Teresa Pappas, Ph.D.

Focus Areas

Teri Pappas is a senior HR consultant with more than 15 years of organizational development experience within the publishing, financial services, manufacturing and pharmaceutical sectors. She specializes in the areas of executive coaching, leadership and employee development, talent management, competency development and performance assessment. She also works extensively in both change management and team interventions as well as in training design and facilitation.

Experience

Teri has held senior HR & organizational development positions with TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Volkswagen of America, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and Pearson Performance Solutions (formerly McGraw-Hill/London House).

Education & Credentials

Teri is a magna cum laude graduate of Loyola University Chicago from which she received a BS in Applied Psychology. She received her MS and PhD degrees in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Within the academic community, Teri is an adjunct professor with the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, where she teaches Research Methods for Management. In addition, she has been published in a number of professional journals on topics ranging from measuring customer service orientation and explaining type behavior to managerial training effectiveness, leadership evaluations, and assessing the impact of individual personalities on team performance.