Frances Hesselbein is the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Leader to
Leader Institute (formerly the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit
Management), and served as its founding President and Chief Executive Officer
from 1990-2000. She serves on many nonprofit and private sector corporate
boards, including the Veteran's Corporation Advisory Board and the Hauser Center
for Nonprofit Management at the Kennedy School.
Frances Hesselbein is
Editor-in-Chief of the quarterly journal Leader to Leader. She is a
co-editor of the book of the same name, as well as the three volumes of the
Drucker Foundation Future Series. She also is co-editor of Leading Beyond the
Walls, and Leading for Innovation, Organizing For Results, the first
two books in the Drucker Foundation Wisdom to Action Series. Her book
Hesselbein on Leadership was published in August of 2002. Be, Know, Do:
Leadership the Army Way, introduced by General Eric K. Shinseki and Frances
Hesselbein was published in February of 2004.
Hesselbein was awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America's highest civilian
honor in January 1998. Her contributions were also recognized by former
President Bush, who appointed her to two Presidential commissions.
Watch a video of the induction event
Frances Hesselbein's induction event at ILA 2008 Los Angeles
2008 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
