Enabling the career success of individual leaders, and their organizations, while working to advance humanity in the workplace.
Rachel Woodman is currently serving her mission through study and research as a PhD student, but she doesn't want to stop there. She knows that how she can best improve the lives of those in the workplace (and the success of their organizations) is through a career in academia. Today, she is studying Management Science and Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.
Research Interests
As a first-generation college student and first-generation white-collar professional, Rachel has a unique vantage point moving through a career in Fortune 500 corporations. This “outside looking in” perspective allowed her to see patterns of behaviors that led to various career outcomes and organizational performance.
This experience has fueled two interests addressing the same issue from both sides. First, to help business leaders recognize, leverage, and navigate complex workplace environments. Second, to identify opportunities to improve that environment for the prosperity of the organization and its employees.
Topics of Particular Interest
Research Interests
As a first-generation college student and first-generation white-collar professional, Rachel has a unique vantage point moving through a career in Fortune 500 corporations. This “outside looking in” perspective allowed her to see patterns of behaviors that led to various career outcomes and organizational performance.
This experience has fueled two interests addressing the same issue from both sides. First, to help business leaders recognize, leverage, and navigate complex workplace environments. Second, to identify opportunities to improve that environment for the prosperity of the organization and its employees.
Topics of Particular Interest
- The interplay between socio-linguistics and workplace culture (language, politics, power & influence)
- Change management and informal change leadership (organizational change management, positive workplace deviance, tempered radicalism)
- Upward mobility and discretionary effort (organizational citizenship behaviors)
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