Bernard (Bernie) Banks
Associate Dean for Leadership Development, Clinical Professor of Management at Kellogg School of Management
Biography
Kellogg School of Management
Bernard (Bernie) Banks is a noted expert on the subjects of leadership and organizational change. Currently, he is the Associate Dean for Leadership Development and a Clinical Professor of Management at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. As an Associate Dean, Bernie possesses responsibility for leader development integration across the school's global portfolio of programs.
Bernie retired from the Army as a Brigadier General in 2016 after having successfully led West Point's Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership from 2012-2016. In addition to having studied leadership extensively, he has led multiple military units ranging in size from 10 to 500 people. In 1995, Bernie was selected from over 40,000 officers to receive the Army's top award for entry-level managers (General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award). In 2006, the Apache Helicopter unit he was leading in South Korea was designated as the top Apache Helicopter unit globally in the U.S. Army's annual best aviation unit competition.
A West Point graduate, Bernie is broadly educated. He holds graduates degrees from Northwestern, Columbia, and Harvard Universities. Additionally, he earned his Ph.D. in social-organizational psychology from Columbia University. Bernie's work has been published in a variety of outlets (e.g., Harvard Business Review, Military Psychology, New York Times). Furthermore, he has worked extensively with organizations across all sectors concerning their leader development efforts (e.g., Procter and Gamble, Mercedes Benz, General Electric, IBM, 7-Eleven, The US Forest Service, International Chiefs of Police).
Areas of Expertise
- Leader Development
- Organizational Change
- Organizational Culture
Education
Bachelor of Science, Political Science, United States Military Academy
Master of Public Administration, Leadership, Kennedy School of Management, Harvard University
Master of Business Administration, General Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University & Schulich School of Business, York University
Master of Arts, Organizational Psychology, Columbia University
Master of Philosophy, Social-Organizational Psychology, Columbia University
Doctor of Philosophy, Social-Organizational Psychology, Columbia University
Academic Positions
Instructor, Assistant Professor, and Department Executive Officer (Chief of Staff), Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership, United States Military Academy at West Point, 2002-2004
Academy Professor, Deputy Department Head and Department Head, Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership, United States Military Academy at West Point, 2009-2016
Other Professional Experience
US Army Officer, 1987-2016
Videos
CB Bowman LIVE! Challenges of the C-Suite: Brigadier General Bernard Banks, Episode 20
Colonel Bernard Banks, West Point Academy
Leading With Influence The 6 Power Bases
2020 Veterans Day- Fireside Chat: Diversity from the Military to the Boardroom
LeadershipTV®: Leadership Lessons in a VUCA World
Entrevista con Bernard Banks, profesor de Kellogg School of Management
Bernard Banks
Takeaways from West Point Leadership
Colonel Bernard Banks - 44th St.Gallen Symosium
Leadership is All About Influence | Bernard Banks and Simon Severino | STRATEGY SPRINTS™ 171
2021 Kellogg Symposium Bernie Banks
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