Gena Cox, PhD, an organizational psychologist and CEO of Feels Human, LLC, is a leadership coach, keynote speaker, and author of the award-winning book Leading Inclusion.  She uses her deep expertise in the human experience at work to help leaders enhance employee connection and engagement, counter employee burnout, and support talent retention.

For more than 25 years, Gena has advised executives and leaders about culture and employee experience in global companies and varied industries, including financial services, technology, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals.

Her expertise has been utilized via several media outlets, including Harvard Business ReviewFast CompanyFortune, Forbes, BBC, Newsweek, MarketWatch, and the Business Journals.

Dr. Cox is a member of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Committee for the Advancement of General Applied Psychology (CAGAP) and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Professional Practice Series Editorial Board. She has served in leadership roles on SIOP’s Awards and Leading Edge Consortium committees. She recently stepped back from years of service on the University of South Florida Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education advisory board and the TECO Energy Center for Leadership board at the University of Tampa’s Sykes College of Business.

She holds a PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of South Florida.

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