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Dr. Shawn Andrews

Dr. Shawn Andrews

Professor, Author, Drummer

Dr. Shawn Andrews is a keynote speaker, organizational consultant, business school professor.

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Dr. Shawn Andrews is a keynote speaker, organizational consultant, business school professor, and author of the best–selling book, The Power of Perception: Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and the Gender Divide (2018 Morgan James Publishing).

She’s been a Forbes contributor, quoted in the Chicago Tribune, interviewed on dozens of podcast and radio shows, including NPR, and is a Women’s Media Center SheSource expert.

Shawn speaks and consults to a diverse range of clients, including the United Nations, Broadcom, Johnson and Johnson, Bristol–Myers Squibb, GSK, Rust–Oleum, Experian, National Diversity Council, Association for Talent Development, and Society for Human Resource Management.

With over two decades of corporate experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, she has helped thousands of leaders improve and develop using presentations, workshops, coaching, and psychological instruments. She is an accredited practitioner for EQ–i 2.0 and EQ 360 model and Insights Discovery Colors.

She serves as professor at both UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business and Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, teaching courses on Women and Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Diversity in Organizations, and Leadership and Ethics. Her specific areas of focus include Organizational Leadership, Learning & Development, Talent Management, Diversity & Inclusion, and Unconscious Bias.

Shawn earned her Ed.D. degree in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University, an M.B.A. degree from Pepperdine University, and a B.A. degree in Psychology from University of California, Irvine.

She serves as Board President, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, Orange County, is a member of 50/50Women on Boards Leadership Committee, and is founder and CEO of Andrews Research International.

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Topics

Topics

  • Driving D&I: Inclusive Workplace Strategies
  • Insights Discovery Colors -Team Effectiveness
  • Leveraging Emotional Intelligence During Change
  • Maximizing Talent: Gender, Generations and Leadership

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Shawn Andrews on drums - Brick House (Commodores)
The Power of Perception with Dr Shawn Andrews

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