Richard Boyatzis, Ph.D.
Richard Boyatzis

Affiliation: Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management

Email: richard.boyatzis@case.edul

Biography




Richard E. Boyatzis is Professor in the Departments of Organizational Behavior and Psychology at Case Western Reserve University and in Human Resources at ESADE. Before becoming a professor, he was CEO of McBer and Company for 11 years and COO of Yankelovich, Skelly & White for 2 years.

He is the author of more than 100 articles on behavior change, leadership, competencies, and emotional intelligence. His books include: The Competent Manager (in 2 languages); Transforming Qualitative Information (in 2 languages); Innovations in Professional Education (with Scott Cowen and David Kolb; and co-author of the international best-seller, Primal Leadership with Daniel Goleman and Annie McKee, published in 28 languages; and most recently, Resonant Leadership: Renewing Yourself and Connecting With Others Through Mindfulness, Hope, and Compassion (with Annie McKee, published in 18 languages), and the soon to be published, Becoming a Resonant Leader (with Annie McKee and Fran Johnston). Professor Boyatzis has a BS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT and a MS and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Harvard University.

Articles

Boyatzis, R. E., & Saatcioglu, A. (2008). A twenty-year view of trying to develop emotional, social and cognitive intelligence competencies in graduate management education. Journal of Management Development, 27(1), 92-108.

Boyatzis, R.E., Smith, M. and Tresser, N. (under review). Sustaining leadership effectiveness through coaching and compassion: It's not what you think.

Taylor, S.N. and Boyatzis, R.E. (under review). Going beyond the current treatment of multisource feedback assessment.

Guillén, L., Saris, W.E., & Boyatzis, R.E. (2007). Assessing the relationship between EI and personality. Organization and Performance. 14, 17-26.

Akrivou, K., Boyatzis, R. E., & McLeod, P.L. (2006). The evolving group:  Towards a prescriptive theory of intentional group development. Journal of Management Development. 25(7), 689-709.

Boyatzis, R.E. (2006). Intentional change theory from a complexity perspective. Journal of Management Development. 25(7), 607-623.

Boyatzis, R.E. (2006). Using tipping points of emotional intelligence and cognitive competencies to predict financial performance of leaders. Psicothema, 18, 124-131.

Boyatzis, R.E. & Akrivou, K. (2006). The ideal self as a driver of change. Journal of Management Development. 25(7), 624-642.

Boyatzis, R. & McKee, A. (2006). Inspiring Others Through Resonant Leadership. Business Strategy Review, 14-18.

Boyatzis, R. & McKee, A. (2006). Intentional change. Journal of Organizational Excellence, 25, 49-60.

Boyatzis, R.E., Smith, M. & Blaize, N. (2006). Developing sustainable leaders through coaching and compassion, Academy of Management Journal on Learning and Education, 5(1), 8-24.

Boyatzis, R.E., Stubbs, E.C. and Taylor, S.N. (2002). Learning cognitive and emotional intelligence competencies through graduate management education. Academy of Management Journal on Learning and Education. 1(2). 150-162.

Boyatzis, R., McKee, A., and Goleman, D. (2002). Reawakening your passion for Work. Harvard Business Review. 80(4). 86-94.

Goleman, D., Boyatzis, R. , and McKee, A. (2002). The emotional reality of teams. Journal of Organizational Excellence, 21(2), 55-65.

Boyatzis,R.E., Murphy, A., and Wheeler, J. (2000). Philosophy as the missing link between values and behavior. Psychological Reports, 86, pp. 47-64.

Boyatzis, R.E., Leonard, D., Rhee, K. & Wheeler, J. (1996). Competencies can be developed but not in the way we thought. Capability, 2(2), pp. 25-41.

Ballou, R., Bowers, D., Boyatzis, R.E., and , D.A. (1999). Fellowship in lifelong learning: An executive development program for advanced professionals. Journal of Management Education. 23(4), 338-354.

McClelland, D.C. & Boyatzis, R.E. (1982). Leadership motive pattern and long term success in management. Journal of Applied Psychology, 67(9), 737-743.


Book Chapters

Batista-Foguet, J.M., Boyatzis, R.E., Guillen, L. and Serlavos, R. (in press). Assessing emotional intelligence competencies in two global contexts. In Robert Emmerling, Vinod Shanwal, & Manas Mandal (eds.). Emotional Intelligence: Theoretical and Cultural Perspectives. San Francisco: Nova Science Publishers.

Boyatzis, R.E. (in press). A complexity perspective on intentional change in careers, In Hugh P. Gunz & Maury A. Peiperl (eds.). Handbook of Career Studies, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Boyatzis. R.E. (in press). Emotional and social intelligence competencies. In Neal Ashkanasy and Cary Cooper (eds.). Research Companion to Emotion in Organizations, London: Edward Elgar.

