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BARBARA A. REILLY, PH.D. - Senior Consultant

Dr. Barbara Reilly is a professor in the Department of Management in the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.   She received her B.S. from Texas A&M University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.   Her post-doctoral continuing education has included a concentrated faculty development series in International Business from USC.

In her capacity as professor, Dr. Reilly teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Organization Development & Change, Organizational Behavior, Team Design & Development, Consulting, and General Management. Dr. Reilly teaches Organizational Behavior in the Executive MBA program and serves as the residency coordinator for the incoming EMBA classes.   She is the graduate advisor to all Organization Change Master's students.   She conducts orientation sessions for all incoming MBA students (approximately 2000 students/year).   She is also an invited faculty member at the Touch the Earth Outdoor Ropes Experience.   Her research interests center on large scale organizational changes, compensation equity, survey feedback, working in groups and team building, managing diversity, and managing resistance to change.   She has published articles in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Thinking & Reasoning, The Industrial Psychologist, Cases in Organization Development, HR Atlanta, and other management journals.

As a Senior Consultant for Turknett Leadership Group she delivers coaching for change and coaching for development with executives in over fifty organizations across the United States and in Canada.   She is a member of various professional organizations and provides pro bono consulting services for several non-profit agencies.


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