Bio - Jennifer J. Deal, Ph.D.

Jennifer is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Creative Leadership in San Diego, California. She is also an Affiliated Research Scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California (http://ceo.usc.edu/research/affiliated.html). Jennifer's work focuses on global leadership and generational differences around the world. She is the manager of CCL's World Leadership Survey (currently in 15 languages) and the Emerging Leaders research initiative. In 2002 Jennifer Deal co-authored Success for the New Global Manager (Jossey-Bass/Wiley Publishers), and has published articles on generational issues, executive selection, cultural adaptability, global management, and women in management. Her second book Retiring the Generation Gap (Jossey-Bass/Wiley Publishers) was published in 2007. An internationally recognized expert on generational differences, she has worked with clients around and the world and has spoken on the topic on six continents (North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia), and she looks forward to speaking to Antarctic penguins about their generational and leadership issues in the near future. She holds a B.A. from Haverford College and a Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology from The Ohio State University.

CCL Research White Papers & Reports:

• Choosing Executives: A Research Report on the Peak Selection Simulation
• Center for Creative Leadership Emerging Leaders Research Survey Summary Report European Countries

Webinars:

• Retiring the Generation Gap

Publications:

• Retiring the Generation Gap: How Employees Young and Old Can Find Common Ground
• Managerial Effectiveness in a Global Context
• Success for the New Global Manager: How to Work Across Distances, Countries and Cultures
• Emerging Leaders: An Annotated Bibliography
• Developing Cultural Adaptability: How to Work Across Differences

Presentations:

• Differences in the Developmental Needs of Managers at Multiple Levels

Podcasts:

• Life Beyond Work: Retaining All Generations
• Leadership and the Generation Gap
• Say Goodbye to the Generation Gap
• 10 Principles for Working Across Generations
• Generational Conflict: A Matter of Clout

Back to Previous Page