Robert Denhardt

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Robert B. Denhardt, scholar and author, was born in Kentucky in 1942. He received his Ph.D. in Public Administration from the University of Kentucky in 1968.^{[citation needed]}

Denhardt is best known for his work in public administration theory and organizational behavior, especially leadership and organizational change.^{[citation needed]} In The New Public Service: Serving, not Steering, he developed a new model of governance that stresses the need to engage citizens in governance of their communities.

Denhardt started his career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida. He taught at the University of New Orleans, University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University of Colorado, and University of Delaware. Currently, Denhardt is the Lincoln Professor of Leadership and Ethics, Director of the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University, and a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the University of Delaware.^{[citation needed]}

Denhardt is a Past President of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), a nationwide organization of academics and practitioners in the field of public administration at all levels of government. He was the founder and first chair of ASPA's National Campaign for Public Service, an effort to assert the dignity and worth of public service across the nation. He is also a member of the National Academy of Public Administration and a Fellow of the Canadian Centre for Management Development. He received the for lifetime achievement in scholarship from the American Society for Public Administration in 2004. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Australia in 1990.^{[citation needed]} In 2007, he was appointed as an Arizona State University Regents’ Professor.^{[citation needed]}

Denhardt has published nineteen books, including The Dance of Leadership, The New Public Service, Managing Human Behavior in Public and Nonprofit Organizations, The Pursuit of Significance, In the Shadow of Organization, Theories of Public Organization, Public Administration: An Action Orientation, Executive Leadership in the Public Service, The Revitalization of the Public Service, and Pollution and Public Policy. He has published over one hundred articles in professional journals.^{[citation needed]}

Denhardt currently conducts training, facilitation, counseling, and intervention in leadership development and civic engagement. The Dance of Leadership Workshop is based on his book, "The Dance of Leadership", and focuses on the art of leadership, employing material from art, music, and especially dance to discover new ways of thinking about leadership and new ways of sharpening one’s leadership skills.^{[citation needed]}

External links[]

• The Dance of Leadership Consulting Group