BIO

In my career, I have taught leadership to over 2,100 managers in executive classes at universities and in consulting — and I’ve worked directly with more than 200 C-suite leaders. I have heard their finest practices and their greatest challenges. 

And I am qualified to bring the best of science to advise and develop them. 

• I’ve served as full professor and academic administrator at University of Washington and Seattle University. 

• Google Scholar shows more than 16,000 citations by other authors of my research, listing me as the most cited scholar at Seattle University (selected pubs below). 

• I conducted a large, robust study of leadership advancement in organizations and found different competencies predict success for men vs. women.

• I led the design and development of SU’s Executive MBA program from its inception to rank as high as #11 in the nation per US News and World Report.

• I’ve also been a consultant for a wide range of organizations.

• For my book, The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility, I interviewed CEOs of organizations such as Costco, Starbucks, REI, Foot Locker, Holland America, Mayo Clinic, Expeditors International, and Alaska Airlines.   

• And I teach and collaborate with Alan Mulally, former CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Ford Motor Company.   Having been named the third greatest leader in the world by Fortune magazine, Mulally teaches that my approach to leader humility is the foundation for the success of his Working Together Management System.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Recent:

• Gist, M.E. and Mulally, A. “The Case for Leader Morality.” Leader to Leader, June, 2023.

• Gist, M.E. (2020). The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility. Foreword and Guest Chapter by Alan Mulally

• Gist, M.E., “Leader Humility: The Essence of Leadership.” Leader to Leader, Fall 2020.

With Alan Mulally (2016-2018):

• “Charting the Course”

• “Leading Successful Implementation"

• "Moving from Great to Extraordinary: Why Leadership Matters"

Scholarly publications:

• Lobel, S., and Marilyn E. Gist, "Developing dual-agenda leaders." Journal of Corporate Citizenship.

• Gist, M.E., and Dana McDonald-Mann, "Advances in leadership training and development." In E. Locke and C. Cooper (Eds), Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Theory and Practice. London: Blackwell.

• Gist, M.E., "Through the looking glass: Diversity and reflected appraisals of the self in mass media." In Creedon, P. (Ed.), Women in Mass Communication. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

• Stevens, C.K., Bavetta, A.G., and Gist, M.E., "Gender differences in the acquisition of salary negotiation skills: The role of goals, self-efficacy, and perceived control." Journal of Applied Psychology.

• Gist, M.E., and Mitchell, T.R., "Self-efficacy: A theoretical analysis of its determinants and malleability." Academy of Management Review. [Citation Classic]

• Gist, M.E., "Minorities in media imagery: A social cognitive perspective on journalistic bias." Newspaper Research Journal.

• Gist, M.E., "Self-efficacy: Implications for organizational behavior and human resource management." Academy of Management Review. [Citation Classic]

CONTACT

For Keynote Addresses:

Washington Speakers Bureau

For Press Inquiries, Retreats, and Workshops:

Marilyn@marilyngist.com