Gretchen M. Spreitzer
Business professor and organizational researcher
Gretchen M. Spreitzer is a professor of business administration at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. She researches empowerment, leadership development and thriving at work.
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About Gretchen M. Spreitzer
Gretchen M. Spreitzer holds the Keith E. and Valerie J. Alessi professorship of business administration at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. She joined the Michigan faculty in 2001, after nine years on the faculty of the Marshall School of Business, part of the University of Southern California. She co-directs the Ross Leadership Initiative and has also been a visiting professor in Sydney. Her research looks at employee empowerment and leadership development, especially when organizations are changing or in decline. More recently she has studied how organizations can help people thrive, as part of the field known as Positive Organizational Scholarship. Spreitzer has written many journal articles and has co-authored several books, including A Company of Leaders with Robert Quinn. Her book in our catalog is How to Be a Positive Leader. Before her doctorate she worked in management consulting and for a nonprofit that did urban planning in Washington, D.C. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.