Michael Beer is Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration

Emeritus at the Harvard Business School, as well as chairman and

cofounder of TruePoint Partners and TruePoint Center for High Commitment

and Performance, a not-for-profit research and education institute. He is a

world-renowned authority in the areas of organization effectiveness, organization

change, and human resource management, and taught in Harvard Business

School’s Advanced Management Program. Professor Beer is the author or

coauthor of nine books, among them Managing Human Assets and the awardwinning The Critical Path to Corporate Renewal. Beer has consulted to top

management in dozens of Fortune 500 companies, is a Fellow of the Academy

of Management and the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology,

a member of the National Academy of Human Resources, and is the recipient

of numerous professional awards, among them the Academy of Management’s

Distinguished Scientist-Practitioner Award and the Society for Human Resource

Management’s Losey Research Award. He began his career at Corning Inc.,

where he founded and led the Organizational Research and Development

department, whose work led to several innovations in organizing and managing

the company’s business and people.

"In these economic times this book is more important than ever. A must-read for the leaders of today and tomorrow." Douglas R. Conant, president and chief executive officer, Campbell Soup Company Praise for High Commitment, High Performance "It is seldom that I read a book about leadership and get excited; this one did that to me. The author has found values and aspects of leadership that have worked well for long term execution of strategies. For Boards and CEOs, this is a great book." --Leif Johansson, president and chief executive officer, Volvo Group "Resilience promises to be the distinguishing characteristic of companies that will prosper from the current economic crisis. Mike Beer's new book is a compelling manual for success in this new economy." --Ravi Venkatesan, chairman, Microsoft India "A must read for leaders who want to develop an edge by building a resilient organization for competitive advantage. Beer's views and recommendations are based on extensive research." --Ram Charan, Ram Charan Associates and co-author of the bestselling book, Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done "With decades of teaching and research and close engagement with companies, Michael Beer has written a book that not only makes the case for building a high commitment organization, but also provides practical advice for doing it." --Jeffrey Pfeffer, professor, Stanford Business School and author, The Human Equation: Building Profits by Putting People First "Beer brings a multi-disciplinary perspective from his extensive experience in industry and academia to reveal how leaders of HCHP organizations break through internal barriers and manage multiple tensions in their quest for sustainable value-creation." --Robert Kaplan, professor, Harvard Business School and co-author, The Execution Premium and The Balanced Score Card "Mike Beer brings his wealth of research and experience to provide fresh insights to the enduring question of what makes companies succeed over the long run. I have utilized many of the principles successfully and recommend them to any corporate leader committed to building an outstanding organization." --Ed Ludwig, chairman and chief executive officer, Becton Dickinson