Why Great Leaders Don''t Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for Conflict and Consensus

About Michael Roberto

Michael Roberto is the Trustee Professor of Management at Bryant University in Smithfield Rhode Island. He has served on the faculty at Harvard Business School and as a visiting professor at NYUs Stern School of Business. Over the past decade Professor Roberto has held a position on the faculty of the Nomura School of Advanced Management in Tokyo where he teaches an executive program each summer.   Professor Robertos previous book Know What You Dont Know (Pearson/Financial Times 2009) addresses how leaders can become more effective problem finders. He has created two best-selling audio and video lecture series for The Great Courses ( The Art of Critical Decision Making 2009 and Transformational Leadership 2011). His articles have appeared in publications such as Harvard Business Review MIT Sloan Management Review and California Management Review.   Professor Robertos research and teaching have earned several major awards. The Everest Leadership and Team Simulation earned an MITX Interactive Award for Best E-Learning Solution in 2011. Columbias Final Mission a multimedia case study about the 2003 space shuttle accident garnered the software industrys prestigious Codie Award in 2006. On the teaching front Professor Roberto is a seven-time winner of the Outstanding MBA Teaching Award at Bryant University. He has been awarded Harvards Allyn Young Prize for Teaching in Economics on two occasions. Professor Roberto received an AB with honors from Harvard College an MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School and a doctorate from the Harvard Business School.   Professor Roberto lives in Massachusetts with his wife Kristin and his three children Luke Celia and Grace.