Robert J. Thomas is Executive Director of the Accenture Institute for High Performance Business based in Boston, Massachusetts and the John R. Galvin Professor of Leadership at the Fletcher School of International Affairs at Tufts University. He writes, teaches and consults in the areas of leadership, organization design and transformational change. In 2002, he co-authored with Warren Bennis a book, Geeks and Geezers: How Era, Values, and Defining Moments Shape Leaders that explores the motivations and aspiration of leaders under the age of 35 and over the age of 70. His newest book, Crucibles of Leadership: How to Learn from Experience to Be a Great Leader, was released early this year. Bob has also published articles on leadership and change in the Harvard Business Review, Harvard Management Update, and Fortune magazine. He is the co-author of The Talent Powered Organization, one of the first systematic efforts to chart a strategy for talent management.