"Robert Ginnett"

Robert Ginnett is a senior partner with Impact Leadership Development Group, where he specializes in the leadership of high performance teams and organizations. Prior to joining Impact, Robert was a Senior Fellow with the Center for Creative Leadership. He is the developer of the Team Effectiveness Leadership Model, which provides the theoretical framework for many courses in organizations where teamwork is critical. This model also provides the foundation for Robert's consulting skills in real-time team diagnostics and the identification of leverage points for change. Besides his ongoing research concerning the leadership of high-performance teams and organizations, Robert is an adjunct lead instructor in CCL's Leadership at the Peak course for CEOs & Presidents, ranked #1 in executive education by Bricker's as reported in the Wall Street Journal.

Dr. Ginnett works with clients to develop programs tailored specifically to their needs. These may include workshops designed to enhance individual and team effectiveness or may focus on diagnosis for large-scale interventions in the organizational setting. He is an outstanding public speaker. His presentations are unique in their combination of important learnings presented in a direct and humorous manner, creating great demand for Robert as a keynote speaker. He has worked with hundreds of organizations including Novartis, FMC, Prudential, Masterfoods, GlaxoSmithKlein, Daimler Benz, NASA, the Defense and Central Intelligence Agencies, General Motors, United and Delta Airlines, Textron, and the United States Army, Navy and Air Force.

Prior to working with Impact, Robert has worked as a Senior Fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership, and a tenured professor at the United States Air Force Academy where he also served as the Director of Leadership and Counseling. He also served in numerous line and staff positions in the Air Force including leadership of an 875-man combat intelligence force in the Vietnam War, where he received the Gallantry Cross, the Air Medal and the Bronze Star. His research on leadership and teamwork has been directly applied in commercial and military aviation, surgical and dental teams, and top management and project teams. He spent over ten years working as a researcher for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, focusing his work at the Kennedy Space Center in the post-Challenger period. Robert is an organizational psychologist whose education includes a Master of Business Administration degree, a Master of Arts, a Master of Philosophy, and a Ph.D. from Yale University. He is co-author of the best selling undergraduate textbook, Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience, now in its 5th edition.

Robert lives in the home he designed north and east of Monument, Colorado.