Boyatzis, R.E. (in press). Mentoring for intentional behavior change. In Belle Rose Ragins and Kathy E. Kram (eds.) The Handbook of Mentoring. Erlbaum Publishers.

Boyatzis, R.E., Howard, A., Rapisarda, B. and Taylor, S. (in press). Coaching for sustainable change, In A. B. Shani, Niclas Adler, Susan A. Mohrman, Wiliam A. Pasmore, & Bengst Stymne (eds). Handbook of Collaborative Management Research, Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Boyatzis, R.E. (2007). Developing emotional intelligence through coaching for occupational excellence. In Reuven Bar-On, Jacobus G. Maree, and Maurice Elias (eds.). Educating People to Be Emotionally Intelligent, Rondebosch, South Africa: Heinemann, pp. 165-180.

Boyatzis, R.E. (2007). Emotional intelligence competencies are wisdom in practice. In Eric Kessler and James Bailey (eds.). Handbook of Organizational Wisdom, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, pp. 223-242.

Boyatzis, R.E. (2006). Developing emotional intelligence competencies. In Joseph Ciarrochi, & John Mayer (Eds.). Improving Emotional Intelligence: A Practitioners Guide. New York: Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis, pp. 28-52.

Boyatzis, R.E., Bilimoria, D., Godwin, L., Hopkins, M. and Lingham, T. (2006). Effective leadership in extreme crisis. In Raz Gross, Yuval Neria, Randall Marshall and Ezra Susser (eds). 9/11: Public Health in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks. NY: Cambridge University Press. 197-214.

Boyatzis, R.E. (2006). Leadership competencies. In Ronald Burke and Cary Cooper (eds.), Inspiring Leaders, London: Routledge Press (Taylor & Francis Group). pp. 119-148.

Boyatzis, R.E. (2005). Core competencies in coaching others to overcome dysfunctional behavior. In Vanessa Druskat, Gerald Mount, & Fabio Sala, (eds.). Emotional Intelligence and Work Performance. Erlbaum. 81-95.

Boyatzis, R.E. (2005). Developing leadership through emotional intelligence. In Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou and Cary Cooper (eds.), Research Companion to Organizational Health Psychology. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, pg. 656-669.

Boyatzis, R.E. (2004). Competencies. N. Nicholson, P. Audia & M. Pillutla (eds.), Blackwell’s Encyclopedic Dictionary of Management: Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition.

Boyatzis, R.E. (2004). Emotional intelligence. N. Nicholson, P. Audia & M. Pillutla (eds.), Blackwell’s Encyclopedic Dictionary of Management: Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition.

Boyatzis, R.E., Bilimoria, D., Godwin, L., Hopkins, M. and Lingham, T. (2004). Effective leadership in extreme crisis. In Raz Gross, Yuval Neria, Randall Marshall and Ezra Susser (eds). 9/11: Public Health in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks. NY: Cambridge University Press.

Boyatzis, R.E., and Sala, F. (2004). Assessing emotional intelligence competencies. In Glenn Geher (ed.), The Measurement of Emotional Intelligence, Hauppauge, NY: Novas Science Publishers.

Boyatzis, R.E., Frick, C. and Van Oosten, E. (2003). Developing Leaders Throughout an Entire Organization by Developing Emotional Intelligence Competencies. In Berger, L.A. and Berger, D.R. (eds.). The Talent Management Handbook: Creating Organizational Excellence by Identifying, Developing, and Positioning High-Potential Talent. NY: McGraw Hill.

Boyatzis, R.E. (2002). Unleashing the Power of Self-Directed Learning, In Ron Sims (ed.) (2002) Changing the Way We Manage Change: The Consultants Speak. NY: Quorum Books. 13-32.

Boyatzis,R.E., Goleman, D., and Rhee, K. (2000). Clustering competence in emotional intelligence: Insights from the Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI)s. In R. Bar-On and J.D.A. Parker (eds.), Handbook of emotional intelligence. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 343-362.

Boyatzis, R.E., (2000). Developing emotional intelligence. In C. Cherniss, and D. Goleman (eds.),The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Boyatzis, R.E. (1999). Self-directed change and learning as a necessary meta-competency for success and effectiveness in the 21st century. In Sims, R. and Veres, J.G. (eds.). Keys to employee success in the coming decades. Westport, CN: Greenwood Publishing.

Boyatzis, R.E. (1996). Consequences and rejuvenation of competency-based human resource and organization development, In Woodman, R.W., and Pasmore, W.A.(eds.), Research in Organizational Change and Development, volume 9, pp. 101-122, Greenwich, CN: JAI Press.