Presented By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations
Positive Links Speaker Series
General David Perkins - Leading to win in a complex world
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POSITIVE LINKS:
Gain inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in people. Learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.
Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public with a reception to follow.
GENERAL DAVID PERKINS:
As the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, General David G. Perkins is responsible for selecting and recruiting every U.S. Army Soldier, training and educating professionals, and designing the future U.S. Army to support National Security.
A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1980, General Perkins has held numerous senior leadership positions over his career. These include Special Assistant to the Speaker of the House, 104th U.S. Congress; Battalion Commander, leading over 1,000 personnel during Operation Able Sentry in Macedonia; Brigade Commander, leading over 3,000 personnel during the invasion of Iraq in 2003; Executive Assistant to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Division Commander, leading over 10,000 personnel during the transition of U.S. Forces from Iraq in 2010-
2011.
Most recently, from November 2011 to February 2014, General Perkins commanded the U.S. Army’s premier education and leader development institution at Fort Leavenworth, responsible for managing training development and support, developing U.S. Army doctrine, and synchronizing leader development, all of which provides the foundational elements for the U.S. Army to conduct its mission.
General Perkins is a native of New Hampshire. He holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and a master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College.
HOSTED BY:
Kim Cameron, co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations; William Russell Kelly Chair of Management and Organizations; Professor of Higher Education
SPONSORS:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks University of Michigan Learning & Professional Development, Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, and Diane and Paul Jones (MBA ‘75), for their support of the 2016-17 Positive Links Speaker Series.
POSITIVE LINKS:
Gain inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in people. Learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.
Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public with a reception to follow.
GENERAL DAVID PERKINS:
As the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, General David G. Perkins is responsible for selecting and recruiting every U.S. Army Soldier, training and educating professionals, and designing the future U.S. Army to support National Security.
A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1980, General Perkins has held numerous senior leadership positions over his career. These include Special Assistant to the Speaker of the House, 104th U.S. Congress; Battalion Commander, leading over 1,000 personnel during Operation Able Sentry in Macedonia; Brigade Commander, leading over 3,000 personnel during the invasion of Iraq in 2003; Executive Assistant to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Division Commander, leading over 10,000 personnel during the transition of U.S. Forces from Iraq in 2010-
2011.
Most recently, from November 2011 to February 2014, General Perkins commanded the U.S. Army’s premier education and leader development institution at Fort Leavenworth, responsible for managing training development and support, developing U.S. Army doctrine, and synchronizing leader development, all of which provides the foundational elements for the U.S. Army to conduct its mission.
General Perkins is a native of New Hampshire. He holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and a master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College.
HOSTED BY:
Kim Cameron, co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations; William Russell Kelly Chair of Management and Organizations; Professor of Higher Education
SPONSORS:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks University of Michigan Learning & Professional Development, Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, and Diane and Paul Jones (MBA ‘75), for their support of the 2016-17 Positive Links Speaker Series.
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