Melvin Smith

Intuitively, we know the relationship between leaders and employees can have a dramatic effect on employee contribution and organizational success. The research and teaching of Melvin Smith, PhD, reveal the structure of this relationship. His work on the nature of leadership and the role emotional intelligence plays in work relationships is widely recognized for its insight. Smith also studies the connection between social networks and organizational performance.

Smith’s research appears in such respected journals as the JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE, ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS, LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE and RESEARCH IN ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE. He has also presented his work at numerous conferences and institutions including the Academy of Management and the Institute of Coaching at Harvard Medical School.

Smith has provided training and/or consulting services to a number of organizations including Alcoa, Bendix, Dealer Tire, Eaton, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Fifth Third Bank, H.J. Heinz, Moen, NASA, Novelis, PCC Airfoils, PNC Bank, Progressive Insurance, Roadway Express, Rockwell Automation, and Scottish Enterprise, among others. Healthcare institutions receiving his training include Ohio State University Medical Center, MetroHealth, University Hospitals, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He has also worked with a number of public school districts and trade associations.

Prior to completing his doctoral work at the University of Pittsburgh, Smith spent more than fifteen years in a series of sales/marketing management and organization development positions with a number of Fortune 500 companies including IBM, Pepsi-Cola, and H.J. Heinz.

Smith is the faculty director of executive education at Weatherhead. Since joining Case Western Reserve University, his teaching focuses on leadership, emotional intelligence and executive coaching. Smith has served as a visiting professor at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Spain, where he co-taught a senior executive education course on emotionally intelligent leadership.

The Weatherhead School of Management is different from other business schools. We are bold in our ideas, creative in our approach, and adaptive in our interactions within a changing business environment. We''ve enhanced traditional management education by integrating the fundamentals of business with ideas and practices that change individuals, organizations and societies. At Weatherhead, we develop leaders as good global citizens who innovate to create sustainable value.