Robert Kelley
Distinguished Service Professor of Management
Tepper School of Business
- Distinguished Service Professor of ManagementTepper School of Business
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States
BIO
Dr. Kelley is a Distinguished Service Professor of Management at the Tepper School of Business MBA
program at Carnegie Mellon University where he consistently is rated one of the top teachers and was
nominated by students for Carnegie Mellon University’s Doherty Teaching Prize. By leveraging his
leading-edge research, Kelley has pioneered a series of innovative courses on developing star
performers, followership-leadership, managing intellectual capital, and designing customer-driven
strategies and services.
program at Carnegie Mellon University where he consistently is rated one of the top teachers and was
nominated by students for Carnegie Mellon University’s Doherty Teaching Prize. By leveraging his
leading-edge research, Kelley has pioneered a series of innovative courses on developing star
performers, followership-leadership, managing intellectual capital, and designing customer-driven
strategies and services.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Distinguished Service Professor of ManagementCarnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, Pittsburgh, United States1985 - present
- Visiting ProfessorAoyama Gakuin University School of International Business, Tokyo, Japan1992 - 1993
- Visiting ProfessorPortland State University School of Business, Portland, United States1979 - 1982
- Visiting ScholarHarvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Cambridge, United States1978 - 1979
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- PresidentCEO Consulting LLC, USA2018 - 2025
- PresidentConsultants to Executives and Organizations, Ltd. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States1979 - 2018
- Senior Management ConsultantSRI International, Menlo Park, United States1982 - 1986
- Management ConsultantErnst and Ernst (now Ernst and Young), Los Angeles, United States1977 - 1978
DEGREES
- Ph.D.: Industrial-Organizational PsychologyColorado State University, Fort Collins, United States1975 - 1977
- M.A.: Counseling PsychologyUniversity of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States1973 - 1975
- B.A.: Psychology, History and EducationDrake University, Des Moines, United States1968 - 1971
CAMPUS
- Pittsburgh
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
- 5 Gender Equality
- 10 Reduced Inequalities