This course deals with issues related to human behavior in a variety of organizational settings. Conceptual frameworks, case discussion, and skills-based activities are applied to each topic/issue. Topics include communications, motivation, group dynamics, leadership, power and politics, influence of technology, corporate social responsibility and ethics, conflict resolution, and workplace culture. Class sessions and assignments are intended to help participants acquire the skills managers need to improve organizational and individual performance.
Managing Principal, Vigere and Adjunct Faculty, Leadership and Organizational Behavior, William & Mary
Tonya Echols
Managing Principal, Vigere and Adjunct Faculty, Leadership and Organizational Behavior, William & Mary
Tonya Echols is a multi-award-winning global leader, organizational psychologist, executive coach, and leadership and organizational development consultant. She is the founder and managing principal of Vigere, an international coaching and consulting firm. Echols has over 30 years of experience in corporate management, digital and traditional media, technology, finance, coaching, leadership development, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. She works with numerous organizations across a variety of industries, including Fortune 500 companies. With a master's degree in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University and as a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Tennessee in business administration-accounting, Echols holds a doctorate in organizational leadership psychology with emphases in neuroscience and inclusive leadership from William James College. She is an adjunct faculty member for the MBA program at William & Mary and a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credentialed by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), where she has held several leadership roles, including currently as a director of the General Enterprise Board. Echols is a contributing member of the Forbes Coaches Council and an affiliate member of the Institute of Coaching, McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate. She is also an executive/leadership coach for the TED Fellows Coaching and Mentoring Initiative and a member of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Her writing has also been featured in several publications, including Forbes and HuffPost.