Amy Bernstein, Women at Work cohost, is the editor of Harvard Business Review and vice president and executive editorial director of Harvard Business Publishing. Follow her on Twitter @asbernstein2185.
Emily Caulfield, Women at Work cohost, is a senior designer at Harvard Business Review.
Amy Gallo, Women at Work cohost, is a contributing editor at Harvard Business Review and the author of the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict (Harvard Business Review Press, 2017) and Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People) (Harvard Business Review Press, 2022). She writes and speaks about workplace dynamics. Watch her TEDx talk on conflict and follow her on Twitter @amyegallo.
Nicole Torres, Women at Work cohost (seasons 1–4), is an editor at Bloomberg Opinion based in London and a former senior editor at Harvard Business Review.
Shawn Achor is the New York Times–bestselling author of Big Potential, The Happiness Advantage, and Before Happiness. He serves as the chief experience officer for BetterUp. His TED talk is one of the most popular, with over 11 million views. He has lectured or researched at over a third of the Fortune 100 companies and in 50 countries, as well as for the NFL, Pentagon, and White House. He is leading a series of courses on “21 Days to Inspire Positive Change” with the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Rania H. Anderson is an international keynote speaker, author, and executive business coach who transforms the way men and women work together. She is the author of WE: Men, Women, and the Decisive Formula for Winning at Work and Undeterred.
Pawan Budhwar is a professor of international human resource management at Aston Business School at Aston University.
Inga Carboni is a professor at the College of William & Mary’s Mason School of Business and the author of Connect the Dots.
Rosalind Chow is an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business.
Dorie Clark is a marketing strategist and professional speaker who teaches at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. She is the author of Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You, and Stand Out.
Amy Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School. She is the author of The Fearless Organization.
Joseph Folkman is the president of Zenger/Folkman, a leadership development consultancy. He is a coauthor of the HBR article “Making Yourself Indispensable” and the book Speed. Follow him on Twitter @joefolkman.
Sylvia Ann Hewlett is an economist, the CEO of Hewlett Consulting Partners, and the founder and chair emeritus of Coqual, formerly the Center for Talent Innovation. She is the author of 14 books, including Off-Ramps and On-Ramps; Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor; Executive Presence; and The Sponsor Effect.
Herminia Ibarra is the Charles Handy Professor of Organizational Behavior at London Business School. Prior to joining LBS, she served on the INSEAD and Harvard Business School faculties. She is the author of Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader and Working Identity (both Harvard Business Review Press, 2015 and 2003, respectively). Follow her on Twitter @HerminiaIbarra.
Pooja Jain-Link is executive vice president at Coqual, where she coleads the organization’s research and advisory services practices that examine workplace culture and the systemic change needed to create equity. She’s led research for many Coqual studies, including Being Black in Corporate America, The Sponsor Dividend, and Wonder Women in STEM and Companies That Champion Them.
Julia Taylor Kennedy is executive vice president at Coqual, where she coleads the organization’s research and leadership development practices to support diverse, inclusive, and equitable leadership in the workplace. She’s led research for many Coqual studies, including Being Black in Corporate America, The Power of Belonging, and The Sponsor Dividend.
Rebecca Knight is a senior correspondent at Insider, covering careers and the workplace. Previously she was a freelance journalist and a lecturer at Wesleyan University. Her work has been published in the New York Times, USA Today, and the Financial Times.
Ben Laker is a professor of leadership at Henley Business School, University of Reading.
Beth Livingston is an assistant professor of management and organizations at the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business. Her research interests lie primarily in gender, discrimination, and work-family, with additional interests in diversity and stereotypes.
Ashish Malik is an associate professor of strategic human resources management at Newcastle Business School at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Follow him on Twitter @maliknewcas.
Anthony J. Mayo is the Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior unit of Harvard Business School.
Anne Welsh McNulty has invested in elevating entrepreneurial leaders and nurturing promising students for over 25 years as cofounder and president of the McNulty Foundation. A trailblazer for women in finance, she was a managing director of Goldman Sachs and a senior executive of the Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Strategies Group.
Mark Mortensen is an associate professor of organizational behaviour at INSEAD. He researches, teaches, and consults on issues of collaboration, organizational design, and new ways of working, and leadership.
Shasta Nelson is a friendship expert and a leading voice on loneliness and creating healthy relationships. Her research is found in her three books, including The Business of Friendship on why we need to foster better relationships in our jobs. Her interviews have been featured on TEDx, the New York Times, HBR Ideacast, and The Steve Harvey Show. For more information, visit www.TheBusinessofFriendship.com.
Tina Opie is the founder of Opie Consulting Group LLC, where she advises large firms in the financial services, entertainment, media, beauty, educational, and healthcare industries. She is an award-winning researcher, consultant, Associate Professor of Management at Babson College, and Visiting Scholar at Harvard Business School. Her work has appeared in such outlets as O Magazine, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and Harvard Business Review. She is also a regular commentator on HBR’s Women at Work podcast and Greater Boston’s NPR affiliate television station WGBH.
Charmi Patel is an associate professor in International Human Resource Management at Henley Business School.
Julianna Pillemer is an assistant professor of management and organizations at New York University’s Stern School of Business. Her research examines the complex dynamics of interpersonal connections at work.
Laura Morgan Roberts is a professor of practice at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and the coeditor of Race, Work, and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience (Harvard Business Review Press, 2019).
Nancy P. Rothbard is the David Pottruck Professor of Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Michael Slepian is the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School. Follow him on Twitter @michaelslepian.
David G. Smith is an associate professor in the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. He is the coauthor, with W. Brad Johnson, of Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace and Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women (both Harvard Business Review Press, 2020 and 2019, respectively).
Jack Zenger is the CEO of Zenger/Folkman, a leadership development consultancy. He is a coauthor the HBR article “Making Yourself Indispensable” and the book Speed: How Leaders Accelerate Successful Execution. Follow him on Twitter @jhzenger.