Megan Reitz

Megan Reitz is Professor of Leadership and Dialogue at Hult Business School. She is listed on theThinkers50ranking of global management thinkers, and HR Magazine Most Influential Listing. She was also recently shortlisted for both the Radar and Breakthrough Idea Awards.

Megan writes, speaks and consults in the areas of leadership, dialogue, mindfulness, culture, change, coaching and team effectiveness. She is author of 'Mind Time' and 'Dialogue in Organizations' and 'Speak Up: Say what needs to be said and hear what needs to be heard' for Financial Times Publishing, which was shortlisted for CMI Management Book of the Year 2020.

Megan is a PhD in leadership and dialogue fromCranfield School of Management. Her doctoral work focused on how leadership and dialogue are constructed in organisations and serves as a call to examine and inquire into the quality of our relationships within organisational settings.

Her other academic qualifications include MSc in Change Agent Skills and Strategies from the University of Surrey, MRes in Leadership from the Cranfield School of Management, and MA in Land Economy from theUniversity of Cambridge.

Her research focuses on the connection of mindfulness practice to leadership capacities in the 21st Century and the capability of facilitating 'speaking truth to power' in organisations.

Megan foundedReitz Consulting, where she works with a number of international clients bringing her research to organisations through facilitation, teaching and speaking.

Megan's business background includes consulting inDeloitte’s People and Change Service area. She worked as an analyst in the strategy consulting arm ofComputer Science Corporationand in supplier strategy and relationship management for NTL and the internet start-up, boo.com.