Robert Heller (10 June 1932 – 28 August 2012) was a British management journalist, management consultant, author of a series of management books, and the founding editor of ''

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''.

Biography

Born in London, England, Heller attended

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in the

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countryside, served in the

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, and then attended

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, where he was awarded a

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in history. In 1955, Heller started to work for the ''

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'', where in 1958 he was made US correspondent. In 1963, he moved to become business editor of ''

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''. In 1966, Heller was founding editor of ''

'', a monthly business magazine published by

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, where he worked for two decades. Here he started a second career as a writer of business books. During the early 1970s, he started a relationship with gallerist

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, whom he eventually married in 2003. They had a daughter, Rachel Heller, born on 15 September 1973, who was born with Down's syndrome, and became an artist represented by Flowers Gallery. Rachel died on 14 September 2023, aged 49. Heller also had three children, Matthew, Jane and Kate, from his first marriage to Lois Heller (née Malnick).

Publications

Heller wrote about 80 management books. A selection: * 1972. ''The Naked Manager'' * 1998. ''Essential Manager's Manual'' * 1999. ''Achieving Excellence'' * 2002. ''Manager's Handbook''

References

External links

Articles of Robert Heller
at management-issues.com

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