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.
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
Strategy, capability management, organization design, human resource management of R&D, innovation management
George Benson, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Arlington
Training and development, human capital management, employee involvement and performance.
Max Blumberg, Ph.D.
Founder, Blumberg Partnership
Business performance, analytics, strategy execution, people processes design and sales force effectiveness
Beth G. Chung, Ph.D.
San Diego State University
Diversity and inclusion, organizational behavior, leadership and group process, human resource management, and industrial and organizational psychology
Cathleen Clerkin, Ph.D.
Center for Creative Leadership
Diversity and inclusion, women’s leadership, mindful leadership, social cognitive neuroscience, innovation
Alan Colquitt, Ph.D.
Independent Advisor and Consultant
Global assessments, analytics, performance management and organizational effectiveness
Jay A. Conger
Senior Research Scientist
Leadership, talent, and organizational effectiveness
Jennifer Deal, Ph.D.
Center for Creative Leadership
Global management issues, cross-generational interaction, global leadership, emerging leaders
Alexis Fink, Ph.D.
Facebook
Employee research, research methods, culture and employee value proposition, leadership assessment
Cristina B. Gibson, Ph.D.
Pepperdine University
Communication and interaction in teams, social cognition, knowledge management and organizational learning, the impact of culture and gender on work behavior, leadership in multinational firms, international management
Terri Griffith, Ph.D.
Santa Clara University
Crossing organizational behavior and design, information technology design and use, and change management from industries ranging from engineering to agribusiness
Nigel Guenole, Ph.D.
Institute of Management at Goldsmiths, University of London
Focus on improving organizational effectiveness by integrating behavioral science with machine learning and statistics in the area of people analytics
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
Large-scale organizational change, the character of the workforce and workplace, business leadership in society
Jennifer Mueller, Ph.D.
University of San Diego
Evaluating creative opportunity and leadership potential, team creativity, emotional cultures that aid innovation, leading change
Margarita Nyfoudi, Ph.D.
University of Birmingham
Coaching, individual and team performance, employee engagement and citizenship, workplace learning, team knowledge, information sharing, adverse working conditions, and joy at work
William Pasmore, Ph.D.
Columbia University and Center for Creative Leadership
Christine Porath, Ph.D.
Georgetown University
Workplace incivility, the effects of bad behavior, how organizations can create a more positive environment
Maritza Salazar, Ph.D.
UC Irvine
Organizational theory and behavior, cross-cultural psychology, and human resource management
Shreya Sarkar-Barney, Ph.D.
Founder, Human Capital Growth
Leadership assessment, digital leadership, translating business priorities to talent strategies, talent analytics, HR transformation, evidence-based talent management, culture and global issues
Benjamin Schneider, Ph.D.
University of Maryland
Organizational climate and culture, employee engagement, staffing, and the role of manager personality in organizational life
Rami Shani, Ph.D.
California Polytechnic University and Politecnico di Milano
Organization behavior, development, and change; organizational design and learning; knowledge management; collaborative research methods
Sharna Wiblen, Ph.D.
Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong
Talent management, information technology and HR analytics
Affiliated USC Faculty
Paul Adler, Ph.D.
Professor, Management & Organization
Strategic management, organization design, human resource management of R&D, engineering, manufacturing operations
Arvind Bhambri, DBA
Professor, Management & Organization
Strategic change, strategy development, implementation
Tom Cummings, Ph.D.
Professor, Management & Organization
Employee involvement, organization change and development, self-managing work teams, organization design
Sharoni Denise Little, Ph.D.
Associate Dean and Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer & Professor of Clinical Business Communication at USC Marshall School of Business
Organizational leadership, strategic communication, and diversity, equity, and inclusion
Ann Majchrzak, Ph.D.
Professor, Information & Operations Management
Design and management of technology change
Nandini Rajagopalan, Ph.D.
Professor, Management & Organization
CEO succession, compensation, top management teams, strategic change and decision making processes, corporate governance in emerging economies
Affiliated Practitioners
Beth Gunderson
Minikahda Partners
Soren Kaplan, Ph.D.
InnovationPoint
Innovation, organizational culture, disruptive technology and change
Lacey Leone McLaughlin
LLM Consulting Group
Executive Education
Dave Millner
Founder and Consulting Partner, HR Curator Ltd.
Workforce/people analytics, employee engagement, HR & change transformation, organization development, future of work practices, executive coaching and leadership development
Becky Spears
Oracle Corporation
Darryl Stickel, Ph.D.
Trust Unlimited
Stu Winby
Spring Network
Strategy innovation, organization design and innovation, healthcare and technology
Ian Ziskin
EXec EXcel Group