Michael Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School; cofounder and chairman of TruePoint Partners, a management consultancy that works with senior executives to develop effective high-performance organizations; and chairman of the board at the Center for Higher Ambition Leadership, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of companies and leaders committed to creating economic and social value. Beer has researched and written widely about organizational effectiveness, organizational change, high commitment, high-performance organizations, and leadership, as well as human resource management. He is the author of eleven books, including Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value.