Richard E. Boyatzis is Professor of Organizational Behavior, Chair of the Department of Organizational Behavior in the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland. His main areas of research are adult development, leadership, and development of emotional intelligence. Prior to joining the faculty at CWRU, he was President and CEO of McBer & Co. from 1976-'87, having been with McBer from 1969. From 1983-'85 he was an executive with Yankelovich, Skelly & White, while on its Board of Directors and the Board of the Reliance Consulting Group. From 1985-'86 he was on the Board of the Hay Group when they were owned by Saatchi & Saatchi.
Professor Boyatzis has consulted to many Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and companies in Europe on various topics including executive and management development, organization structure, culture change, R&D productivity, economic development, selection, promotion, performance appraisal, and career pathing. He is the author of numerous articles on human motivation, self-directed behavior change, leadership, value trends, managerial competencies, power, alcohol and aggression, and a research book entitled, The Competent Manager: A Model for Effective Performance. He is also author of Transforming Qualitative Information: Thematic Analysis and Code Development and co-author of Innovations in Professional Education: Steps on a Journey from Teaching to Learning with Scott S. Cowen and David A. Kolb. Professor Boyatzis has a BS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT and an MA and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Harvard University.