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 consulting and adjunct instruction, but she doesn't want to stop there. She knows that how she can best improve the lives of those in the workplace is through a career in academia. Today, she is working towards admission into a doctoral program so that she can become a professor at an R1 university and commit to her mission full-time.
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 fueled two interests addressing the same issue from both sides. First, to help business leaders navigate the complexities of leading in today's organizational culture. Second, to research the causes and impacts of that culture to glean insights on how it can be improved for both the individual's career and for enhanced success within that organization.
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 fueled two interests addressing the same issue from both sides. First, to help business leaders navigate the complexities of leading in today's organizational culture. Second, to research the causes and impacts of that culture to glean insights on how it can be improved for both the individual's career and for enhanced success within that organization.
- "Corporate American Culture" (organizational climate) and subsequent impacts of conformity to the individual and the business
- Office politics; power and influence
- Positive workplace deviance and career mobility
- Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) - particularly for women and introverts
Interested in partnering together? Email her at [email protected]