Kathryn Goldman Schuyler, PhD

Specialties and Interests

• Strategic change in an international context
• Somatic foundations of organizational learning
• Executive development and leadership
• Developing healthy organizations
• Organizational openness.

Courses Taught

• Research Seminar: Organizational Health and Leadership
• Organizational Ethics and Social Responsibility
• Consulting Skills: Individual and Group Interventions
• Executive Coaching
• Personal and Professional Development
• The Art of Change
• Mergers, Acquisitions, and Organizational Change.

Consulting Projects

• Consulted to executive teams about strategic change, executive planning and development issues.
• Designed and led large events for businesses, universities, and other organizations with purposes as varied as strategic planning, change implementation, and individual motivation.
• Supported the redesign of key business processes, including performance management and product development.
• Provided individual coaching for roughly 200 managers and executives, moving through a structured process of development involving 360 degree feedback, psychological inventories, interviews with their supervisor, peers and direct reports, and the preparation of an in-depth development plan.
• Coached technical and scientific experts to improve their ability to work effectively across organizational boundaries and become business leaders.

Selected Recent Publications

• Goldman Schuyler, K. (in press). Clinical Sociology, Career Coaching, and Somatic Learning. In S. Dasgupta (Ed.), The Discourse of Applied Sociology.  London: Anthem Press, An Imprint of Wimbledon Publishing Company.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. (2003-2004) A systems approach to learning and change:  Cindy's story. Somatics, 14(3), 14-23.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. (2004) The possibility of healthy organizations: Thoughts toward a new framework for organizational theory and practice. Journal of Applied Sociology/Sociological Practice, 21(2)/6(2), 57-79.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. (Summer 2004) Invoking new mindsets for peace –The Kalachakra as a transformational practice. Sociological Practice Newsletter, American Sociological Association.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. (Spring 2004) Practitioner – heal thyself: challenges in enabling organizational health. Organization Management Journal, 1, 28-37.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. & Branagan, L. (2003) The power line: A model for generating a systemic focus on organizational health. Sociological Practice (5) 2, 77-88.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. (Winter, 2003) Awareness through movement lessons as a catalyst for change, The Feldenkrais Journal, 15, 39-46.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. (March, 2003) The possibility of healthy organizations. Bay Area OD Network Winter E-Letter.
• Goldman Schuyler, K & Koutsis, V. (Summer, 2002) Consulting to one’s university as an applied course: A new idea for sociological practitioners. Sociological Practice Newsletter, American Sociological Association.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. (Winter, 2002) What kind of change enables transformation? 
• Goldman, K. L. (Spring, 1998) Reflections from the mountain: Paradigms for change. OD Practitioner (Journal of the Organization Development Network).

Selected Recent Presentations

•  Goldman Schuyler, K., & Kaye Gehrke, E. (October, 2006). What your MBA never taught you: Your body, your heart and a horse can teach you to lead real and lasting change! Paper presented at the Global Forum on Business as an Agent of World Benefit, Case Weatherhead School of Management, Cleveland.
• Goldman Schuyler, K., Koppel, R., Berry, B. & McNutt, J. (October, 2006) Changing work in America. Session organizer and moderator, Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology Annual Conference, San Jose.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. (October, 2006). Awareness through movement - Using ourselves to understand leading change.  Invited paper presented at the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology Annual Conference, San Jose.
• Goldman Schuyler, K (August, 2006). Being a bodhisattva at work: Perspectives on the influence of buddhist practices in entrepreneurial organizations. Paper presented at the Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. (August, 2005) Session organizer and presenter at invited workshop on Organizational Consulting. Individual and Team Development as a Foundation for Organizational Transformation. Paper presented American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. (August, 2005) Session organizer and moderator, Special invited session on Targeting, race/ethnicity, and censuses: Past and future. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. (March, 2005) The Feldenkrais Method as a means for transformation.  Paper presented at the 2nd European Feldenkrais Congress, Berlin.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. (November, 2004) Making praxis a lived experience. Paper presented at the Society for Applied Sociology Annual Meeting, Bethesda.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. (November, 2004) Developing graduate students' organizational consulting skills. Paper presented at the Society for Applied Sociology Annual Meeting, Bethesda.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. et al. (October 2004) A new hope for disabled children. Panel at the 2004 World Health Conference of the Institute for the Advanced Studies of Health, San Francisco.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. (August, 2004) Embodied learning in career coaching: Clinical sociology in action. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. (April, 2004) Session organizer and presider. A holistic view of organizational health. Papers include: Crane, S. Why financial performance matters to any view of organizational health (and why it doesn't). Fambrough, M.J. Personal and interpersonal dimensions of organizational health and healing. Goldman Schuyler, K. The fundamental importance of organizational health. Discussant: C. Mack.
• Goldman Schuyler, K. (April, 2004) Modifying identity through somatic learning: Cindy's story. Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco.
• Goldman Schuyler, K., Levin, I., & Mattox, J. (April 2004) Using 360º feedback for individual, team & organization-wide development, Professional Coaches and Mentors Association, Northern California Chapter Meeting. Invited Presentation.

Professional Activities

• Member of the Board of Trustees, Alliant International University, 2005 - Present.
• Chair-Elect 2006-2007, Sociological Practice Section, American Sociological Association.  Member of the Council of the Section 2003-2005, Editor of the Section Newsletter, 2002-2006.
• Elected member of the Board of Directors 2006-2008, Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology.
• Conference paper reviewer, Academy of Management.
• Organizational development consulting.
• Somatic awareness coaching for personal and organizational change, using the Feldenkrais Method (Lifetime certification granted 2004).

Professional Licenses, Certifications, and Honors

• Certified Clinical Sociologist
• Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and Assistant Trainer

Interests and Hobbies

• Certified professional Ski Instructor