Lloyd Baird

Dr. Lloyd Baird is Professor of Management at Boston University and most recently served as Chair of the Organization Behavior Department. He was Executive Director of the Leadership Institute for numerous years and currently serves on the steering committee of the Executive Development Roundtable and Research Director of the Human Resources Policy Institute, both consortiums of leading corporations devoted to improving leadership capability in their organizations. They bring together global organizations from across industry sectors, military and government agencies working to enhance, drive and improve their own efforts of leadership, talent management, and innovation. He is the author of numerous books and articles, and he consults regularly in the areas of executive leadership, capability development, innovation, and process improvement. He also served as Faculty Director of the Questrom School of Business PhD programs. Currently, he is completing work on two grants “Redesigning the Undergraduate Learning Experience” and the “Digital Learning Initiatives”.

Nationally he serves on the Editorial Board of the Human Resources Management Journal, and a committee member of BizEd’s Education Innovation Awards.

Dr. Baird has consulted and worked with leading organizations including IBM, Johnson & Johnson, BP, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Florida Power and Light, John Hancock, ATT, Rockwell International, the U.S. Army, etc.

Education

• PhD, Michigan State University, 1975
• MBA, Michigan State University, 1972
• BS, Utah State University, 1969

Work Experience

• Present Professor of Management, Boston University
  Editorial Board, Human Resource Management
  Department Chair- Organizational Behavior
• 9/74 – present Example of Consulting experiences – ATT, General Motors, John Hancock, Merck, British Petroleum, IBM
• 3/71 – 10/71 Social Research Analyst, Office of Manpower Planning, Executive
  Office of the Governor, Michigan
• 8/69 – 5/70 Accountant, Holden-Reid Corporation, Lansing, Michigan

Courses Taught

1. Organizational Behavior and Human Performances
2. Human Resource Management
3. Management of Innovation and Technology
4. Leadership
5. Doctoral Seminars in Research Methodology and Theory
6. Competing in the New Economy
7. Creating and Disseminating Knowledge