Brad Harrington

About Brad Harrington

My passion and work have always focused on two areas. First, helping individuals find meaning in their life and their work. Second, helping organizational leaders adopt approaches that embrace and utilize the full talents of their people. I have extensive experience as a global executive with Hewlett-Packard and have worked closely (as a teacher, consultant, researcher, and writer) with some of the world\'s leading employers as they have implemented more democratic, participative, and enlightened forms of management. Specialties: Consulting, researching, writing, and teaching on issues related to the management of organizational change, career management and work-life integration, work and family, and contemporary workforce management strategies. In recent years, much of my research, writing and speaking has been focused on the changing role of fathers in the United States. I am the lead author of \"The New Dad\" series, which has consisted of eight annual research studies aimed at better understanding how fathers roles and identity in the home and the workplace are evolving and changing.

Experience

1. Executive Director and Research Professor

   Boston College

   Aug 2000 — Present · Chestnut Hill, MA

   The Center for Work & Family is the country\'s leading, university-based center focused on improving the lives of working people and their families. We work closely with many of the world\'s leading employers, providing research and education on how to engage and support their employees from a whole-person perspective. In addition to my role as Center Director, I hold faculty appointments in the Carroll School of Management and the University\'s Capstone Program. My teaching focuses on career management and work-life integration, leading organizational change, and helping students find and follow their life\'s calling. In recent years, my research has focused primarily on the changing role of fatherhood in America and the changing nature of organizational leadership.

Education

• Boston College

  Master of Arts, Counseling and Organizational Psychology

  1978 — 1980

• Boston University

  Doctor of Education, Human Resource Development

  1994 — 2000

• Stonehill College

  Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

  1973 — 1977