 Robert
L. Turknett - Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Robert (Bob) Turknett is an executive leadership coach and licensed psychologist with over 28 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 more than 1,000 executives in more than 100 companies, 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, 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. Turknett Leadership Group sponsors
a Leadership Character Awards program each year in partnership with
the Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics and Character, honoring
leaders of character in the business, education and nonprofit sectors.
Prior to
founding Turknett Leadership Group, Dr. Turknett was in private
practice for nine years for both the Georgia and Kentucky mental
health and hospital systems. He was also a 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 and his doctorate in psychology
from the University of Georgia. He was a member of the Phi Kappa
Phi honorary society.
In 2006, Dr. Turknett received the Leadership Entrepreneurial Award presented by Jacksonville University to an outstanding alumnus. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Georgia Psychological Association, the American Management Association, the Society for Human Resource Management, the Atlanta Rotary, and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Dr. Turknett is an active United Way volunteer and served two terms as co-chair, with wife Lyn, of the Cole Society for Leadership Giving. Each year the Turknetts devote a portion of their time to pro-bono work with various organizations.
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