Academic Co-Director

Judi Neal, Ph.D.

Judi Neal is Professor Emeritus at the University of New Haven where she taught management. Dr. Neal worked as a manager for Honeywell and has consulted for numerous Fortune companies. Her consulting organization, Neal & Associates, focuses on personal and organizational transformation. Her clients include Pfizer, Unilever, Sennheiser, Electric Boat, Hewlett-Packard and General Electric.

Dr. Neal has published numerous articles on spirituality in the workplace and has edited several special editions of academic journals on the topic. She is a founding editor of the Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion, an international peer-reviewed journal. She is the author of three books titled Edgewalkers: People and Organizations that Take Risks, Create the Future, and Thrive on the Edge (Praeger, 2006), Creating the Enlightened Organization: A Practical Guide to Implementing Spirit at Work (to be published in 2008), and Virtues at Work: A Twelve Month Program, co-written with Dorothy Marcic and Steve Karnik. She published a monthly column on Amazon.com titled On the Edge.

Academic Co-Director

Daryl R. Connor

Daryl R. Conner is chairman and co-founder of Conner Partners®, an Atlanta-based consulting firm that specializes in strategy execution. He is an internationally recognized leader in organizational change and serves as an advisor and mentor to senior executives around the globe. His work is built on a strong foundation of research, extensive consulting experience, a master’s degree in psychology, and a deep spiritual focus. He has authored two books—Managing at the Speed of Change (Random House, 1993) and Leading at the Edge of Chaos (John Wiley & Sons, 1998)—and more than 250 publications, including journal and magazine articles, monographs, book chapters, and videos.