Richard Beckhard

RICHARD BECKHARD is a longtime leader in organization development and former professor at the Sloan School of Management at MIT. He coedited Organization of the Future (1996) and Leader of the Future (1996), and is author or coauthor of many other books, including Changing the Essence (1992). Several prestigious awards have been created in Beckhard's name through organizations including the Sloan Management Review, the Family Firm Institute, the U.K. Office of Public Management, and the Latin...See more

RICHARD BECKHARD is a longtime leader in organization development and former professor at the Sloan School of Management at MIT. He coedited Organization of the Future (1996) and Leader of the Future (1996), and is author or coauthor of many other books, including Changing the Essence (1992). Several prestigious awards have been created in Beckhard's name through organizations including the Sloan Management Review, the Family Firm Institute, the U.K. Office of Public Management, and the Latin American Organization Development Association. The author lives in New York City. See less