George R. Goethals

George R. Goethals holds the E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professorship in Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond. Previously at Williams College he served as chair of the Department of Psychology, as founding chair of the Program in Leadership Studies, and as Provost. With Georgia show more Sorenson and James MacGregor Burns, he edited the Encyclopedia of Leadership (SAGE Publications, 2004). Goethals's recent scholarship includes Heroic leadership: An Influence Taxonomy of 100 Exceptional Individuals (Routledge, 2013, with Scott T. Allison) and Presidential Leadership and African Americans: "An American Dilemma" from Slavery to the While House (Routledge, 2015). show less