Megan W. Gerhardt

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Megan W. Gerhardt is an American organizational psychologist, workplace generational expert, author, and business school professor known for her research on generational diversity in the workplace and for creating the Gentelligence framework. She is a Professor of Management and Leadership at Miami University's Farmer School of Business, where she also directs the Isaac & Oxley Center for Business Leadership.

Early life and education

Gerhardt earned a B.A. in Psychology, with honors, from the University of Iowa in 1998. She went on to complete a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior, with a secondary specialization in Human Resource Management, also at the University of Iowa, in 2003.

Academic career

Gerhardt joined the Farmer School of Business at Miami University in 2003 as an Assistant Professor of Management. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2009 and to full Professor of Management in 2016. Within the Farmer School, she has served as Director of Leadership Development and, since 2022, as the Robert D. Johnson Director of the Isaac & Oxley Center for Business Leadership, having previously served as the center's co-director beginning in 2016.

Her early academic research focused on individual differences, motivation, self-management, and leadership emergence, with articles appearing in journals such as the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Personality and Individual Differences, and the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies. She has also served in multiple editorial roles, including Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Learning & Education (2017–2023) and of the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, and as an editorial board member of the British Journal of Management and Academy of Management Learning and Education.

In addition to her academic role, Gerhardt founded Gentelligence.org, a leadership consulting practice, in 2017.

Research and Gentelligence

Beginning in the late 2010s, Gerhardt's research shifted toward generational dynamics in the workplace, culminating in the framework she calls Gentelligence: an approach that treats generational differences as an organizational asset rather than a source of conflict. She introduced the concept to a general audience through a 2017 TEDx talk entitled "Why I Love Millennials...and You Should, Too."

In 2021, Gerhardt co-wrote Gentelligence: The Revolutionary Approach to Leading an Intergenerational Workforce with Josephine Nachemson-Ekwall and Brandon Fogel, published by Rowman & Littlefield/Bloomsbury. The book outlines four core practices for leveraging generational diversity: identifying assumptions, adjusting one's lens, strengthening trust, and expanding the pie.

Gerhardt, Nachemson-Ekwall, and Fogel's follow-up article, "Harnessing the Power of Age Diversity," was published by Harvard Business Review in March 2022 as part of its Big Idea series, and was later selected for HBR's 10 Must Reads for 2024. Gerhardt has continued to write for Harvard Business Review, including the 2024 article "Why We Need Intergenerational Friendships at Work," and has served as a contributor to the 2023 Harvard Business Press collection Multigenerational Workplace: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review.

Gerhardt has written on generational and workplace topics for outlets including Fast Company and NBC News, and her work has been covered by additional outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Washington Post, and The Times. She has also consulted and spoken on generational diversity for organizations worldwide, including Chubb Insurance, National Geographic, Huntington Bank, Chick-fil-A, Bayer, The Financial Times, Yale Medical School, Mayo Clinic, CVS Health, and the National Institute of Health, among others.

Selected publications

Books

• Gerhardt, M. W., Nachemson-Ekwall, J., & Fogel, B. (2021). Gentelligence: The Revolutionary Approach to Leading an Intergenerational Workforce. Rowman & Littlefield.
• Gerhardt, M. W., & Peluchette, J. (Eds.). (2018). Millennials: Trends, Characteristics, and Perspectives. NOVA Science Publishing.

Selected articles

• Gerhardt, M. W. (2024). "Why We Need Intergenerational Friendships at Work." Harvard Business Review.
• Gerhardt, M. W., Nachemson-Ekwall, J., & Fogel, B. (2022). "Harnessing the Power of Age Diversity." Harvard Business Review.
• Gerhardt, M. W. (2023). "Making Sense: Dropping and Acquiring in Post-Pandemic Management Learning and Education." Academy of Management Learning & Education, 22(3), 351–356.
• Gerhardt, M. W. (2016). "The Importance of Being…Social? Instructor Credibility and the Millennial Student." Studies in Higher Education, 41(9), 1533–1547.
• Judge, T. A., Bono, J. E., Ilies, R., & Gerhardt, M. W. (2002). "Personality and Leadership: A Qualitative and Quantitative Review." Journal of Applied Psychology, 87(4), 765–780.

See also

• Gentelligence
• Farmer School of Business
• Generational differences
• Age diversity

References

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