Stewart D. Friedman

Stewart D. Friedman is a professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and the founding director of the Wharton Leadership Program and Wharton's Work/Life Integration Project. He has been on the Wharton faculty since 1984 and became the Management Department's first Practice Professor in recognition of his work within the fields of Leadership Development, Human Resources and Work–Life Integration on the application theory and research on the real challenges facing organizations. In 2001, Friedman completed a two-year assignment as the director of the Leadership Development Center at Ford Motor Company, where he ran a 50 person, $25 million operation.

Friedman has published numerous books and articles on work/life integration, leadership, and the dynamics of change. His most recent book, Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life, was published in June 2008 by Harvard Business Press. The book has been on the USA Today bestseller book list and won several other book awards. It has sold over 35,000 copies in the US and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, and Russian. Friedman's book Work and Family—Allies or Enemies? (which he co-authored with Jeff Greenhaus) was recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the field's best books. In April of 2011, Leadership Succession, which Friedman edited, was reissued in paperback by Transaction Publishers after being in print for 25 years.

Friedman has consulted a wide range of organizations, executives, and distinguished individuals, including Jack Welch, former Vice President Al Gore, two White House administrations, the United Nations, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the U.S. Army. He serves on numerous advisory boards and conducts workshops globally on leadership and "the whole person," change creation, and strategic human resources issues. The recipient of numerous teaching awards, he appears regularly in business media, and The New York Times cited the "rock star adoration" he inspires in his students. Friedman was chosen by Working Mother as one of "America's 25 most influential men for having made things better for working parents" and was selected by Thinkers 50 as one of the "world's top 50 business thinkers." Friedman writes about work-life integration, leadership, and other topics as a Harvard Business Review blogger. He also regularly tweets about these topics on his Twitter account, @StewFriedman.

Friedman holds a B.A. in Psychology from S.U.N.Y. Binghamton and an M.A. in Psychology and Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan.