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About<\/h2>\n

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Kathleen O’Connor, Ph.D., is a Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School. Previously, she held professorial appointments at <\/span>Cornell University’s S.C.Johnson Graduate School of Management, the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, and Rice University.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her teaching, research, and corporate work aims to help managers and managerial teams make smarter decisions, foster sustained levels of engagement and performance, lead more effective teams, and negotiate better strategic partnerships. Current corporate clients include Deutsche Bank, ING, KPMG, Nestle, Danone, Young Presidents’ Organization, and World Economic Forum.<\/p>\n

Kathleen is a scholar known for her research on how people can collaborate and negotiate more successfully. Recent work has explored how stress affects decision-making and engagement, as well as the effect of physical appearance on work outcomes. Kathleen’s current research examines women’s career paths and key decision points, focusing on the roles of courage and serendipity in women’s work lives and career outcomes. Over the years, Kathleen has been honoured for her work by scientific awards from leading academic organizations, including the Academy of Management and the International Association for Conflict Management.<\/p>\n

Kathleen received a B.S. from Cornell University, and an A.M. and Ph.D. in Social and Organizational Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition to her appointments at Cornell and London Business School, she has held faculty and visiting faculty appointments at Rice University and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What I Do<\/h3>\n

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With current and recent clients, Kathleen has been engaged in projects centered on:
\n\u2022 Front-line behavioural change<\/b>
\n\u2022 Middle management engagement<\/b>
\n\u2022 Executive team assessment and dynamics<\/b>
\n\u2022 Organisational alignment<\/b>
\n\u2022 Women’s leadership capabilities<\/b>
\n\u2022 Collaboration and negotiation<\/b><\/p>\n

Working closely with clients, Kathleen identifies the firm’s and managers’ needs, and then designs and delivers custom programmes to address them. She is passionate about giving clients practical tools to make them both “Monday-morning ready” and more effective over the course of their careers. Her goal is to improve managers’ outcomes, as well as their teams’ and firms’ performance, by helping managers reconsider how they approach their reports, their responsibilities, and the challenges they face.<\/p>\n

Depending on clients’ needs, Kathleen offers a variety of engagement types, including:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Two-, three-, and four-day workshops<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 Single day training sessions<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 Off-site facilitation<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 Part-time consulting engagements<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 Full-time consulting engagements<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n