Our Team
We know the best science delivers the best solution.
Our research affiliates and practitioners work closely with CEO research scientists and their teams to provide forward-thinking leaders with trusted insights and hands-on learning.
Affiliated Research Scientists

Johanna Anzengruber, Ph.D.
George Benson, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Arlington

Max Blumberg, Ph.D.
Founder, Blumberg Partnership
Beth G. Chung, Ph.D.
San Diego State University

Cathleen Clerkin, Ph.D.

Alan Colquitt, Ph.D.
Independent Advisor and Consultant

Jay A. Conger
CEO Affiliated Research Scientist
Leadership, talent, and organizational effectiveness

Sharoni Denise Little, Ph.D.
Head of Global Inclusion Strategy at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) & CEO Affiliated Research Scientist

Alexis Fink, Ph.D.
Facebook

Cristina B. Gibson, Ph.D.

Terri Griffith, Ph.D.
Santa Clara University

Nigel Guenole, Ph.D.
Institute of Management at Goldsmiths, University of London

Gerald E. Ledford, Jr., Ph.D.
CEO Affiliated Research Scientist
Focus on compensation and total rewards, employee engagement and involvement, talent management, the design of work, and large-scale organizational change

Philip Mirvis, Ph.D.
Private Consultant

Jennifer Mueller, Ph.D.

Margarita Nyfoudi, Ph.D.
University of Birmingham

William Pasmore, Ph.D.
Columbia University and Center for Creative Leadership

Christine Porath, Ph.D.

Maritza Salazar, Ph.D.
UC Irvine

Shreya Sarkar-Barney, Ph.D.
Founder, Human Capital Growth

Benjamin Schneider, Ph.D.
University of Maryland

Rami Shani, Ph.D.
California Polytechnic University and Politecnico di Milano

Sharna Wiblen, Ph.D.
Affiliated USC Faculty

Paul Adler, Ph.D.
Professor, Management & Organization

Arvind Bhambri, DBA
Professor, Management & Organization

Tom Cummings, Ph.D.
Professor, Management & Organization

Ann Majchrzak, Ph.D.
Professor, Information & Operations Management

Nandini Rajagopalan, Ph.D.
Professor, Management & Organization
Affiliated Practitioners

Beth Gunderson
Minikahda Partners

Soren Kaplan, Ph.D.
InnovationPoint

Lacey Leone McLaughlin
LLM Consulting Group

Dave Millner

Becky Spears
Oracle Corporation

Darryl Stickel, Ph.D.
Trust Unlimited

Stu Winby
Spring Network
