Dr. Gena Cox’s nuanced insights and her straightforward-yet-relatable style are her calling card. She is an organizational psychologist and executive coach who blends research and real-world insights to help leaders enhance their influence and impact. Gena is an organizational psychologist, executive coach, and author of Leading Inclusion, an award-winning guidebook for building inclusive organizations from the top down. As a noted voice on human-centered leadership, she guides leaders as they respond to evolving stakeholder expectations. Gena believes that inclusion tops diversity and that respect is the vital outcome all employees need to see and feel. 

Before this, at IBM and Perceptyx, Gena advised leaders in the Fortune 500 and other large global companies to build psychologically healthy and engaging organizational cultures that drive business outcomes. 

Gena co-chairs the Awards Committee of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and is a member of the Society’s 2022 Leading Edge Consortium Planning Committee. In addition, she is on the advisory boards of the University of South Florida Stavros Center and the University of Tampa TECO Energy Center for Leadership. And she is a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame 2023 Inductee Selection Committee. 

Gena’s work has been featured in national publications, including Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Fast Company, Business Insider, Market Watch/Barrons, Business Journals, BBC Worklife, Readers Digest, and The Telegraph (UK). 

Gena is a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational (I-O) Psychology and a Professional Certified Coach (International Coach Federation).