Steven G. Rogelberg
Steven G. Rogelberg
Dr. Steven G. Rogelberg holds the title of Chancellor’s Professor at UNC Charlotte for distinguished national, international, and interdisciplinary contributions. He is a Professor of Organizational Science, Management, and Psychology. He has over 200 publications addressing issues such as team effectiveness, leadership, engagement, health and employee well-being, meetings at work, and organizational research methods. He is the Editor of the Journal of Business and Psychology. Dr. Rogelberg has received over $2,500,000 of external grant funding including from the National Science Foundation.
Awards and honors include receiving the 2017 Humboldt Award, being the recipient of the 2019 First Citizens Bank Scholar Award, being the inaugural winner of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Humanitarian Award, receiving the SIOP Distinguished Service Award, Bowling Green State University (BGSU) Master Teacher Award, Psi Chi Professor of the Year Award, Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, serving as the 2000 BGSU graduation commencement speaker, and being the recipient of the 2022 Raymond A. Katzell Award for doing research that makes a difference for people and society.
He is currently Immediate Past President of SIOP (and executive board member) and past Secretary General of the Alliance for Organizational Psychology. He served SIOP in a host of additional roles including Executive Board Member, Research & Science Officer, Chair of Education & Training, and Program Chair.
Dr. Rogelberg’s book, The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance (Oxford), was released in 2019, and has been on over 25 “best of” lists including being recognized by the Washington Post as the #1 leadership book to watch for in 2019 and Business Insider as one of the “Top 14 business books everyone will be reading in 2019.” Dr. Rogelberg has a new book, Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings (Oxford), coming out specific to facilitating one-on-one meetings. SHRM named it a top 12 workplace book and Next Big Idea Club named it a :must read.
His research has been profiled on television (CBS This Morning, BBC world, CNN), radio (e.g., NPR, CBC, CBS), newspapers (e.g., Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, London Guardian), magazines (e.g., National Geographic, Forbes, Scientific American Mind) and major podcasts (e.g. Work Life with Adam Grant, Freakonomics).
Rogelberg was invited and testified to the US Congress (2022) on the topic of being successful and engaging others in very difficult working environments – using organizational psychology to elevate members of congress, their staffs, and the institution. Invited and named to the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches Group, “100 Coaches Community brings together the world’s premier leadership thinkers” to seek ways to advance positive impact and give back to society.
He has been a visiting scholar and guest speaker at universities around the world including: Freie Universität Berlin (Germany), BI Norwegian Business School (Norway), Peking University (China), University of Edinburgh (Scotland), Reykjavik University (Iceland), Hong Kong Baptist University, The University of Sheffield (England), The University of Zurich (Switzerland), The University of Tel Aviv (Israel), Technion University (Israel), Concordia University (Canada), the University of Mannheim (Germany) and Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium).
Dr. Rogelberg has run three consulting centers, engaged with many Fortune 100 companies, and served on multiple advisory boards. He founded and currently directs two large outreach initiatives, spanning 8 universities, focusing on nonprofit organization effectiveness. Over 5000 nonprofits have been served.
Before completing his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at the University of Connecticut in 1994, he received his undergraduate B.Sc. degree from Tufts University in 1989.
Degrees
- Ph.D., University of Connecticut
- M.A., University of Connecticut
- B.S., Tufts University
Expertise
- Leadership effectiveness and development
- Teams effectiveness and innovation
- Employee health and well-being
- Employee engagement