Bob Kaplan is president of Kaplan DeVries Inc, specialists in assessing leaders for selection and for development. With Wilfred Drath and Joan Kofodimos, Bob introduced a forerunner of executive coaching. With them he published Beyond Ambition: How Driven Managers Can Lead Better and Live Better....

Bob Kaplan is president of Kaplan DeVries Inc, specialists in assessing leaders for selection and for development. With Wilfred Drath and Joan Kofodimos, Bob introduced a forerunner of executive coaching. With them he published Beyond Ambition: How Driven Managers Can Lead Better and Live Better. He built an early 360 survey (SKILLscope for Managers), and he came up with the idea for a different breed of 360, the patented Leadership Versatility Index, which he and Rob Kaiser developed and commercialized.

An honorary senior fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership, he has a B.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University. He lives in New York City with his wife Becky.

You can reach him at bobkaplan@kaplandevries. com or log onto http://kaplandevries.com