The Elephant in the Room: How Relationships Make or Break the Success of Leaders and Organizations

THE AUTHOR

Diana McLain Smith is the chief executive partner of New Profit Inc., a national venture philanthropy firm. Diana came to New Profit in 2009 from the Monitor Group, where she was a partner and chair of Human Dynamics and Change at Monitor University. For the past thirty years, Diana has advised leaders around the world on relationship matters related to leadership, rapid growth, and organizational change. She is the author of Divide or Conquer: How Great Teams Turn Conflict into Strength (Penguin, 2008), the coauthor (with Chris Argyris and Bob Putnam) of Action Science, a leading text on research and change, and the author and coauthor ...