Jennifer Robin, PhD

Consultant
jrobin@loebleadership.com
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“I believe in the power of reflection, conversation, and action, and I am grateful to be a coach and consultant who empowers people and their organizations to reach for a compelling vision while living into their values.”

Meet Jennifer Robin

Jennifer Robin, Ph.D., brings a unique blend of skills and experiences to her coaching and consulting engagements.  She is a psychologist, certified Life Design coach and Strategic Doing workshop leader, and an expert in leadership development, organizational culture, and strategic human resource management. During her career, Jennifer has served as a trusted advisor to dozens of leaders and leadership teams, designed and delivered academic curricula, managed operations in higher education, and led a School of Business as its dean. In her consulting practice, she has worked extensively in healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and professional services.

Jennifer is recognized as an expert in great workplaces. She is a former Senior Consultant and Advisory Practice Lead at Great Place to Work® Institute, and she has coauthored three books – No Excuses: How You Can Turn Any Workplace into a Great One (2013), The Great Workplace: How to Build It, How to Keep It, and Why It Matters (2011) and A Life in Balance: Finding Meaning in a Chaotic World (2006).

Jennifer is currently a Professor of Management at the Foster College of Business at Bradley University and an affiliate faculty member at Indiana University.  Previous to her reappointment at Bradley in 2021, she served as the Dean of the School of Business at Southern Connecticut State University and Associate Dean at Bradley University.

MEMBERSHIPS, ASSOCIATIONS, & CERTIFICATIONS

  • Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

  • American Psychological Association

  • Academy of Management

  • Certification in Life Design® Coaching and Strategic Doing™ Workshops

  • Co-Active Training Institute Coaching Certificate (In Progress)

Education

  • University of Tennessee, Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology

  • University of Northern Iowa, BS in Psychology and Human Resource Management

certified facilitator

  • Emotional Intelligence 2.0® 

  • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI)

  • Leadership Profile Inventory® (LPI)

Areas of Expertise

  • Leadership Development, Coaching, and Mentoring

  • Executive Coaching

  • Workshop Design

  • Women’s Leadership

  • Emotional Intelligence

  • Interpersonal Dynamics

  • Workplace Culture

  • 360 Assessments & Feedback

  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

  • Performance Management

  • Enhancing Communication

  • Team Building

  • Team Leadership & Development

Presentations & Publications

  • Robin, J., & Burchell, M. (2013).  No Excuses: How You Can Turn Any Workplace into a Great One.  San Francisco: Jossey Bass. (Available on Audiobook.)

  • Burchell, M., & Robin, J.  (2011). The Great Workplace: How to Build It, How to Keep It, and Why It Matters.  San Francisco: Jossey Bass.  (Translated into Bahasa Indonesian, Chinese, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish and available on Audiobook.)

  • Burchell, M., & Robin, J. (2011). The Great Workplace: Building Trust and Inspiring Performance.  San Francisco: Pfeiffer.

  • Stoner, C., and Robin, J. (2006).  A Life in Balance: Finding Meaning in a Chaotic World.  Lanham, MD: University Press.

  • Academic journal articles listed in Google Scholar

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