Eric H. Kessler

A recognized authority on organization management and global leadership, Dr. Eric H. Kessler is Distinguished University Professor and Henry George Scholar in the Lubin School of Business at Pace University.

As a management RESEARCHER, he is the worldwide General Editor of the Encyclopedia of Management Theory and Choice book award winner who has published eight critically acclaimed books that have sold in 70+ countries, including the new titles: 'Wise Leadership' and 'Wisdoms of the World'. He also has more than 120 combined academic papers and presentations that have earned numerous awards and appeared in many of the field’s top outlets.

As a management EDUCATOR, he is a Kenan Teaching Excellence Award winner, Lubin Faculty Council Chair, and founding Business Honors Program Director, who has pioneered innovative curriculum development, led several international field studies, was a Beta Gamma Sigma Adviser, and mentored many academic theses and hundreds of community service projects. In his nearly 25 years of instructing 5,000+ students, he has received the highest levels of feedback in undergraduate, masters, doctoral, executive, and corporate education programs . . . giving people the tools to achieve greater personal and professional success. One student note kept on his desk reads: “Thanks for inspiring me. Thanks for believing in me. Thanks for being a life-changing professor.”

As a management LEADER, he has received both a Fulbright Specialist Grant and EU Erasmus Grant, served on editorial boards including the prestigious Academy of Management Review, is a former President and Fellow of the Eastern Academy of Management, and has been appointed to prominent panels including the United States National Security Education Program and the Fulbright National Screening Committee. He was also named a Faculty Fellow by the Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship, is a founding coeditor of the Lubin Business Review, and has been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa as well as honorary societies in business, forensics, economics, and psychology.

As a management PROFESSIONAL, he is a Jefferson Foundation Medal for Public Service winner who has consulted with organizations large and small across a broad range of industries, worked with government agencies including the Department of Defense and the Department of State, participated in academic programs spanning six continents, been recognized as a “public opinion leader,” and is quoted in popular publications such as Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, and Bloomberg Businessweek.