Barry Zane Posner (born March 11, 1949) [1] is the Accolti Professor of Leadership at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University.
[3][4] His doctoral thesis was "Characteristics of individuals' control in organizations" [5] Posner is the Accolti Professor of Leadership at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University.
[7] He spent 6 months as visiting professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Academics at Santa Clara University, Kouzes and Posner were set to speak after Tom Peters, who was presenting about successful companies.
The "Five Practices" are: "Model the Way," "Inspire a Shared Vision," "Challenge the Process," "Enable Others to Act," and "Encourage the Heart".