 Robert
L. Turknett - Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Robert (Bob) Turknett
is an executive leadership coach and licensed psychologist with
over twenty-eight years of consulting experience. He is the Chief
Executive Officer and co-founder of Turknett Leadership Group, an
Atlanta-based consulting firm providing leadership and organization
development services.
Dr. Turknett specializes in CEO Consulting,
executive team development and individual development and coaching. Bob has served as an executive coach to
hundreds of senior leaders in both large and small businesses in
a variety of industries. His unique approach to coaching blends
psychological expertise with extensive business knowledge. Typical
engagements involve work with a leader and the entire team producing
leadership development results that impact the whole organization.
Bob, along with business
and life partner Lyn, recently published a book about their work
together entitled, Decent People, Decent Company: How to Lead with
Character at Work and in Life. The book is based on the Turknett
Leadership Character Model that describes the kind of character
all of us need to lead wherever we are.
Prior to founding Turknett Leadership
Group, Dr. Turknett was the co-founder of the Georgia Psychological
Health Network and Chief Psychologist for the Georgia Regional Hospital
System. He received his undergraduate degree in business from Jacksonville
University in 1964 and his doctorate in psychology from the University
of Georgia in 1971. He was a member of the Phi Kappa Phi honorary
society.
Dr. Turknett is also a
member of the American Psychological Association, the Georgia Psychological
Association, the American Management Association, the Society for
Human Resource Management, the Metro Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce, and serves on the board of Atlanta Rotary. He is active as a United Way volunteer, and
has served on the Campaign Cabinet and the DeKalb Advisory Board
and is currently serving as co-chair with wife Lyn, of the Cole
Society for Leadership Giving. Dr. Turknett devotes a portion
of his time to pro-bono work each year.
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