Rosabeth Moss Kanter

The lecture, part of the Xerox Global Lecture Series, begins at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 18, at the Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel on Park University's Parkville campus. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested.

Kanter will first present "Delivering Confidence: The Work of Leaders," which is expected to run until 10:45 a.m. She will sign books between 10:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. then break for lunch. Her next presentation, "A Conversation about Leadership for Sustained Success in Turbulent Times," will run from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and is structured in a class-like setting for faculty and students.

Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, where she specializes in strategy, innovation and leadership for change. She is author or co-author of 17 books, which have been translated into 17 languages.  Her latest book, "America the Principled: 6 Opportunities for Becoming a Can-Do Nation Once Again," focuses on innovation and education, a new workplace social contract, values-based corporate conduct, competent government, positive international relations through citizen diplomacy and business networks, and national and community service.

Kanter was named one of the 50 most powerful women in the world by The Times of London and one of the 50 most influential business thinkers in the world in The Thinkers 50 poll, conducted by Suntop Media.

Originally a sociologist, Kanter was a fellow at Harvard Law School then a business professor at Yale before joining the Harvard Business School. At Harvard, she chairs a university group creating an initiative to help successful leaders at the top of their professions apply their skills not only to managing their own enterprises but also to addressing challenging national and global problems.

For more information about the Park University event, contact Laurie McCormack, vice president of University Advancement at Park, at (816) 584-6210 or Laurie.McCormack@park.edu. To reserve seating, contact Danita Hodges at (816) 584-6209 or danita.hodges@park.edu. For those unable to attend, an audio podcast of the morning presentation will be made available by the next day at www.park.edu/podcast.