OBHR Distinguished Scholar Seminar Speaker Series features Dr. Susan J. Ashford

Dr. Susan J. Ashford is the Daniels School's upcoming OBHR Distinguished Scholar Seminar Speaker.  She will talk about “Angles on Agency: Lessons from a Career Focused on Human Potential” on Friday, April 5 at the business school. Sue Ashford is the Michael and Susan Jandernoa Professor in the Management and Organizations group at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. Dr. Ashford's passion is using her teaching and research work to help people to be maximally effective in their work lives, with an emphasis on self-leadership, proactivity, change from below, and leadership and its development. She is an award-winning scholar and publishes in her fields’ best academic journals and in more popular outlets as advice for managers. Sue was awarded the prestigious Career Achievement Award for Distinguished Scholarly Contributions to Management by the Academy of Management in 2017 and the OB Division Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. She is the author of The Power of Flexing.