John Sumanth, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Management; James Farr Fellow in Leadership & Organizational Development; Center Research Associate, ACLC
Company/Organization: Wake Forest University
John is the James Farr Fellow and Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Wake Forest University School of Business. His research focuses on issues of leadership/trust, employee communication/voice, and status, and to date, his research has appeared in several of the premier management/applied psychology journals in the field (e.g., Harvard Business Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Business Ethics).
Prior to academia, John spent nearly a decade working in several high-profile strategic planning, marketing, and R&D positions for Fortune 1000 multinational firms in the insurance, global tourism (cruise) and fast food industries. John is an award-winning teacher and has extensive corporate consulting experience, including coaching, teaching and mentoring assistant coaches and student athletes (e.g., Wake Forest Athletics), senior-level executives (e.g., ExxonMobil, Royal Caribbean, Wells Fargo, Huber Engineered Woods) and top US military officers and government leaders (e.g., Army, Navy, Air Force, Special Operations, Veterans Affairs).