DEBORAH A. O'NEIL

Deb O'Neil has 15 years experience in management, executive and organizational development. Her most recent consulting practice has focused on executive coaching, emotional intelligence, women and leadership, respect in the workplace, and team-building. Deb provides consulting services to a variety of organizations in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors. A sample list of organizations with which she has worked includes Goldman Sachs, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, KeyCorp, Arthur Andersen, Roadway Express, the Cleveland Municipal School District, the Long Beach Breast Cancer Coalition, and Americans Discuss Social Security. Executive Knowledge Works, a Chicago-based research and consulting firm, recently named Roadway Express, with whom Deb has worked as an executive coach for the past three years, as one of the top five corporations employing best practices in the field of executive coaching. Deb works not only as an independent consultant but also as a Senior Associate with the internationally known firm of Maryellen Lurie & Associates, Inc.

For the past three years, Deb has taught classes in managerial assessment and development, leadership, and organizational behavior in the MBA, Executive MBA, and Professional Fellows programs at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition, she has recently completed a three-year appointment as the Editorial Assistant for the Journal of Management Education. Deb is accredited in the Hay/McBer Emotional Competence Inventory.

Deb is currently a doctoral candidate in Organizational Behavior at the Weatherhead School at Case. Her research interests include career and life transitions, coaching and mentoring, women leaders, and the effects of grief and loss on individuals and organizations. She holds a Master of Science Degree in Organizational Development from The American University in Washington D.C., and Bachelors Degrees in Secondary Education, Journalism and English from the University of Rhode Island.

Prior to becoming a doctoral candidate and independent consultant, Deb was a Senior Performance Consultant with Citibank where she supported the management teams of the Retail and Business & Professional Groups. Deb managed credit training for the New York Bank and was responsible for curriculum design and development, group facilitation and employee coaching.