Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
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Robert H. Waterman Jr is an author and expert on management practices. He is best known as the co-author, with Tom Peters, of In Search of Excellence.

Bestselling author

In Search of Excellence was published in 1982, and became a bestseller, gaining national exposure when a series of television specials based on the book and hosted by Waterman and Peters appeared on PBS. The primary idea espoused was that of solving business problems with as little business process overhead as possible, and empowering decision-makers at multiple levels of a company.

Biography

Mr. Waterman chairs the RLS Foundation, the national non-profit organization that sponsors research, raises awareness of, and looks for better treatments of Restless Leg Syndrome. He also serves on the boards of the AES Corporation (the independent power producing company he helped found) and the World Wildlife Fund. He earned his MBA from Stanford University and his degree in geophysics from the Colorado School of Mines. Waterman currently directs his own company, The Waterman Group, Inc., after 21 years at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

He is also the author of The Renewal Factor, Adhocracy: the Power to Change, and What America Does Right (Frontiers of Excellence in Europe and UK).

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External links

• Robert H. Waterman videos and DVDs - Enterprise Media is Bob Waterman's official video distributor.

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