Peter Heslin

Dr. Peter Heslin is a Professor of Management, Academic Fellow at Warrane College, and Scientia Education Fellow at UNSW Sydney. He is a Registered Psychologist who was elected Chair of the Academy of Management Careers Division.

Peter pioneered research on growth mindsets in organisations and wrote the most cited ever sole-authored peer-reviewed article on career success. His paper with Lauren Keating and Sue Ashford on How Situational Cues and Mindset Dynamics Shape Personality Effects on Career Outcomes was Finalist for the Careers Division’s Award for Best Paper Published in 2019. Peter’s ongoing research on mindsets in careers, leadership development, and sustainability appears in leading scholarly and practitioner-oriented outlets (e.g., Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Personnel Psychology, and Harvard Business Review).

Peter has developed and published widely on the concept of being in learning mode. He leads the Micro Theory pre-doctoral course and teaches the Leadership course that launches AGSM students on their MBA(Executive) journey. A former consultant at KPMG Career Navigation, Peter won faculty and university-level awards for sustained teaching excellence. He is an innovative educator, consultant, researcher, and speaker who enjoys conducting research and delivering keynote addresses and workshops across Australia and around the world.

Peter is a proud dad who enjoys challenging and enabling (future) leaders to be in learning mode about how to realise their immense potential to bring out the best within themselves and those in their team, organisation, family, and communities.

Education

• PhD University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management (2000 — 2003)
• MS UNSW (1994 — 1996)

Companies

• Professor of Organisational Behaviour UNSW Business School (2020)
• Associate Professor of Management University of New South Wales (2011 — 2019)
• Assistant Professor SMU Cox School of Business (2003 — 2011)
• Management Consultant KPMG (2003 — 2007)
• Student University of Toronto (2000 — 2003)
• Director Executive Career Direction (1997 — 2001)
• Adjunct Professor AGSM (1997 — 2000)

Skills

• Data Analysis
• Organizational Behavior
• Organizational Effectiveness

Other

Instructional Design, Career Development, Higher Education, Research, Public Speaking, Leadership Development, Strategic Planning, Teaching, Coaching, Change Management, Management, Leadership