), 2002. * Robertson, T., 2005. Between work and life there’s balance. Boston Globe, June 19. * Hammonds, K. H., 2000. "Grassroots Leadership - Ford Motor Co. Fast Company, April.

Awards and recognitions

Friedman was awarded the ''Families and Work Institute's Legacy Award'' in 2013. He was chosen by ''Working Mother'' as one of "America's 25 most influential men for having made things better for working parents," was selected twice by ''HR Magazine as Most Influential Thinker'' and by ''Thinkers 50'' thrice as one of the "world's top 50 business thinkers." In 2015 he won th
Thinkers 50 Distinguished Achievement Award
in Talent. Friedman writes about work-life integration, leadership, and other topics as a ''Harvard Business Review'' blogger."Stew Friedman" on ''Harvard Business Review''
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* Excellence in Teaching Award: Core Curriculum in 2011 (

* Winner of the CEO READ Best Business Book Award 2008 - Personal Developmen

* One of ''Working Mothers 25 most influential men in 2007 for "having made things better for working parents

* William Whitney Teaching Award in 200

* MBA Core Curriculum Teaching Award in 1996 (

* Outstanding Teaching Award in 1993 (

Undergraduate Evening School

* Outstanding Teaching Award in 1990 (

Undergraduate Division

References

External links

*
Official Wharton profile

''Harvard Business Review'' blog profile

''Total Leadership'' book on Goodreads

Leading@google: Stew Friedman speaks at Google (video)

Wharton Work/Life Integration Project website

Thinkers 50 profile ("the definitive global ranking of management thinkers")

"A Life in Harmony" Friedman article in ''Chief Executive Officer''

* ttp://www.hrmreport.com/article/Tipping-the-Scales/ ''HR Management'' profile
''ABC News'' interview with Friedman (video)

* ttp://blog.washingtonpost.com/onbalance/2006/05/interview_with_stew_friedman_1.html ''Washington Post'' interview with Friedman
Tim Ferris interview with Friedman

Sloan Work and Family interview with Friedman

"Preparing the Leaders of Tomorrow" article mention in the ''Jewish Exponent''
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