Michael Palanski
Mike really loves leadership and has since he was a young boy with a fascination with the U.S. Civil War. He didn’t like spending 10-12 hours per day in a cubicle making spreadsheets that no one read, so he decided to become a professor. Somewhere along the way, he finagled his way into coaching executives in RIT’s online executive MBA program, found out that he was pretty good at it, and decided to help more people by coaching and consulting. Mike is married to a mental health therapist, which is mighty handy since they have four kids.
Official Bio: Mike is an Associate Professor of Management at the Saunders College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. He teaches undergraduate, graduate, and executive MBA classes in leadership, organizational behavior, and business ethics. He also teaches leadership skills development and conducts leadership coaching in RIT’s online executive MBA program. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in journals such as the Academy of Management Review, The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, and Journal of Management Education, and is a noted expert on leader integrity. He holds a PhD in Organizational Behavior / Leadership from SUNY Binghamton, an MA in Theology from Covenant Theological Seminary and a BS from Grove City College. Prior to joining academia, he worked as a retail product manager for a Fortune 500 company and as an online banking specialist.
Mike really loves leadership and has since he was a young boy with a fascination with the U.S. Civil War. He didn’t like spending 10-12 hours per day in a cubicle making spreadsheets that no one read, so he decided to become a professor. Somewhere along the way, he finagled his way into coaching executives in RIT’s online executive MBA program, found out that he was pretty good at it, and decided to help more people by coaching and consulting. Mike is married to a mental health therapist, which is mighty handy since they have four kids.
Official Bio: Mike is an Associate Professor of Management at the Saunders College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. He teaches undergraduate, graduate, and executive MBA classes in leadership, organizational behavior, and business ethics. He also teaches leadership skills development and conducts leadership coaching in RIT’s online executive MBA program. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in journals such as the Academy of Management Review, The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, and Journal of Management Education, and is a noted expert on leader integrity. He holds a PhD in Organizational Behavior / Leadership from SUNY Binghamton, an MA in Theology from Covenant Theological Seminary and a BS from Grove City College. Prior to joining academia, he worked as a retail product manager for a Fortune 500 company and as an online banking specialist.