Robert Heller (journalist)
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 Management Today.
Biography
[edit]Born in London, England, Heller attended Christ's Hospital in the Sussex countryside, served in the Royal Army Service Corps, and then attended Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a double first in history.[1]
In 1955, Heller started to work for the Financial Times, where in 1958 he was made US correspondent. In 1963, he moved to become business editor of The Observer.[1]
In 1966, Heller was founding editor of Management Today, a monthly business magazine published by Haymarket Publishing, where he worked for two decades. Here he started a second career as a writer of business books.[1]
During the early 1970s, he started a relationship with gallerist Angela Flowers, whom he eventually married in 2003. They had a daughter, Rachel Heller, born on 15 September 1973, who was born with Down's syndrome,[2] and became an artist[3] represented by Flowers Gallery.[2] Rachel died on 14 September 2023, aged 49.[4]
Publications
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c Brewerton, David (18 September 2012). "Robert Heller obituary: Business journalist and author of a stream of books on management in which he explained the 'tricks of the trade'". The Guardian.
- ^ a b Neustatter, Angela (10 September 2003). "A wonderful daughter". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "RACHEL HELLER Alumni, 2003". Royal Drawing School. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ Darwent, Charles (29 September 2023). "Rachel Heller obituary". The Guardian.
External links
[edit]
- Articles of Robert Heller at management-issues.com
- Interview: Robert Heller on extensor.co.uk, 2006
