The Authentic Leader: The Power of Deep Leadership in Work and Life - Softcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Bob Batchelor is a cultural historian and biographer. He wrote Stan Lee: A Life; Stan Lee: The Man Behind Marvel, Young Adult Edition; Roadhouse Blues: Morrison, the Doors, and the Death Days of the Sixties; and others looking at contemporary history. His books have won three Independent Book Awards and been translated into a dozen languages. Batchelor's work has appeared in Time, New York Times, PopMatters, Cincinnati Enquirer, and Los Angeles Times. He is the creator and host of the podcasts "Tales of the Bourbon King: The Life and True Crimes of George Remus" and "John Updike: American Writer, American Life." He has appeared as an on-air commentator for The National Geographic Channel, PBS NewsHour, Wondery, and NPR. Bob received a doctorate at the University of South Florida. He has taught at universities in Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, as well as Vienna, Austria. Bob lives in North Carolina with his wife Suzette, an antique and vintage expert, and their teenage daughters.

Alan King brings more than 35 years of global employee wellbeing, work-life, and holistic health experience to Workplace Options (WPO), which delivers high-quality care digitally and in-person to more than 83 million people across 113,000 organizations in more than 200 countries and territories. Alan became President and Chief Executive Officer at WPO in 2019, having been President and Managing Director for more than 17 years. Earlier, Alan was Vice President at the Ceridian LifeWorks EAP, where he oversaw international resource and referral, provider relations, external training, quality control, and customer service. In addition, Alan led resource, referral, and central database operations at work-life consulting firm Work Family Directions. He currently serves as President of the Tyler Clementi Foundation Board of Trustees.