Ellen Van Oosten

Ellen Van Oosten, PhD, received her MBA and PhD from Case Western Reserve University and her BS in electrical engineering from the University of Dayton. Van Oosten worked in engineering for many years before transitioning to academia. She joined the Weatherhead School of Management in 1995 and has held positions of assistant dean for executive education, managing director for custom programs, and most recently a dual-appointment as assistant professor in organizational behavior and faculty director for executive education. She is also director of the Coaching Research Lab, a scholar-practitioner collaboration to advance coaching research she founded with colleagues Richard Boyatzis, PhD, and Melvin Smith, PhD in 2014.

Van Oosten’s research agenda centers on the study of how individuals and organizations learn, change and develop in enduring ways. This interest fuels her curiosity to study topics such as executive coaching, coaching relationships, emotional and social intelligence, leadership assessment and development, developmental relationships and the intersection between individual and organization development. She has published scholarly and practitioner articles, which cover topics such as executive coaching, coaching for sustained individual change and leadership development in organizations.

Van Oosten has presented at numerous institutions and conferences including the Institute for Coaching, Harvard Medical School; Academy of Management; Organizational Behavior Teaching Society; and Columbia University. As an instructor, she teaches in the MBA, executive MBA, master’s of engineering management, law, and undergraduate programs at Case Western Reserve and regularly delivers workshops for executive education clients. She is also a master coach and enjoys inspiring managers and leaders to reach their fullest potential.

Van Oosten received the Best Research Poster Award from the Institute of Coaching, Harvard Medical School in 2013, and in the same year a Best Symposium Award from the Academy of Management Conference.

Academic and Professional Activities

• CWRU Representative, Graduate Student Alliance for Education in Coaching. 2016 - Present
• Academic Advisor , Human Resource Leadership Group. 2014 - Present
• Institute of Coaching, Harvard Medical School- Founding Member. 2012 - Present
• Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence. 2011 - Present
• Academy of Management. 2009 - Present
• HayGroup Certified Facilitator of Emotional and Social Competency Inventory. 2000 - Present
• Committee Member, Department of Organizational Behavior, 2017
• Guest Speaker, Flora Stone Mather Center for Women, 2017
• Reviewer, Conference Paper, Positive Organizational Scholarship, Ann Arbor, MI, 2017
• Reviewer, Journal Article, Frontiers Journal in Organizational Psychology, 2017
• Committee Member, Magnificat High School Education and Student Life Committee, Rocky River, Ohio, 2017 - Present
• Faculty Advisor, Create Change Event for MBA Recruiting, 2016 - 2017
• Taught Phd Seminar - Scholarship of Coaching, Phd Seminar, 2016
• Faculty Advisor, Weatherhead Executive Coach Development, 2016
• Staff Development , Weatherhead Staff Development Workshop, 2016
• Attended Dean''s Weekend Dinner for Prospective MBA Students, Dean''s Weekend, 2016
• Guest Speaker, Graduate Student Professional Development Conference, 2016
• Reviewer, Conference Paper, Academy of Management/ OB Division, 2016
• Faculty Advisor, Coaching Clinics, 2015 - Present
• One of three faculty who designed and delivered online course, Massive Open Online Course, 2015
• Faculty Advisor, Coach Certification for Weatherhead Executive Education, 2015 - 2017
• Faculty Advisor, Weatherhead Executive Coach Development, 2015
• Participated in WEE Retreat as Faculty Director, Weatherhead Executive Education Retreat, 2015
• Led Faculty Panel Discussion, Dean''s Weekend 2015, 2015
• Led Faculty Panel Discussion, Dean''s Weekend 2015, 2015
• Panel Moderator, Leading and Influencing Others Panel Discussion, 2015
• Guest Speaker, Graduate Student Professional Development Conference, 2015
• Committee Member, HR Leadership Group, Cleveland , OH, 2015 - 2017
• Committee Chair, Coaching Research Lab , 2014 - Present
• Faculty Advisor, Human Resource Leadership Group, 2014 - Present
• Guest Speaker, Graduate Student Professional Development Conference, 2014
• Reviewer, Journal Article, Academy of Management and Learning Education, 2014

Awards

• Best Symposium Award, Showcase Symposium MED Division, 2017, Academy of Management/Management Education and Development. (2017).
• Weatherhead Intramural Research Grant, Weatherhead School of Management. (2016).
• Best Symposium in Management Education and Development, Academy of Management/Management Education and Development. (2016).
• Best Research Poster, Institute of Coaching, Harvard Medical School. (2013).
• Best Symposium, Academy of Management Conference, Academy of Management, Management Education and Development Division. (2013).