A book written by Weatherhead School of Management faculty members Richard Boyatzis, Melvin Smith and Ellen Van Oosten was named one of the best professional development books of 2022 by Teambuilding.com.
Organizational behavior professors Boyatzis and Smith collaborated with Van Oosten, associate professor of organizational behavior, to publish Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth in 2019. In Helping People Change, Boyatzis, Smith and Van Oosten explore what it means to “coach with compassion” to impact sustainable change. Teambuilding.com described Helping People Change as a “crash course in empathetic leadership” that emphasizes emotional connection over problem-focused coaching.