Ellen Van Oosten, PhD

Ellen B. Van Oosten, PhD, is an educator, researcher, author, speaker, and executive coach. She is Professor of Organizational Behavior and Faculty Director of Executive Education at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Van Oosten 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.

As an educator, Ellen teaches in the PhD, MBA, Executive MBA, and the Master of Positive Organizational Development programs. In her role as Faculty Director for Executive Education, she regularly designs and delivers leadership development programs for many organizations such as Sherwin-Williams, Fifth Third Bank, Crown Equipment, Great Lakes Cheese, and Sandia National Laboratories.

Ellen's research agenda centers on the study of how individuals learn, change, and grow in enduring ways through coaching and development. 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 women's leadership in STEM fields. Van Oosten frequently speaks at events and conferences.

She has published numerous scholarly and practitioner articles in a variety of publications, including Harvard Business Review, Leadership Quarterly, Management Learning, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Frontiers in Psychology, Journal of Management Development, and Organizational Dynamics. She is the co-author of the book, Helping People Change: Coaching for Lifelong Learning and Growth, with Richard Boyatzis and Melvin Smith.

Ellen is also a master coach and strives to inspire managers and leaders to reach their fullest potential. She has twenty-nine years of experience as a coach, holding certifications as Board Certified Coach (BCC) and Associate Certified Coach (ICF-ACC). She also directs and leads the Weatherhead School's coach certificate programs.

She received her PhD and MBA from Case Western Reserve University and her BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton.